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The second album in his "50 States" project, "Illinoise" (2005) stepped up the opulence of the orchestrations even as Sufjan paired tragic tales with effervescent ones here. Strings, trumpet, hand claps, woodwinds, banjo, oboe, glockenspiel, organ and other instruments (most played by Sufjan) fill out the lovely arrangements of "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts," "Chicago," "John Wayne Gacy, Jr.," "Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Pts. 1 & 2" and more. Double vinyl pressing! Asthmatic Kitty.