Illinoise: A New Musical (Original Cast Recording)

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Three Stars (or, Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois)
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:22
2The Long Hike
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
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!” (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:31
3Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26), Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist) (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
6:34
4Jacksonville
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist) (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Jacksonville (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
5:29
5Zombies
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh! (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
5:34
6John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:26
7The Man of Metropolis
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist) (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
6:40
8Decatur
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:31
9Chicago
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Chicago (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
publisher:
New Jerusalem Music
5:45
10To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
1:43
11Casimir Pulaski Day
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Casimir Pulaski Day (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
6:33
12Prairie Fire That Wanders About
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26), Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist) (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Prairie Fire That Wanders About (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:44
13The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
6:40
14In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26), Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist) (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
0:44
15The Seer’s Tower
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Seer’s Tower (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
6:04
16Chicago (reprise)
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Chicago (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
publisher:
New Jerusalem Music
3:42
17The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
lead vocals:
Elijah Lyons (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26), Shara Nova (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist) (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders, Part I: The Great Frontier, Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
6:48
18Epilogue
assistant recording engineer:
Kortney Bernard (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26) and Andrew Lulling (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
recording engineer:
Garth MacAleavey (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
producer:
Timo Andres (American composer and pianist), Nathan Koci, Garth MacAleavey and Dean Sharenow
mixer and editor:
Dean Sharenow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
recorded at:
Park Avenue Armory Wade Thompson Drill Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
mixed at and edited at:
Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run (from 2024-03-25 until 2024-03-26)
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:09

Credits

Release

manufactured in:U.S.A.
photography:Matthew Murphy (photography, MurphyMade)
miscellaneous support:Karina Beznicki (Producer and coordinator, mainly for the label Nonesuch) (task: production supervisor for Nonesuch Records)
Maya Bouvier‐Lyons (editorial and design manager, Nonesuch Records) (task: editorial coordinator for Nonesuch Records)
executive producer:David Bither (President of Nonesuch Records since Jan 2017) (task: executive album producer for Nonesuch Records)
Nate Koch
Orin Wolf
mastering:Dean Sharenow
accordion and piano:Sean Peter Forte
acoustic bass guitar [acoustic bass] and electric bass guitar [electric bass]:Eleonore Oppenheim (double bassist)
acoustic guitar:Brett Parnell
Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist)
banjo:Nathan Koci
Brett Parnell
bass drum and vibraphone:Jessica Tsang
drums (drum set) [drums]:Daniel Freedman
electric guitar:Shara Nova
Brett Parnell
Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist)
flute:Domenica Fossati
French horn:Kyra Sims
keyboard:Elijah Lyons
Nathan Koci
oboe:Kathy Halvorson (Oboe player)
percussion:Christina Courtin (US singer & violinist)
Domenica Fossati
Kathy Halvorson (Oboe player)
Jessica Tsang
Brett Parnell
Tasha Viets‐VanLear (Chicago songwriter/activist)
trumpet:Brandon Ridenour
viola and violin:Christina Courtin (US singer & violinist)
copyrighted (©) by:Nonesuch Records Inc. (not for release label use, consider using its imprint “Nonesuch” instead) (in 2024)
mastered at:Steel Cut Audio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/31031074 [info]
ASIN:US: B0D54LFV63 [info]