7. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
'Singer-songwriter' implies someone sat down with a guitar in Starbucks. That would be too risqué for that slut of a coffee-house anyroad. Sufjan is a composer. When you listen to the orchestral arrangements in 'Come on! Feel the Illinoise!' the positive energy that bounds around the room- let alone down the corridor during my first year at university - is gargantuan. The lofty ambition to release an album for each American state is a funny joke and even if it keeps the fans hanging on to the artist's every last move, then so what if you speculate what Hawaii would sound like? 'Illinois' meanwhile sounds just like the state itself, and - Yes! I haven't been before! Or, should say it sounds like a novel? Or, an history article in that Sufjan researched a whole boatload of culture for? Maybe it's a live performance waiting to happen? Maybe he'll play this at the Albert Hall in order one day or maybe or maybe. Maybe he'll top this. I'll make the leap now: I dare say he will. Or as they say in America: "He Weeyil: When he releases his dark masterpiece he sure weeeeeeeyilll."
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