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Sufjan Stevens Calls 50 States Project "Such a Joke"
pastemagazine.com - 26 days ago
Sufjan Stevens Calls 50 States Project "Such a Joke"
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At the time, it seemed impossibly ambitious: Write an album for all 50 states, each capturing both the obvious glories and flaws, but also the hidden idiosyncrasies of its chosen bit of America. Sufjan Stevens’ first attempt was a gorgeously lush, whispered look at a state most often cast in a harsh, mechanic light: Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State. Next up was another midwestern state, Illinois. With beautiful anthems like “Chicago” and “Jacksonville,” the ...
Sufjan Stevens: On the Road to Find Out
pastemagazine.com - 28 days ago
Sufjan Stevens: On the Road to Find Out
— pastemagazine.com — On Nov. 2, 2009, Paste magazine released its list of The 50 Best Albums of the Decade,... and topping that list was Illinois, the 2005 masterpiece from Sufjan Stevens. Paste’s Kate Kiefer talked to the Illinoisemaker about the album, his 50 States ... (more) Sufjan Stevens: On the Road to Find Out

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Sufjan Stevens: 50 States Project a “joke”
consequenceofsound.net - 28 days ago
Sufjan Stevens: 50 States Project a “joke”
— consequenceofsound.net — Well, so much for that. (more) Sufjan Stevens: 50 States Project a “joke”

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pitchfork.com - 26 days ago
Sufjan Stevens Calls the 50 States Album Project "Such a Joke"
— pitchfork.com — Photo by Denny Renshaw It has now been more than four years since Sufjan Stevens released Illinois... , the second album in his proposed 50 States project. Sufjan had claimed that he was going to release an album in honor of every one of our United ... (more) Sufjan Stevens Calls the 50 States Album Project "Such a ...

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The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide:  Sufjan Stevens: "Haha, Yeah, That Whole 50 State Albums Thing Was Really Stupid, Right?"

JP's Blog:  Sufjan Stevens Says 50 States Project Was A Joke

Indie For BUNNIES:  Lo scherzo di Sufjan

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Sufjan Stevens: "Haha, Yeah, That Whole 50 State Albums Thing Was Really Stupid, Right?"
The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide — ... In in interview with Paste Magazine, Sufjan Stevens acknowledged that maybe that whole "Hey, you know what? I think I'm gonna make a record for each of the 50 states!" thing was sort of a mistake, since he never managed to complete another after Illinoise, which Paste just named the best album of the decade. ...

Sufjan Stevens Says 50 States Project Was A Joke
JP's Blog — ... In an interview with Paster Sufjan Stevens talked about his ambitious 50 states project in which he would release an album for every state of the Union. He had already finished started with Michigan and Illinois. But the last album fromt he project was in 2005. There were no proper albums released by Sufjan sinced then. Now he told the magazine what he really thinks of the project: The whole premise was such a joke, and I think maybe I took it too seriously. I started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself. After he finished with "Illinoise" Sufjan Stevens put more ...

Lo scherzo di Sufjan
Indie For BUNNIES — ... Il progetto di scrivere un album per ogni stato americano? “It was such a Joke”. Sufjan Stevens a Paste Magazine. ...

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prefixmag.com 26 days ago — Sufjan Stevens told Paste in a recent interview that his concept of making an album for all 50 states to follow Illinois was actually a joke. "I think maybe I took it too seriously," he explains. "I started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself." Four years ...
Is Sufjan Done With The 50 States Project? — Stereogum
In an interview with Paste Stevens said "the whole premise [of the project] was such a joke," a joke maybe he took too seriously: "I started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself." He recently told us he won't rule out another state LP, though, so keep dreaming.
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Sufjan Stevens Abandons 50 States Album Project — Spinner
Filed under: News , New Music , Holy Hell Unless Sufjan Stevens really has discovered the Fountain of Youth, his mission to produce an album for each of the 50 states would be far from feasible. The singer-songwriter told Paste magazine  ...