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The Avalanche

Sufjan Stevens

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Released: Jul 2006
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Reco
Leave it to Sufjan to release a lush, expansive, 21-track collection of leftovers from his lush, expansive, 22-track Illinois. Like everything associated with Sufjan (even his name), this album is an exquisite juxtaposition of the so-familiar-it's-almost-cliche and the fascinatingly quirky. That trademark Midwest aesthetic -- band-room-plus-banjo instrumentation and a folksy esotericism -- is omnipresent, even as Avalanche takes off in some pretty distinctive directions (see the minimalist "Kaskaskia River"). Also included are four new versions of "Chicago," each more compelling than the last.
- RDEVITT
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche 2009-08-11
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    The Avalanche
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    Dear Mr. Supercomputer
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    Adlai Stevenson
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    The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarius And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies
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    Chicago (Acoustic Version)
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    The Henney Buggy Band
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    Saul Bellow
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    Springfield, Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair
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    The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
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    Kaskaskia River
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    Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)
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    Inaugural Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne
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    No Man's Land
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    The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
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    The Pick-up
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    For Clyde Tombaugh
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