Illinois

2005 album by Sufjan Stevens
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Illinois

Summary

Illinois is an album[1]. Illinois ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,477 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Illinois's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Illinois's genre is baroque pop[4].
  • Illinois's genre is anti-folk[5].
  • Illinois's genre is folk rock[6].
  • Illinois's genre is indie pop[7].
  • Illinois's genre is indie folk[8].
  • Illinois's genre is folk music[9].
  • Illinois's genre is lo-fi music[10].
  • Illinois is named after Illinois[11].
  • Cum on Feel the Noize is named after Illinois[12].
  • Illinois was produced by Sufjan Stevens[13].
  • Among the performers on Illinois was Sufjan Stevens[14].
  • Illinois's record label is recorded as Asthmatic Kitty[15].
  • Illinois's record label is recorded as Secretly Canadian[16].
  • Illinois's record label is recorded as Rough Trade[17].
  • Illinois's copyright license is recorded as all rights reserved[18].
  • Illinois's place of publication is recorded as United States[19].
  • Illinois is part of Sufjan Stevens' albums in chronological order[20].
  • Illinois's Commons category is recorded as Illinois (Sufjan Stevens album)[21].
  • Illinois's language of work or name is recorded as American English[22].
  • Illinois was distributed by Compact Disc Digital Audio[23].
  • Illinois was distributed by LP record[24].
  • Illinois was distributed by music download[25].
  • Illinois was distributed by music streaming[26].
  • Illinois was released on July 4, 2005[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 2005-07-04[29]

  • Genre(s): baroque pop, chamber folk, chamber pop, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, orchestral, progressive, rock, singer-songwriter[30]

  • Community tags: adolescence, atmospheric, baroque pop, bittersweet, bright, chamber folk, chamber music, chamber pop, childhood, christian, community, compassionate, complex, concept album, conscious, cozy, death, dense, eclectic, epic, family, folk rock, folklore, friendship, gay, history, indie folk, indie rock, introspective, lgbtq, love, lush, male vocalist, maximalist, melancholic, mellow, melodic, orchestral, pastoral, philosophical, playful, poetic, polyphonic, progressive, quirky, religious, rock, sentimental, singer-songwriter, soft, soothing, spring, suburban, theatrical, travel, triumphant, uncommon time signatures, uplifting, volksmusik / folklore, warm[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1fb75447-c513-38c4-ad8f-1bfc441aa74c[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Illinois was performed by Sufjan Stevens[14]. Illinois was produced by Sufjan Stevens[13].

Publication

Illinois was published on July 4, 2005[27]. Illinois's place of publication is recorded as United States[19]. Illinois's language of work or name is recorded as American English[22]. Genres include baroque pop[4], anti-folk[5], folk rock[6], indie pop[7], indie folk[8], and folk music[9]. Illinois is part of Sufjan Stevens' albums in chronological order[20]. Recorded distribution format include Compact Disc Digital Audio[23], LP record[24], music download[25], and music streaming[26].

Subject and Themes

Illinois's main subject is Illinois[33].

Why It Matters

Illinois ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,477 views/month).[2] Illinois has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Illinois is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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