Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche

CM1847
CM1847 Posts: 577
edited July 2006 in Other Music
The new album from Sufjan, sort of. It is outtakes from "Illinois", including 3 alt-versions of "Chicago" among other things. I have the album, but haven't lsitened to it yet, the song lengths on the back are hopeful, nothing under a minute so no annoying interludes or anything that were seen on "Illinois." Also only one song title gets above 10 words long, so that is a good sign.

I am expecting it it be a mix of good and not-so-good, and I will probably wonder why he didn't just put the best 20 songs on one album instead of releasing 40+ songs.

Anyone else pick this up? thoughts?
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  • leatherman_8
    leatherman_8 Posts: 107
    I'll bump this because I just listened to it, and it's beautiful. I can see where some just wouldn't fit in with the original Illinois tracklist. But damn, the "Adult Contemporary" version of Chicago is beautiful.
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  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    I like it, I prefer Illinois, but for a 20 song "outtake" album, it is pretty darn quality.

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