This is Michael Mixerr. Today on this beautiful windy day, I will do a short album review Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise album off of Asthmatic Kitty Records from Wyoming. Every song off on this album is related to Illinois culture.
Come on! Feel the Illinoise! is a song cover parody of Come on! Feel the noise! by the Irish punk rock band Quiet Riot. There are treasures of pleasure on this song referring to The World Exposition. Chicago is the new age city which is better known as the White City on this album. Through the midst of confusion and anxiety, entrepreneurs will lead us to the promise land.
The Jacksonville song is about Jacksonville, Illinois which poetically explores the past and present of the town for this current generation. Jacksonville was a major stopping point in the Underground Railroad prior to the US Civil War. Jacksonville is home to a school for the deaf and blind.
I rate this album, Illinoise, 5/5*****!!
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