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The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts

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On Illinois

2005 · 22 tracks

01Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois4.9★2:09
02The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenien4.8★2:15
03Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream4.8★6:46
04John Wayne Gacy, Jr.3:20
05Jacksonville5:25
06A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons0:48
07Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!3:04
08One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" for the Pullman0:06
09Chicago6:05
10Casimir Pulaski Day5:54
11To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament1:41
12The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts6:17
13Prairie Fire That Wanders About2:11
14A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze0:20
15The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!5:23
16They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh!5:10
17Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell0:40
18In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth0:35
19The Seer's Tower3:54
20The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders, Part I: The Great Frontier, Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now7:03
21Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few0:47
22Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt From My Sandals as I Run4:22