- americana, rock, folk rock, acoustic
- 66 min
- 15 tracks
- Asthmatic Kitty Records
Michigan is the third studio album by American indie folk songwriter Sufjan Stevens, released on July 1, 2003, on Sounds Familyre, Asthmatic Kitty and Secretly Canadian in the US, and on Rough Trade in Europe. It features songs referencing places, events, and persons related to the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Character
Grave, character-led, earnest and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Mojo4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)3:43
- 2All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!4:33
- 3For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti3:57
- 4Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!2:45
- 5The Upper Peninsula3:23
- 6Tahquamenon Falls2:18
- 7Holland3:26
- 8Oh Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)8:20
- 9Romulus4:41
- 10Alanson, Crooked River1:18
- 11Sleeping Bear, Sault Ste. Marie2:52
- 12They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon)6:21
- 13Oh God Where Are You Now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)9:23
- 14Redford (For Yia‐Yia and Pappou)2:02
- 15Vito’s Ordination Song7:06
15 tracks, 66 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sufjan Stevens
- Label
- Asthmatic Kitty Records
- Released
- July 1, 2003
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- GB
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