Illinois

Double gatefold sleeve. Includes printed insert with lyrics on one side and a photo of "Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers" on the other. Side D is a mispress containing the first 3 seconds of "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" following "The Avalanche". © ℗ 2005 Asthmatic Kitty Records All songs © 2005 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP All songs recorded/engineered/produced Fall 2004 - Winter 2005. Most of the songs were recorded at The Buddy Project (Astoria, Queens). Many of the quiet parts were recorded at Sufjan's apartment in Brooklyn. The piano was recorded in the dead of night at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The string quartet was recorded at Marla's apartment in Washington Heights. Matt Morgan's vocals were recorded in Redhook, brooklyn. The electric organ was recorded at the New Jerusalem Recreational Room in Clarksboro, NJ. The vibraphone was recorded at Carroll Music Studios, New York City. Reissue with balloon artwork on the front cover and police cars with Illinois license plates "AKR014" and "A NO NO" on rear cover. Reissued 2018 or later based on KPG@CA signature in runouts, copyright holder info & mispress. Differs from [r11076713]: copyright is held by Sufjan Stevens Music instead of New Jerusalem Music and there is no RTI pressing information in the runouts.