Album Rating: 4.5

@Shiranui check out Michigan next.



I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S

Album Rating: 4.0

Spinning this for the first time. Let's see

Album Rating: 4.0

some really great stuff so far but at points feels a litte rough around the edges

Album Rating: 5.0

It grows on you

Album Rating: 4.0

Doesn't feel like a grower to me. I will listens to Michigan next I think

Not ur favorite neo-soul album βeefa?

Album Rating: 3.5

Whole album is solid but if we’re being honest I only ever listen to the title track, John Wayne, Chicago, and Predatory Wasp.

Chicago is one of my all time favorite songs.

The more uptempo tracks on here felt alot more interesting than on Michigan which didn't really pull me in much. It's with most of Sufjan's work that you're ought to be caught in the right sentiment, i presume.

Album Rating: 4.0

The Black Hawk War is an underrated track. So is Decatur. And you can’t forget Casimir Pulaski Day. Add the tracks Boney mentioned, and that’s what I come back to.

Definitely some filler on this record but the highs are magnificent.

Album Rating: 4.0

Always loved Decatur

Album Rating: 4.0

Steven A. Douglas was a great debater

But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator !

Album Rating: 4.0

damn I was gonna reference that exact line too

Album Rating: 4.5

Most of the time I stop listening after The Predatory Wasp, should maybe bump this down a bit

Album Rating: 5.0

The fuck, the only filler here are the interludes, but they give the album a more grandiose feeling.





Concerning the UFO Sighting, Jacksonville, The Man of Metropolis, They Are Night Zombies, The Seer's Tower, The Tallest Man, and Out of Egypt are all so good as well the tracks listed above. Can't imagine not listening to this after Predatory Wasp.

Album Rating: 5.0

All the minute plus songs:

UFO Sighting 4.5/5

Black Hawk Down 4.5/5

Come On Feel the Illinoise 5/5

John Wayne Gacy 5/5

Jacksonville 5/5

Decatur 4.5/5

Chicago 5/5

Casimir Pulaski Day 5/5

The Man of Metropolis 4.5/5

Prairie Wind 3.5/5

The Predatory Wasp 5/5

They Are Night Zombies 4.5/5

The Seer's Tower 4/5

The Tallest Man 5/5

Out of Egypt 4.5/5



Yeah I don't see any filler, even at it's worst, this album is still really good.

Album Rating: 4.5

Allright, let's give it a shot:



UFO Sighting 4/5

Black Hawk Down 3.5/5

Come On Feel the Illinoise 4/5

John Wayne Gacy 4.5/5

Jacksonville 3.5/5

Decatur 4/5

Chicago 4/5

Casimir Pulaski Day 5/5

The Man of Metropolis 4/5

Prairie Wind 3/5

The Predatory Wasp 5/5

They Are Night Zombies 3.5/5

The Seer's Tower 3/5

The Tallest Man 3.5/5

Out of Egypt 3/5

i cryd

myself

2 sleep

last nite

Album Rating: 5.0

The Tallest Man is such an outstanding song and Egypt gives me a hypnotic Steve Reich esque outro, but to each their own

Album Rating: 4.5

In all honesty I probably should give those last two songs a spin in isolation, maybe that'll do the trick