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I just spent about an hour or so researching as many allusions to Illinois I could find in the lyrics to this album and posted them in a list in the thematic elements section. I hope everyone finds that okay (hopefully it's not too much original research), and if not let me know or just edit it away. Also, I don't know how to change the format to make it look like the rest of the page. If anyone could fix that for me, that'd be awesome :-) --TheWindshield 09:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm a little scared to add this, and it's totally original research, but I'm actually rather proud of it. I couldn't figure out what in Illinois "In This Temple..." referred to, so I figured it was a random, nonspecific reference. However, I recently was touring an architecture museum in which a video happened to flash the words "In This Temple as in the Hearts of People for Whom He Has Saved the Union," then scrolling down to reveal the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. Illinois = Land of Lincoln. Sufjan, why are you so brilliant?
Could we make a template for Sufjan Stevens 50 states albums JohnRussell 04:07, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
I like it a lot. Nice work. --TheWindshield 09:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone else noticed that the name of the album is not Illinois but "Illinoise"? This needs to be changed, if for no other reason than to get it off the Illinois disambiguation. Ikefox
Yes. In fact it seems so obviously Illinoise that I'm a little scared to change it if you know what I mean. Check the label's website - Asthmatic Kitty Records
Um.. would someone please change the name of the article to "Illinoise?" (I don't know how to.) That's the name of the album. - Laikalynx 00:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
My copy of the album (a first pressing, I believe; Superman soars above the cityscape) has slightly different tracklist than the one presented here. Here it is:
As you can see, whoever put this tracklist of the back of the CD case had an unusual sense of capitalization. Might we not use this formatting, as it's as close to official as we're going to get?
Additionally, the title of track #11 "To The Workers..." listed in the article is longer than the one listed on the album itself. Where did this title come from? -- (a purist) Omphaloscope 02:57, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
I changed the track #11 to "To The Workers Of The Rockford River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves Shoe String, A Lavender Garland, And Twelve Strong Women." This is not the title not shown on the back of the CD, but it is shown in the liner notes, and is the id3 tag for this track when i rip the CD to my computer. 71.116.5.229 18:34, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
the "and it involves..." stuff is the title that the track gets when i rip the original cd to winamp... but any physical media lists is without. Maybe we add it like (and it involves...)? 71.121.96.248 05:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
It seems to me that the album Picture being used should be changed. The one with Superman is not the one actually being sold anymore. We should update with the new cover. Dlime16 10:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
I added the note about the use of "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois" on NBC's Conviction just now. Ep was "The Wall", air date Fri 28 Apr 2006. 65.4.23.230 01:12, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Crap. The above is me, forgetting that I wasn't signed in on my Mac. GeofFMorris 23:15, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Would someone who has the physical record confirm a track title? Conflicting sources including Amazon and Musicbrainz do not agree. Is it "To the workers of the Rock River Valley Region ..." or "...of the Rockford River Valley Region..." ? Although there is no "Rockford River", Stevens seems to use city names a lot, so both are plausible. -- Dhartung | Talk 07:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Is it perhaps worth mentioning that either the label or SS seem keen to release his albums on Vinyl? Illinois is available in rather lovely double gatefold format. It's perhaps not clear from this article what formats are available.
I'm not sure where this info could be included though - in the info box?
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born against 12:57, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Not sure where I should put this really, but the last track on Illinois, Out of Egypt... sounds remarkably like Steve Reich's Music for Eighteen Musicians, amongst others. Minimalism's influence on Sufjan has been well documented, but this seems like the most direct reference i can find in his music. Thoughts? -- Adamdurkacz
the keys in the title track sound a lot like the keys in The Cure's 'Close To Me'. Call it a nod to or whatever, but it's pretty darn similar.
I have added under 'in other media' section a line saying how the melody in the song "come on feel" is a nod to The Cure song 'Close To Me'
I don't understand this last sentence one iota. iTunes doesn't sell hard copies of albums including cover art, does it? Why would an issue related to cover art have anything to do with sales on iTunes? Cheers, PhilipR 05:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
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Where, exactly, in "The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders" is Michael Jordan referenced? I've listened to the song and read the lyrics several times and I can't find it.
Dan 09:25, 28 November 2007
Because trivia sections are discouraged on Wikipedia, and because this particular trivia section was garbage, I removed it all. - tbone ( talk) 06:28, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
The song "Jacksonville" seems to contain a musical phrase from Cat Stevens' "Two Fine People Love Each Other." I'm mentioning this because I noticed the list of lyrical references and was wondering whether all known musical references are also being included. --laura —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.235.18.93 ( talk) 03:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
I've removed the "release history" section, as it had been tagged as unreferenced for a week. If anyone would like to replace it, please include references. Thanks. Jujutacular T · C 16:23, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
I made a couple quick edits to the prose to make it flow a little better and remove some superfluous quotes. Otherwise, all of the content is reasonably covered: conceptualization, song content, chart performance and critical reception. The sources are all reputable; there are no issues with OR, as every fact checks out properly. I also see no issues with source quality. The only sourcing change I had to make was the addition of the catalog number to the liner notes reference
Overall, the article presents a thorough enough scope to pass the criteria of GA. I would recommend one thing to make the article more "complete": include a section on personnel (musicians, producers/mixers/etc.). Ideally, this can be sourced from the liner notes as well. Reviewer: Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ( Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:14, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
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The vinyl names shouldn't have any superiority over the others as these are not the names used on the more popular editions - CD & digital - which, with the exception of random grammar choices, are seemingly uniform. I feel the digital names should be used with the vinyl versions of the titles added as footnotes, if at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.215.210 ( talk) 20:29, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
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There is an inherent need or want to collectively use links like AllMusic, Discogs (list of releases), Metacritic, and MusicBrainz (list of releases) on articles even if all of them do not offer anything unique. What we end up with is site advertising and link farming. I have not looked at these but others have shown redundancy listings and nothing new from one to another. If someone (article editor) would review these and remove any that are not pertinent or offering something new or unique, that cannot be used in the body of the article, I would appreciate it. I have no issue with using links that are helpful but inundating Wikipedia with the same links just for the fun if it makes no sense and ultimately these types of things result in article demoting. Surely a "list of releases" can be used from one or the other link and not both? Otr500 ( talk) 11:59, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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Illinois (Sufjan Stevens album) → Illinois (album) – The Sufjan album gets 35 times the page-views compared to Illinois (Brett Eldredge album) leading me to think it is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. It would be generally split as 2 disambiguated articles if both have simillar popularity, but that isn't the case here. Mcguy15 ( talk) 20:52, 8 April 2021 (UTC)