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01 Flint (For the Unemployed and 3:43
Underpaid)
02 All Good Naysayers, Speakup Or 4:33
Forever
03 For the Widows in Paradise, For 3:57
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04 Say Yes To Michigan 2:46
05 The Upper Penisula 3:23
06 Tahquamenon Falls 2:18
07 Holland 3:26
08 Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Heat 8:20
09 Romulus 4:41
10 Alanson, Crooked River 1:18
11 Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie 2:52
12 They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear 6:21
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13 Oh God, Where Are You Now 9:23
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total time: 57:01
.. R I P P E R ' S N O T E S ..
Sufjan Stevens's third album is a charming homage to his
home state of Michigan. Filled with heartbreak, the album
cryptically addresses Stevens' frustration with the
notorious job market in the city of Flint in a lovely ballad
that opens the record and documents the depressing struggle
the city of Detroit has fought to once again attain the
elegance it had prior to the riots in the late '60s;
however, it also touches on a brighter side, as in the
cascading "Say Yes! to M!ch!gan." Its title is a reference
to the campaign adopted by the state in the 1980s and serves
as the centerpiece as well as Stevens' attachment and amour
for the state he is from. Musically, Stevens often plays his
Jim O'Rourke and Stereolab cards, riffing along with complex
polyphony in building loops and dynamics, but he also
frequently imports lightly strummed guitars and stark banjo
picking to break up the album and give it a rustic northern
folk aesthetic. Stevens comfortably handles nearly every
instrument on the album - an impressive task that includes
various keyboards, woodwinds, guitars, and percussions - but
also enlisted the help of Megan, Elin, and Daniel Smith from
the Danielson Famile to help out with vocal duties, and the
outcome is a haunting and hypnotic studio opus certainly
worth getting lost in.
iEnjoy!
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