The Avalanche

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

The CD cover says: "Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album." Arguably, this is a subtitle. But Sufjan's albums often have lengthy titles and subtitles, and MusicBrainz style is to use simplified titles (see, for example, the MusicBrainz page for Michigan). So please leave this title as is. (Also, note that on the label's site, the album is identified simply as The Avalanche.)

Annotation last modified on 2009-03-11 04:29 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Avalanche
3:14
2Dear Mr. Supercomputer
4:20
3Adlai Stevenson
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
3.52:34
4The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
21:50
5Chicago
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
recording of:
Chicago
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
publisher:
New Jerusalem Music
4:41
6The Henney Buggy Band
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
recording of:
The Henney Buggy Band
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
53:17
7Saul Bellow
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
2:54
8Carlyle Lake
3:16
9Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair
4:18
10The Mistress Witch From McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
3.53:24
11Kaskaskia River
2:15
12Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening version)
cover recording of:
Chicago
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
publisher:
New Jerusalem Music
6:07
13Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
1:25
14No Man’s Land
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
4:45
15The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
1:39
16The Pick‐Up
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
3:24
17The Perpetual Self, or “What Would Saul Alinsky Do?”
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
22:24
18For Clyde Tombaugh
3:43
19Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
cover recording of:
Chicago
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
publisher:
New Jerusalem Music
4:35
20Pittsfield
guest background vocals:
Rosie Thomas
6:51
21The Undivided Self (For Eppie and Popo)
4:59