Sufjan Stevens : Avalanche: Outtakes And Extras From The Illinois Alb

These are tracks not used on the 'Illinois' album; some songs were finished, others weren't, requiring substantial editing, arrangements and/or vocals. The centerpiece of course, is the title track, 'The Avalanche', a song intended for the leading role on 'Illinois', but eventually cut and placed as a bonus track on the vinyl release. Almost every song on 'Illinois' has a counterpart on this outtakes release. 'In his own modest way, Stevens has quietly become the master of micro over six years and five albums; his ornately detailed compositions hold a magnifying glass to the dusty ephemera in his curious scope - and, intermittently, the center creases of his US atlas' - Entertainment Weekly