| 词条 | Michigan (album) |
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| name = Michigan | type = studio | artist = Sufjan Stevens | cover = michigan-stevens.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2003|07|01}} | recorded = 2003 in multiple locations | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | length = {{Duration|m=65|s=58}} | label = Sounds Familyre, Asthmatic Kitty/Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade | producer = Sufjan Stevens | prev_title = Enjoy Your Rabbit | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = Seven Swans | next_year = 2004 }} Michigan (styled Sufjan Stevens Presents... Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lake State on the cover) is a concept 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 is Stevens' third studio album and features songs referencing places, events, and persons related to the U.S. state of Michigan. The album is the first in Stevens' fifty states project, a planned series of fifty albums to encompass all fifty U.S. states. Stevens only released two state albums before admitting the project was a "promotional gimmick".[8] Recording and productionThe album was recorded and produced entirely by Stevens, using relatively cheap equipment for a market release. All of the tracks were recorded using 2 Shure SM57s and an AKG C1000, running through a Roland VS880EX,[9] at a sampling rate of 32 kHz (lower than the rates typically used in recording). Michigan was produced in Pro Tools,[9] which Stevens has also used for his following albums.[10] The instrumentation was recorded in various locations: a home in Petoskey, Michigan; Buxton School in Williamstown, Massachusetts; the N. J. Rec. Room in Clarksboro, New Jersey; and throughout Brooklyn, including Stevens' apartment and those of his friends and St. Paul's Church. ArtworkAlbum art features original hand-paintings by Martha Stewart Living crafts editor Laura Normandin. The two-disc vinyl edition of Michigan contains an inscription within the run-off groove of each LP side:
Critical reception{{Album ratings| aggregate1 = AOTY | aggregate1score = 89/100[11] | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[12] | rev2 = The Guardian | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[13] | rev3 = The Irish Times | rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[14] | rev4 = Mojo | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[15] | rev5 = Pitchfork | rev5Score = 8.5/10[16] | rev6 = Q | rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[17] | rev7 = Uncut | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[18] }}Michigan received acclaim from critics. Brandon Stosuy of Pitchfork described the album as "a beautiful, sprawling homage" to the state, noting its "lush production", but criticizing the excessive length of some of the album's tracks.[16] LegacyUpon the album's tenth anniversary, Stereogum's Chris DeVille stated: "[Stevens's] widescreen love letter to his home state was such a momentous leap forward... Sufjan has produced a wealth of fascinating, deeply affecting (and sometimes deeply affected) music over the years... Nowadays, aggressive guitar bands like Coliseum are considered punk or metal because indie rock is the kind of genre where neoclassical whiz kid Nico Muhly contributes string arrangements to seemingly every major record, where Régine Chassagne passionately rocks the accordion, where Bon Iver channels Richard Marx unironically. Michigan’s flurry of glockenspiels, oboes, trombones, and, yes, banjos had a lot to do with that."[19] As of 2005, it had sold 27,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[20] Track listing{{tracklist| all_writing = Sufjan Stevens and published by New Jerusalem Music, ASCAP | title1 = Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) | length1 = 3:43 | title2 = All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! | length2 = 4:33 | title3 = For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti | length3 = 3:57 | title4 = Say Yes! to M!ch!gan! | length4 = 2:45 | title5 = The Upper Peninsula | length5 = 3:23 | title6 = Tahquamenon Falls | length6 = 2:18 | title7 = Holland | length7 = 3:26 | title8 = Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!) | length8 = 8:20 | title9 = Romulus | length9 = 4:41 | title10 = Alanson, Crooked River | length10 = 1:18 | title11 = Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie | length11 = 2:52 | title12 = They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon) | length12 = 6:21 | title13 = Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) | length13 = 9:23 | title14 = Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou) | length14 = 2:02 | title15 = Vito's Ordination Song | length15 = 7:06 }}Bonus tracks included on the double-disc vinyl release
The vinyl release also includes alternate arrangements of "Vito's Ordination Song" and "Romulus". The European re-release of the album in 2004 also contains the bonus tracks "Marching Band" and "Pickerel Lake". The song "Redford" was the inspiration for the name of the protagonist Redford Stephens of The Roots 2011 album Undun, who used the song as the opening to a four-part instrumental movement at the end of the album.[21] Personnel
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15609/reviews/4140799 |title=Sufjan Stevens All Delighted People |website=Drowned in Sound |accessdate=5 August 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/sufjan-stevens-emseven-swansem-11519 |title=Sufjan Stevens: Seven Swans |website=The A.V. Club |accessdate=5 August 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7510-greetings-from-michigan-the-great-lakes-state/ |title=Sufjan Stevens Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=18 May 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/38712/Sufjan-Stevens-All-Delighted-People/ |title=Sufjan Stevens All Delighted People |website=Sputnikmusic |accessdate=5 August 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/07/five-reasons-sufjan-stevens-greetings-from-michigan-gave-us-hope/ |title=Five Reasons Sufjan Stevens’ Michigan Gave Us Hope |publisher=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=18 May 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/38962/Sufjan-Stevens-All-Delighted-People/ |title=Sufjan Stevens All Delighted People |website=Sputnikmusic |accessdate=5 August 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/sufjan-stevens-the-age-of-adz-37986 |title=Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz |website=The Line Of Best Fit |accessdate=5 August 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/27/sufjan-stevens-the-bqe |title=Sufjan Stevens's symphony for New York |last1=Purcell |first1=Andrew |date=27 October 2009 |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=20 December 2012}} 9. ^1 {{cite journal |title=Sufjan Stevens: So Right and So Wrong |work=Tape Op Magazine |last=Roberts |first=Rafter |volume=70 |page=45 |date=March–April 2009}} 10. ^{{cite web|last=Murray |first=Noel |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/sufjan-stevens,13942/ |title=Sufjan Stevens | Interview |publisher=The A.V. Club |date= |accessdate=2010-05-16}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/997-sufjan-stevens-greetings-from-michigan-the-great-lakes-state.php|title=Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State - Reviews|website=AOTY}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/greetings-from-michigan-the-great-lake-state-mw0000036637 |title=Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State – Sufjan Stevens |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=November 16, 2010 |last=McIntosh |first=Gregory}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/25/popandrock.shopping8 |title=Sufjan Stevens, Michigan |work=The Guardian |date=June 25, 2004 |accessdate=November 16, 2010 |last=Peschek |first=David}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/rock-pop-1.1147460 |title=Sufjan Stevens: Michigan (Rough Trade) |work=The Irish Times |date=July 2, 2004 |accessdate=April 13, 2018 |last=Clarke |first=Jocelyn}} 15. ^{{cite journal |title=Sufjan Stevens: Michigan |work=Mojo |issue= |date= |page=110 |quote=Michigan revels in a broader musical palette and more upbeat mood than its follow-up... A pocket masterpiece...}} 16. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7510-greetings-from-michigan-the-great-lakes-state/ |title=Sufjan Stevens: Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State |work=Pitchfork |date=July 27, 2003 |accessdate=November 16, 2010 |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon}} 17. ^{{cite journal |title=Sufjan Stevens: Michigan |work=Q |issue= |date= |page=118 |quote=[L]ayers of elegiac instrumentation sculpt a deeply emotive, baroque chamber-pop landscape.}} 18. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/sufjan_stevens/reviews/7734 |title=Sufjan Stevens – Michigan |work=Uncut |accessdate=November 16, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212074122/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/sufjan_stevens/reviews/7734 |archivedate=February 12, 2006}} 19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1396241/greetings-from-michigan-the-great-lakes-state-turns-10/top-stories/lead-story/ |title=Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State Turns 10 |publisher=Stereogum |date=July 1, 2013 |accessdate=July 1, 2013 |last=DeVille |first=Chris}} 20. ^http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/62152/stevens-album-soars-despite-superman-flap 21. ^{{cite web|last=Goodman |first=William |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/11/uestlove-explains-how-spin-and-sufjan-inspired-roots-undun/|title=?uestlove Explains How SPIN and Sufjan Inspired the Roots' 'undun' |publisher=Spin |date= |accessdate=2011-12-09}} External links
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