Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
Here's a full instrumental version of Sufjan's Illinois. There are some artifacts throughout, but the quality is surprisingly good given that this is homemade, without using any stems. Good music for studying, focusing, etc.
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Tracklist:
0:00 - Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois
2:09 - The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!
4:23 - Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
11:09 - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
14:29 - Jacksonville
19:54 - A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
20:41 - Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
23:45 - One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman!!
23:52 - Chicago
29:56 - Casimir Pulaski Day
35:50 - To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men
37:31 - The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
43:48 - Prairie Fire That Wanders About
45:59 - A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
46:19 - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
51:42 - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
56:52 - Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
57:32 - In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
58:08 - The Seer's Tower
1:02:02 - The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier – Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now)
1:09:05 - Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
1:09:52 - Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run
Yeesh, lotta titles there. See ya.
Here's a full instrumental version of Sufjan's Illinois. There are some artifacts throughout, but the quality is surprisingly good given that this is homemade, without using any stems. Good music for studying, focusing, etc.
Support me here to get early/exclusive access to more projects buymeacoffee.com/calb (plus downloads for stuff)
You can follow me on instagram at instagram.com/calbmusic
I don't have any control over the ads, and I am not earning money from YouTube.
Tracklist:
0:00 - Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois
2:09 - The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!
4:23 - Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
11:09 - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
14:29 - Jacksonville
19:54 - A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons
20:41 - Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
23:45 - One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman!!
23:52 - Chicago
29:56 - Casimir Pulaski Day
35:50 - To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men
37:31 - The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
43:48 - Prairie Fire That Wanders About
45:59 - A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
46:19 - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
51:42 - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
56:52 - Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
57:32 - In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
58:08 - The Seer's Tower
1:02:02 - The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier – Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now)
1:09:05 - Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
1:09:52 - Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run
Yeesh, lotta titles there. See ya.
