Sufjan Stevens- Michigan Vinyl Record

Description

Michigan (styled Sufjan Stevens Presents… Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lake State on the cover) is a concept album by American indie folk songwriter Sufjan Stevens, released on July 1, 2003. It is Stevens’ third studio album and features songs referencing places, events, and persons related to the U.S. state of Michigan.The album is the first in Stevens’ “The 50 States” project, a planned series of 50 albums to encompass all 50 states of the United States. Stevens only released two state albums before admitting the project was a “promotional gimmick”.

Track Listings
1. Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)

2. All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!3. For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti4. Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!5. The Upper Peninsula6. Tahquamenon Falls7. Holland8. Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)9. Romulus10. Alanson, Crooked River11. Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie12. They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon)13. Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? …)14. Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)15. Vito’s Ordination Song