ILLI-NES by Doctor Octoroc

"ILLI-NES" takes the capabilities of retro video game hardware to the limits in order to create a faithful instrumental chiptune arrangement of the entirety of the 2005 album "Illinois", using only a Nintendo Entertainment System and a Gameboy as the voices.

(This is a fan project and is in no way associated, or created in conjunction, with Sufjan Stevens, Asthmatic Kitty Records, or any other person or group of persons involved in the original writing, recording, producing or publishing of "Illinois")

Tracklist

1.	Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland Illinois	2:09

2.	The Black Hawk War, Or, How To Demolish An Entire Civilization And Still Feel Good About Yourself In The Morning, Or, We Apologize For The Inconvenience But You're Going To Have To Leave Now, Or, "I Have Fought The Big Knives And Will Continue To Fight Th	2:12

3.	Come On! Feel The Illinoise!	6:42

4.	John Wayne Gacy Jr.	3:16

5.	Jacksonville	5:27

6.	A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons	0:49

7.	Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!	3:05

8.	One Last "Whoo-Hoo!" For The Pullman	0:07

9.	Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah!	6:06

10.	Casimir Pulaski Day	5:53

11.	To The Workers Of The Rock River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves Tube Socks, A Paper Airplane, And Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men	1:23

12.	The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts	5:51

13.	Prairie Fire That Wanders About	2:14

14.	A Conjunction Of Drones Simulating The Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has An Existential Crisis In The Great Godfrey Maze	0:08

15.	The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!	5:19

16.	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!	5:11

17.	Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All The Way Out In Bloomington-Normal	0:40

18.	In This Temple As In The Hearts Of Man For Whom He Saved The Earth	0:35

19.	The Seer's Tower	3:52

20.	The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders	7:14

21.	Riffs And Variations On A Single Note For Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, And The King Of Swing, To Name A Few	0:38

22.	Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run	4:14

23.	The Avalanche	3:11

Credits

released July 4, 2025

"Illi-NES" arranged and produced by Doctor Octoroc | doctoroctoroc.com
"Illinois" written and recorded by Sufjan Stevens | sufjan.com
© Sufjan Stevens Music c/o BMG Gold Songs | bmg.com

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