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The Avalanche

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The Avalanche
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Length
21 tracks, 75:36
Release Date
10 July 2006
The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project began to develop into an unwieldy epic, common sense weighed in—as did the opinions of others—and the project was cut in half. But as 2005 came to a close, Sufjan returned to the old, forsaken songs on his 8-track like a grandfather remembering his youth, indulging in old journals and newspaper clippings. What he uncovered went beyond the merits of nostalgia; it was more like an ensemble of capricious friends and … read more
The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 son… read more
The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project began to devel… read more

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6 Play track Henney Buggy Band
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 3:16 209,809 listeners
1 Play track The Avalanche
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 3:14 142,208 listeners
5 Play track Chicago (acoustic version)
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 4:40 134,582 listeners
2 Play track Dear Mr. Supercomputer
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3 Play track Adlai Stevenson
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7 Play track Saul Bellow
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14 Play track No Man's Land
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8 Play track Carlyle Lake
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10 Play track The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
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12 Play track Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)
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11 Play track Kaskaskia River
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9 Play track Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair
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16 Play track The Pick-up
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13 Play track Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
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15 Play track The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
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20 Play track Pittsfield
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19 Play track Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
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18 Play track For Clyde Tombaugh
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4 Play track The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
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21 Play track The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)
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17 Play track The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"
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Sufjan Stevens

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Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, , and from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the revival through , but his influences are very broad, including , the of Vince Guaraldi, and the academic minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Though Stevens had announced plans to make an album for each of the 50 U.… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, , and from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich song… read more
Sufjan Stevens (Born July 1, 1975) is an American musician, , and from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. He ha… read more

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