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Artwork:

Tracklist:

1. The Avalanche
2. Dear Mr Supercomputer
3. Adlai Stevenson
4. The Vivian Girls Are Visited In The Night By Saint Dargarius And His Squadron Of Benevolent Butterflies
5. Chicago (Acoustic Version)
6. The Henney Buggy Band
7. Saul Bellow
8. Carlyle Lake
9. Springfield, Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair
10. The Mistress Witch From McClure (Or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
11. Kaskaskia River
12. Chicago (Adult Contemporary Easy Listening Version)
13. Inaugural Pop Music For Jane Margaret Byrne
14. No Man’s Land
15. The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
16. The Pick-up
17. The Perpetual Self, Or “What Would Saul Alinsky Do?”
18. For Clyde Tombaugh
19. Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)
20. Pittsfield
21. The Undivided Self (For Eppie And Popo)

Details:

Full Title: The Avalanche: Outtakes And Extras From The Illinois Album
Label: Asthmatic Kitty (North America), Rough Trade (Europe)
Release Date: July 11, 2006 (North America), July 10, 2006 (Europe)
Catalog # AKR022 (North America), RTRADCD350 (Europe)
Format: CD, digital download
Availability: CD is available at select stores and directly from Asthmatic Kitty and Rough Trade, digital download available at iTunes or eMusic.

Additional notes:

• See also this news item for additional details.

Reviews on this site:

• Goldmine – Issue 690 – January 05, 2007
• Relevant – Issue 22 – September/October 2006 (review)
• Spin – August 2006
• Paste – Issue 23 – August 2006
• Alternative Press – Issue 218 – September 2006 (review)
• Harp – Volume 5, Number 5 – July/August 2006 (review)
• Blender – No 50 – August 2006
• Entertainment Weekly – Issue 886 – July 14, 2006
• Rolling Stone – Issue 1004/1005 – July 13-27, 2006
• Village Voice – Volume 51, Issue 28 – July 12-18, 2006
• Music Week – July 01, 2006
• No Depression – Issue 64 – July/August 2006

Reviews on other sites:

• All Music
• Indie Workshop
• Kevchino
• Las Vegas Citylife
• Music Times
• Onion A.V. Club
• Pitchfork
• Popmatters
• Relevant (online)
• ShakingThrough.net
• Slant
• Stylus
• The Independent
• The Stranger
• Treble

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