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Sufjan Stevens – Riffs and Variations on a Single Note (2005) | Track profile | Dork

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Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
Riffs and Variations on a Single Note

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Riffs and Variations on a Single Note

Release date: 4th July 2005

Singer/Songwriter

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"Riffs and Variations on a Single Note" is a track by Sufjan Stevens, from the album Illinois, released 4th July 2005. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Sufjan Stevens.

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Sufjan Stevens

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Lyrics

Riffs and Variations on a Single Note

[Full Title: 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]

[Instrumental]

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Track details

From Illinois

2005

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2005

1Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois
2:09
2The 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 Them Until They Are Off Our Lands!"
2:15
3Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
6:46
4John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
3:20
5Jacksonville
5:25
6A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
0:48
7Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
3:04
8One Last "Whoo-hoo!" for the Pullman
0:06
9Chicago
6:05
10Casimir Pulaski Day
5:54
11To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
1:41
12The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
6:17
13Prairie Fire That Wanders About
2:11
14A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way In Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis In the Great Godfrey Maze
0:20
15The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
5:23
16They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
5:10
17Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out In Bushnell
0:40
18In This Temple, As In the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth
0:35
19The Seer's Tower
3:54
20The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
7:03
21Riffs and Variations On a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
0:47
22Out of Egypt, Into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals As I Run
4:21
23Jon Galaxy's Remix of "Chicago" (Huh?!)
5:32
24The Avalanche
3:18
25The Transfiguration (Home Demo Version)
5:04
26Size Too Small (Live In Brussells)
3:08
—The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier — Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now)
—Riffs and Variations on a Single Note
—Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream)
—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…

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Sufjan Stevens
Producer: Sufjan Stevens
Engineer: Sufjan Stevens
Arranger: Sufjan Stevens
Mastering Engineer: Alan Douches
Recording Engineer: Sufjan Stevens
Trumpet: Craig Montoro