| Artist |
Sufjan Stevens |
| Album Title: |
Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: General Alternative |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
07/01/2003 |
| Label |
Asthmatic Kitty Records |
| Catalog No |
AKR007 |
| Bar Code No |
6 56605 55102 9 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid) (3:43)
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| 2.
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All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! (4:33)
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| 3.
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For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti (3:57)
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| 4.
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Say Yes! To M!Ch!Gan! (2:45)
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| 5.
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The Upper Peninsula (3:23)
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| 6.
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Tahquamenon Falls (2:18)
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| 7.
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Holland (3:26)
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| 8.
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Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!) (8:20)
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| 9.
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Romulus (4:41)
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| 10.
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Alanson, Crooked River (1:18)
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| 11.
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Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie (2:52)
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| 12.
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They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For The Homeless In Muskegon) (6:21)
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| 13.
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Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) (9:23)
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| 14.
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Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) (2:02)
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| 15.
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Vito's Ordination Song (7:06)
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| Date Acquired |
11/09/2010 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
12.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Recorded in Petoskey, Michigan (at Steve's & Jamila's house); Brooklyn, New York (in various locations, including Sufjan's apartment, Tom's apartment, Megan's apartment, Vito & Monique's apartmen and St. Paul's Episcopal Church); Clarksboro, New Jersey (at N.J. Rec. Rm.); Williamstown, Massachusetts (at Buxton School).
Mastered at West Westside Studios, NJ.
(C) New Jerusalem Music (ASCAP)
(C)(P) Astmatic Kitty Records
All Rights Reserved
Made in Canada
foobar2000 1.3.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2015-04-10 21:22:35
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Analyzed: Sufjan Stevens / Michigan
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.02 dB -15.13 dB 3:44 01/15-Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
DR8 -0.36 dB -9.72 dB 4:34 02/15-All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
DR9 -0.36 dB -12.79 dB 3:57 03/15-For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
DR7 -0.35 dB -10.85 dB 2:46 04/15-Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!
DR9 -0.41 dB -11.59 dB 3:23 05/15-The Upper Peninsula
DR10 -1.02 dB -14.33 dB 2:19 06/15-Tahquamenon Falls
DR9 -0.49 dB -12.76 dB 3:26 07/15-Holland
DR8 -0.33 dB -11.54 dB 8:21 08/15-Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
DR10 -0.43 dB -13.86 dB 4:42 09/15-Romulus
DR9 -3.90 dB -16.72 dB 1:19 10/15-Alanson, Crooked River
DR9 -1.07 dB -13.43 dB 2:52 11/15-Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie
DR7 -0.29 dB -9.83 dB 6:21 12/15-They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon)
DR8 -0.38 dB -12.61 dB 9:24 13/15-Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
DR13 -0.74 dB -16.67 dB 2:02 14/15-Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
DR8 -0.33 dB -12.09 dB 7:07 15/15-Vito's Ordination Song
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 773 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Gregory McIntosh
Sufjan Stevens's third album is a charming homage to his home state of Michigan. Filled with heartbreak, the album cryptically addresses Stevens' frustration with the notorious job market in the city of Flint in a lovely ballad that opens the record, and documents the depressing struggle the city of Detroit has fought to once again attain the elegance it had prior to the riots in the late '60s; however, it also touches on a brighter side, as in the cascading "Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!" Its title is a reference to the campaign adopted by the state in the 1980s and serves as the centerpiece as well as Stevens' attachment and amour for the state he is from. Musically, Stevens often plays his Jim O'Rourke and Stereolab cards, riffing along with complex polyphony in building loops and dynamics, but he also frequently imports lightly strummed guitars and stark banjo picking to break up the album and give it a rustic northern folk aesthetic. Stevens comfortably handles nearly every instrument on the album -- an impressive task that includes various keyboards, woodwinds, guitars, and percussions -- but also enlisted the help of Megan, Elin, and Daniel Smith from the Danielson Famile to help out with vocal duties, and the outcome is a haunting and hypnotic studio opus certainly worth getting lost in.
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