Sufjan Stevens' Illinois arrived on the Fourth of July, 2005
Illinois was released on July 4, 2005.
Related Notes
- Sufjan Stevens' Songs for Christmas mixes original songs with traditional carols — Sister Winter and Star of Wonder are the standouts
- Sufjan Stevens followed Songs for Christmas with an even bigger box set
- Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell debuted at No. 10 on pure sales alone
- Illinois was the second state in Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Project — which he later called a gimmick
- Carrie & Lowell is Sufjan Stevens' meditation on grief and family