{"product_id":"the-avalanche-limited-vinyl-2lp","title":"The Avalanche: Limited Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe little secret behind Sufjan Steven’s acclaimed Illinois is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project began to develop into an unwieldy epic, common sense weighed in—as did the opinions of others—and the project was cut in half. But as 2005 came to a close, Sufjan returned to the remaining songs on his 8-track. What he uncovered went beyond the merits of nostalgia. Sufjan gleaned 21 tracks from remaining material; some songs were in finished form, while others were merely outlines. Most of the material required substantial editing, new arrangements or vocals, and much of the work was done at the end of 2005 or in January the following year. As the title song “The Avalanche” bemuses, \"I call you once my friends,” Sufjan took in the odd musical misfits and gathered them together like a party of good friends. “The songs on Avalanche are nearly as good as the ones on Illinois, although with surprising synth bursts and craggy guitar noise that were sandpapered off of its predecessor.” SPIN \/\/ “Most of these songs are just as good, if not better, than the ones that actually made the cut.” E Online \/\/ “All the songs here are fully realised and often the equal of those on their parent album.” Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracks:\u003cbr\u003eA1 The Avalanche\u003cbr\u003eA2 Dear Mr. Supercomputer\u003cbr\u003eA3 Adlai Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eA4 The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarius And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies\u003cbr\u003eA5 Chicago (Acoustic Version)\u003cbr\u003eA6 The Henney Buggy Band\u003cbr\u003eB7 Saul Bellow\u003cbr\u003eB8 Carlyle Lake\u003cbr\u003eB9 Springfield, Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair\u003cbr\u003eB10 The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)\u003cbr\u003eB11 Kaskaskia River\u003cbr\u003eC12 Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)\u003cbr\u003eC13 Inaugural Pop Music For Jayne Margaret Byrne\u003cbr\u003eC14 No Man’s Land\u003cbr\u003eC15 The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake \u003cbr\u003eC16 The Pick-Up\u003cbr\u003eD17 The Perpetual Self, Or “What Would Saul Alinsky Do?”\u003cbr\u003eD18 For Clyde Tombaugh\u003cbr\u003eD19 Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)\u003cbr\u003eD20 Pittsfield\u003cbr\u003eD21 The Undivided Self (For Eppie And Popo)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978475675890,"sku":"AKR22LP","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/Sufjan_Stevens_E2_80_93_The_Avalanche.jpg?v=1787662347","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/the-avalanche-limited-vinyl-2lp","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}