Album Info Hide Show Artist: Sufjan Stevens Album: The Avalanche (Outtakes & Extras From The Illinois Album) Released: US, 31 Aug 2018 Tracklist: A1 The Avalanche 3:14 A2 Dear Mr. Supercomputer 4:40 A3 Adlai Stevenson 2:34 A4 The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarius And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies 1:49 A5 Chicago (Acoustic Version) 4:40 A6 The Henney Buggy Band 3:16 B7 Saul Bellow 2:53 B8 Carlyle Lake 3:15 B9 Springfield, Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair 4:17 B10 The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself) 3:24 B11 Kaskaskia River 2:15 C12 Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) 6:06 C13 Inaugural Pop Music For Jayne Margaret Byrne 1:25 C14 No Mans Land 4:45 C15 The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake 1:38 C16 The Pick-Up 3:23 D17 The Perpetual Self, Or What Would Saul Alinsky Do? 2:24 D18 For Clyde Tombaugh 3:43 D19 Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) 4:35 D20 Pittsfield 6:41 D21 The Undivided Self (For Eppie And Popo) 4:59 Related Content: 0 Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. We ship vinyls in thick, rigid carboard mailers with a crushable zone on either side, and for extra safety we bubble wrap the records. In stock vinyl is usally shipped next business day, please check the availability field at the top of the product page to see whether the record is currently in stock or if it is available from the supplier as well as estimated shipping times. If you order an in stock item together with a pre order or back order (listed as available from supplier rather than in stock) then the order will be shipped together when all items arrive. If you would like the in stock items shipped first please place two separate orders or contact us to arrange shipping items separately. We are strongly committed to customer satisfaction. If you experience any problems with your order contact us so we can rectify the situation. If the record arrives damaged or doesn’t arrive we will cover the cost of replacing or returning the record. If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Released in 2006 as a follow-up to Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 Illinois, Asthmatic Kitty Records is finally releasing Avalanche on vinyl on August 31st, 2018. Initially conceived as part of a double album version of Illinois, Avalanche instead became a “companion” (a polite word for “b-sides”) to Illinois. Since its release, fans have had mixed reactions. “3 versions of Chicago?!?! Enough already,” wrote “biografiend” on Sputnik. But “cravenmonket,” who gave the album 4.5 stars on rateyourmusic, suggests that we all “stop thinking of The Avalanche as more Illinois. It actually owes more to Michigan.” Cravenmonket may be right. Take “The Mistress Witch” or “Saul Bellow,” both of which could have lived on the 2003 Michigan as much as on Illinois. One can hear Sufjan’s 2004 Enjoy Your Rabbit in “The Undivided Self.” And the band jam on “Springfield” looks forward to 2010’s All Delighted People. Then there’s “Pittsfield,” which, at least lyrically, foreshadows the more personal themes of 2015’s Carrie & Lowell. All that to say, a vinyl release of Avalanche is long overdue. With gratitude, we happily present Avalanche as a 2xLP a mere twelve years after its release, complete with all 21 songs from the original release, including the three versions of “Chicago” (you’re welcome, biografiend). THANK YOU! Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review