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{{Short description|Album by Sufjan Stevens}} | |||
{{Album infobox | | |||
{{Infobox album | |||
| Name = The Avalanche | |||
| name = The Avalanche | |||
| Type = ] | |||
| type = compilation | |||
| Artist = ] | |||
| artist = ] | |||
| Cover = Sufjanavalanche.jpg | |||
| cover = Sufjan Stevens - The Avalance.jpg | |||
| Background = orange | |||
| border = yes | |||
| Released = ], ] | |||
| alt = A line-drawing of Stevens wearing an orange truckers' cap, blue shirt with a yellow "I" on it, orange cape, brown pants, and black shoes suspended over an automobile, sprinkling it with seeds. A man in a grey suit stands behind him, with the album's name written in script. | |||
| Recorded = | |||
| released = {{Start date|2006|07|11|mf=yes}} | |||
| Genre = ] | |||
| recorded = Late 2004, Late 2005 to January 2006 | |||
| Length = 75:48 | |||
| studio = | |||
| Label = ] | |||
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| genre = | ||
* ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Sufjan+Stevens |title=Sufjan Stevens Consumer Guide Reviews |website=robertchristgau.com |accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref> | |||
| Reviews = | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2006/07/10/avalanche |title=The Avalanche |website=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=5 August 2016}}</ref> | |||
* ] ] | |||
*]<ref></ref> | |||
* '']'' (Mixed) | |||
| length = 75:50 | |||
* '']'' (7.2/10) | |||
| label = ] | |||
* '']'' (8/10) | |||
| producer = ] | |||
* '']'' (B-) | |||
| prev_title = ] | |||
| | |||
| prev_year = 2005 | |||
| Last album = '']''<br />(]) | |||
| next_title = ] | |||
| This album = ''The Avalanche''<br />(]) | |||
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| next_year = 2006 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album''''' is |
'''''The Avalanche''''' (styled '''''The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album!''''' on the cover) is a 2006 compilation album by ] singer/songwriter ], consisting of outtakes and other recordings from the sessions for his album '']'', released the previous year. The title song "The Avalanche" was also a bonus track on the ''Illinois'' vinyl and iTunes release. | ||
==Recording and release== | |||
The cover features a cartoon depiction of Stevens wearing a cape and costume held aloft by strings, a likely reference to the image of ] from the cover of early editions of ''Illinois'' He wears a shirt with the "Block I", the symbol of varsity athletics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Block I appears several times in the album art. | |||
A press release on the Asthmatic Kitty website reported that the ''Illinois'' album was supposed to be a double record (with somewhere near 50 songs), but the idea was eventually scrapped. After the success of the album, Stevens returned to his digital 8-track recorder in late 2005 and began the process of finishing 21 of the previously abandoned songs, which would eventually become ''The Avalanche''. | |||
Stevens has stated during interviews that although he doesn't like ''The Avalanche'' as much as ''Illinois'', he felt it was important to release the songs in light of the success of his most recent album.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608000018/http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/29535-interview-sufjan-stevens |date=2007-06-08 }}</ref> He has also said that he decided to release the album in order to buy time until his next "]" release. The album cover jokingly makes reference to the partially commercial reasons for the album's release, declaring that its contents were "shamelessly compiled by Sufjan Stevens". | |||
A press release on the Asthmatic Kitty website reported that the ''Illinois'' album was supposed to be a double record (with somewhere near 50 songs), but the idea was eventually scrapped. After the success of the album, Stevens returned to his analog 8-track recorder in late ] and began the process of finishing 21 of the previously abandoned songs, which would eventually become ''The Avalanche''. | |||
In May 2006, '']'' was given permission to distribute the second track from ''The Avalanche'', titled "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", on their website in ] format. The whole album was ] on May 9, 2006. | |||
Stevens has stated during interviews that although he doesn't like ''The Avalanche'' as much as ''Illinois'', he felt it was important to release the songs in light of the success of his most recent album. He has also said that he decided to release the album in order to buy time until his next "50 States Project" release. The album cover jokingly makes reference to the partially commercial reasons for the album's release, declaring that its contents were "shamelessly compiled by Sufjan Stevens" | |||
The track "No Man's Land" plays during the closing credits to the 2006 film '']'', which also features "]" by Sufjan Stevens. | |||
In May ], ] was given permission to leak the second track from ''The Avalanche'', titled "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", on their website in ] format. The whole album was ] on May 9, 2006. | |||
The track "The Perpetual Self, or 'What Would Saul Alinsky Do?'" plays during the trailer for the film '']''. | |||
==Reception== | |||
The album debuted at #71 on the Billboard Top 200, making it the highest charting Sufjan Stevens release to date . | |||
{{Album ratings | |||
| rev1 = ] | |||
| rev1score = 85%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=152872|title=chorus.fm|website=]}}</ref> | |||
| rev2 = ] | |||
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref></ref> | |||
| rev3 = ] | |||
| rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Sufjan%20Stevens|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Sufjan Stevens|publisher=}}</ref> | |||
| rev4 = '']'' | |||
| rev4score = 7.2/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9195-the-avalanche/|title=Sufjan Stevens: The Avalanche Album Review - Pitchfork|publisher=}}</ref> | |||
| rev5 = '']'' | |||
| rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/sufjan-stevens-the-avalanche/|title=Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos - PopMatters|website=]}}</ref> | |||
| rev6 = '']'' | |||
| rev6score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=892|title=Music - Slant Magazine|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| rev7 = '']'' | |||
| rev7score = B−<ref></ref> | |||
}} | |||
===Critical reception=== | |||
==Tracklisting== | |||
The album ranked 9th on both Almost Cool's Best of 2006 and on ]'s Best of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2006.shtml|title=Best Music and Albums|publisher=}}</ref> The album made several other Best of 2006 lists.{{CN|date=December 2023}} | |||
#"The Avalanche" – 3:14 | |||
#"Dear Mr. Supercomputer" – 4:20 | |||
===Sales chart history=== | |||
#"Adlai Stevenson" – 2:34 | |||
The album debuted at number 71 on the ] and fell off the chart two weeks later.<ref name="bb">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sufjan-stevens/chart-history/tlp/ |title=''The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album!'' Chart History |work=] |accessdate=March 12, 2020}}</ref> | |||
#"The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies" – 1:49 | |||
#"Chicago" (Acoustic Version) – 4:40 | |||
==Artwork== | |||
#"The Henney Buggy Band" – 3:16 | |||
] | |||
#"Saul Bellow" – 2:53 | |||
The cover features a cartoon depiction of Stevens wearing a cape and costume held aloft by strings, a likely reference to the image of ] he was forced to remove from the cover of ''Illinois''. He wears a shirt with a Block-type ] letter ]; the symbol of varsity athletics at the ]. The "Block I" appears several times in the album art. A ] is featured on the cover, with an old-style Illinois License Plate which reads, "AKR 022", a reference to the catalog number of the album on ]. The license plate of the police car in the liner notes illustration reads "A NO NO". This is possibly a reference to the first track of the album '']'' by the ]. Sufjan is an honorary member of the Famile. | |||
#"Carlyle Lake" – 3:15 | |||
#"Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair" – 4:17 | |||
==Track listing== | |||
#"The Mistress Witch from McClure (Or, the Mind that Knows Itself)" – 3:24 | |||
#" |
#"The Avalanche" – 3:14 | ||
#"Dear Mr. Supercomputer" – 4:20 | |||
#"Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) – 6:06 | |||
#"Adlai Stevenson" – 2:34 | |||
#"Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne" – 1:25 | |||
#"The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies" – 1:49 | |||
#"No Man's Land" – 4:45 | |||
#"]" (Acoustic Version) – 4:40 | |||
#"The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake" – 1:38 | |||
#"The |
#"The Henney Buggy Band" – 3:16 | ||
#" |
#"Saul Bellow" – 2:53 | ||
#" |
#"Carlyle Lake" – 3:15 | ||
#"Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair" – 4:17 | |||
#"Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) – 4:34 | |||
#"The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)" – 3:24 | |||
#"Pittsfield" – 6:51 | |||
#"Kaskaskia River" – 2:14 | |||
#"The Undivided Self (For Eppie and Popo)" – 4:59 | |||
#"Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) – 6:06 | |||
#"Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne" – 1:25 | |||
#"No Man's Land" – 4:45 | |||
#"The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake" – 1:38 | |||
#"The Pick-Up" – 3:27 | |||
#"The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"" – 2:24 | |||
#"For Clyde Tombaugh" – 3:43 | |||
#"Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) – 4:34 | |||
#"Pittsfield" – 6:53 | |||
#"The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)" – 4:59 | |||
==Thematic elements== | ==Thematic elements== | ||
] | |||
As a pseudo-sequel to Illinois, this album follows the theme of Stevens' fifty states project: one album for each ] of the ]. Explicit and implicit references are made to Illinois persons, places, and institutions throughout the songs. Note that the song Chicago originally appeared on the Illinois album. The following list may not be complete: | |||
As a pseudo-sequel to ''Illinois'', this album follows the theme of Stevens' "fifty states" project: one album for each ] of the ]. Explicit and implicit references are made to Illinois persons, places, and institutions throughout the songs. | |||
#"The Avalanche" | |||
#*], "my home" | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#"Dear Mr. Supercomputer" | |||
#*]s housed at ]'s ] | |||
#*] | |||
#*] and ] | |||
#*] and the ] | |||
#"Adlai Stevenson" | |||
#*], former ] to the ] and ] | |||
#*] | |||
#*A possible reference to Stevenson shooting a man in his younger years | |||
#"The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies" | |||
#*The children's books and artwork of ] | |||
#"]" (Acoustic Version) | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#"The Henney Buggy Band" | |||
#*], an automobile manufacturer from ] | |||
#*] ] | |||
#*] | |||
#"Saul Bellow" | |||
#*] | |||
#*], which borders Illinois | |||
#"Carlyle Lake" | |||
#*], a ] in ] | |||
#"Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair" | |||
#*Shadfly, a colloquial name for the ] | |||
#*] ] | |||
#*] | |||
#"The Mistress Witch from McClure (Or, the Mind that Knows Itself)" | |||
#*] in ] | |||
#"Kaskaskia River" | |||
#*] | |||
#"Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) | |||
#*] and ] ]s | |||
#"Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne" | |||
#*] | |||
#*], former ] | |||
#"No Man's Land" | |||
#*], although there is none currently in Illinois | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#*Mississippi River | |||
#*]'s "]" | |||
#"The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake" | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#"The Pick-Up" | |||
#*]s | |||
#*Possible reference to Abraham Lincoln | |||
#"The Perpetual Self, or What Would Saul Alinsky Do?" | |||
#*] | |||
#"For Clyde Tombaugh" | |||
#*] | |||
#"Chicago" (] Version) | |||
#*], or multiple personality disorder | |||
#"Pittsfield" | |||
#*] | |||
#*] | |||
#"The Undivided Self (For Eppie and Popo)" | |||
#*Identical ] sisters ] (born Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer) and ] (] of ] for the ] ] | |||
#*] (ISBN 0877848424) | |||
===Other references=== | |||
Although less explicitly ] than other albums, Stevens' ] faith is evident in The Avalanche, with explicit references to ] in the title track, "The Perpetual Self, or What Would Paul Alinsky Do?," and "The Mistress Witch from McClure (Or, the Mind that Knows Itself)." "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" is apparently about a ] about the shortcomings of ] ], and the inability of ] to give ]. "] John" is a character in "The Henny Buggy Band." | |||
Stevens alludes to "]" from the 1969 ] album '']'' in "Dear Mr. Supercomputer". The original line is "One two three four five six seven / All good children go to heaven." Stevens' lyric is "One two three four five six seven / All computers go to heaven." | |||
==Personnel== | |||
==U. S. chart history== | |||
]]] | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
*] – acoustic guitar, piano, ], bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, ], ], flute, banjo, ], ], ], alto ], ] MT-70, ]s, ], tambourine, triangle, ] ], vocals, ], ], recording, ], photography, ], artwork | |||
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="43"|"The Avalanche" - The Billboard 200 | |||
*Lowell Brams – artwork | |||
|- style="background-color: #white;" | |||
*Alan Douches – ] at West West Side Music, ] | |||
!align="center"|Week | |||
*Brian Dulaney – artwork | |||
!01 | |||
*Stephen Halker – artwork | |||
!02 | |||
*Katrina Kerns – backing vocals on "The Avalanche", "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "Carlyle Lake", "Springfield", "The Mistress Witch from McClure", "No Man's Land", and "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) | |||
*James McAlister – drums, percussion, and drum engineering on "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "The Henney Buggy Band", "Springfield", "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version), "Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Bryne", "No Man's Land", and "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) | |||
*Craig Montoro – ] on "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "The Henney Buggy Band", "The Mistress Witch from McClure", "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)", "No Man's Land", "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version), and "Pittsfield"; backing vocals on "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) | |||
*Denny Renshaw – photography | |||
*Divya Srinivasan – artwork | |||
*Djohariah Stevens – artwork | |||
*Marzuki Stevens – artwork | |||
*] – backing vocals on "Adlai Stevenson", "Saul Bellow", "The Henny Buggy Band", "Chicago" (Acoustic Version), "The Mistress Witch from McClure", "No Man's Land", "The Pick-Up", "The Perpetual Self", "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version), and "Pittsfield" | |||
*] – backing vocals on "The Avalanche", "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "Carlyle Lake", and "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) | |||
==Charts== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" | |||
|+ Chart performance for ''The Avalanche'' | |||
! scope="col"| Chart (2006) | |||
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position | |||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (])<ref>{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=ARIA Albums: Spirit of the Anzacs Is No 1|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-spirit-of-the-anzacs-in-no-1-20150411|website=Noise11|date=April 11, 2015|accessdate=January 30, 2021|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114214130/http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-spirit-of-the-anzacs-in-no-1-20150411|archivedate=November 14, 2017}}</ref> | |||
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position | |||
| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 97 | ||
| <center>138 | |||
|- | |- | ||
{{album chart|Flanders|68|artist=Sufjan Stevens|album=The Avalanche|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2021}} | |||
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Sales | |||
| <center><small>13,625 | |||
| <center><small>6,044 | |||
|- | |- | ||
{{album chart|France|161|artist=Sufjan Stevens|album=The Avalanche|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2021}} | |||
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Total | |||
|- | |||
| <center><small>14,322 | |||
{{album chart|UK2|84|date=20060720|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2021}} | |||
| <center><small>20,366 | |||
|- | |||
{{album chart|Billboard200|71|artist=Sufjan Stevens|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2021}} | |||
|- | |||
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|4|artist=Sufjan Stevens|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 30, 2021}} | |||
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==References== | |||
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Album by Sufjan StevensThe Avalanche | ||||
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Compilation album by Sufjan Stevens | ||||
Released | July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11) | |||
Recorded | Late 2004, Late 2005 to January 2006 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 75:50 | |||
Label | Asthmatic Kitty | |||
Producer | Sufjan Stevens | |||
Sufjan Stevens chronology | ||||
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The Avalanche (styled The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album! on the cover) is a 2006 compilation album by indie rock singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens, consisting of outtakes and other recordings from the sessions for his album Illinois, released the previous year. The title song "The Avalanche" was also a bonus track on the Illinois vinyl and iTunes release.
Recording and release
A press release on the Asthmatic Kitty website reported that the Illinois album was supposed to be a double record (with somewhere near 50 songs), but the idea was eventually scrapped. After the success of the album, Stevens returned to his digital 8-track recorder in late 2005 and began the process of finishing 21 of the previously abandoned songs, which would eventually become The Avalanche.
Stevens has stated during interviews that although he doesn't like The Avalanche as much as Illinois, he felt it was important to release the songs in light of the success of his most recent album. He has also said that he decided to release the album in order to buy time until his next "50 States project" release. The album cover jokingly makes reference to the partially commercial reasons for the album's release, declaring that its contents were "shamelessly compiled by Sufjan Stevens".
In May 2006, Pitchfork was given permission to distribute the second track from The Avalanche, titled "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", on their website in MP3 format. The whole album was leaked to the Internet on May 9, 2006.
The track "No Man's Land" plays during the closing credits to the 2006 film Little Miss Sunshine, which also features "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens. The track "The Perpetual Self, or 'What Would Saul Alinsky Do?'" plays during the trailer for the film Babies.
Reception
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AbsolutePunk.net | 85% |
AllMusic | |
Robert Christgau | |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10 |
PopMatters | |
Slant Magazine | |
Stylus Magazine | B− |
Critical reception
The album ranked 9th on both Almost Cool's Best of 2006 and on Uncut's Best of 2006. The album made several other Best of 2006 lists.
Sales chart history
The album debuted at number 71 on the Billboard Top 200 and fell off the chart two weeks later.
Artwork
The cover features a cartoon depiction of Stevens wearing a cape and costume held aloft by strings, a likely reference to the image of Superman he was forced to remove from the cover of Illinois. He wears a shirt with a Block-type Serif letter I; the symbol of varsity athletics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The "Block I" appears several times in the album art. A Chevrolet Avalanche is featured on the cover, with an old-style Illinois License Plate which reads, "AKR 022", a reference to the catalog number of the album on Asthmatic Kitty Records. The license plate of the police car in the liner notes illustration reads "A NO NO". This is possibly a reference to the first track of the album Tell Another Joke at the Ol' Choppin' Block by the Danielson Famile. Sufjan is an honorary member of the Famile.
Track listing
- "The Avalanche" – 3:14
- "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" – 4:20
- "Adlai Stevenson" – 2:34
- "The Vivian Girls Are Visited in the Night by Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies" – 1:49
- "Chicago" (Acoustic Version) – 4:40
- "The Henney Buggy Band" – 3:16
- "Saul Bellow" – 2:53
- "Carlyle Lake" – 3:15
- "Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in His Hair" – 4:17
- "The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)" – 3:24
- "Kaskaskia River" – 2:14
- "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version) – 6:06
- "Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne" – 1:25
- "No Man's Land" – 4:45
- "The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake" – 1:38
- "The Pick-Up" – 3:27
- "The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky Do?"" – 2:24
- "For Clyde Tombaugh" – 3:43
- "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version) – 4:34
- "Pittsfield" – 6:53
- "The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)" – 4:59
Thematic elements
As a pseudo-sequel to Illinois, this album follows the theme of Stevens' "fifty states" project: one album for each constituent state of the United States of America. Explicit and implicit references are made to Illinois persons, places, and institutions throughout the songs.
Other references
Stevens alludes to "You Never Give Me Your Money" from the 1969 Beatles album Abbey Road in "Dear Mr. Supercomputer". The original line is "One two three four five six seven / All good children go to heaven." Stevens' lyric is "One two three four five six seven / All computers go to heaven."
Personnel
- Sufjan Stevens – acoustic guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, oboe, alto saxophone, flute, banjo, glockenspiel, accordion, vibraphone, alto recorder, Casiotone MT-70, sleigh bells, shaker, tambourine, triangle, electronic organ, vocals, arrangement, engineering, recording, production, photography, art direction, artwork
- Lowell Brams – artwork
- Alan Douches – mastering at West West Side Music, Tenafly, New Jersey
- Brian Dulaney – artwork
- Stephen Halker – artwork
- Katrina Kerns – backing vocals on "The Avalanche", "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "Carlyle Lake", "Springfield", "The Mistress Witch from McClure", "No Man's Land", and "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)
- James McAlister – drums, percussion, and drum engineering on "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "The Henney Buggy Band", "Springfield", "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version), "Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Bryne", "No Man's Land", and "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)
- Craig Montoro – trumpet on "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "The Henney Buggy Band", "The Mistress Witch from McClure", "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)", "No Man's Land", "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version), and "Pittsfield"; backing vocals on "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)
- Denny Renshaw – photography
- Divya Srinivasan – artwork
- Djohariah Stevens – artwork
- Marzuki Stevens – artwork
- Rosie Thomas – backing vocals on "Adlai Stevenson", "Saul Bellow", "The Henny Buggy Band", "Chicago" (Acoustic Version), "The Mistress Witch from McClure", "No Man's Land", "The Pick-Up", "The Perpetual Self", "Chicago" (Multiple Personality Disorder Version), and "Pittsfield"
- Shara Worden – backing vocals on "The Avalanche", "Dear Mr. Supercomputer", "Carlyle Lake", and "Chicago" (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)
Charts
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) | 97 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 68 |
French Albums (SNEP) | 161 |
UK Albums (OCC) | 84 |
US Billboard 200 | 71 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 4 |
References
- "Sufjan Stevens Consumer Guide Reviews". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- "The Avalanche". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- sufjan int.
- Interview: Sufjan Stevens Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "chorus.fm". AbsolutePunk.net.
- AllMusic review
- "Robert Christgau: CG: Sufjan Stevens".
- "Sufjan Stevens: The Avalanche Album Review - Pitchfork".
- "Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos - PopMatters". PopMatters.
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