Sufjan Stevens · 2005 · 2000s · Entry 129 of 272
Illinois
Fifty states was always a bit. The Illinoise record was always the point.
Pitchfork
Read review →Strange and lush, as excessive and challenging as its giant gushing song titles — Illinois is the record that proved the fifty-states project was always beside the point.
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