Illinois

On to 2005, and Sufjan fan videos!



Back at the start of the decade, Sufjan Stevens announced the intention to release an album for each of the 50 states. Ten years later, he's done two, Michigan and Illinois, so he's got 48 more to go, which might take awhile at two states per decade.

And Sufjan still hasn't released a followup to Illinois five years after its release, but that album still sounds as great as it did in 2005. As a former Illinois inhabitant, I was impressed that he squeezed in references to nearly every city and historical figure in the state (from Lincon to John Wayne Gacy) into the album, and even more impressed that it was entertaining as well as informative. Here's "Chicago", an even better song than the musical it isn't based on.