State Songs

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State Songs
State Songs cover
Studio album by John Linnell
Released 1999
Genre Rock
Length 45:11
Label Rounder / Zoë
Professional reviews
John Linnell chronology
House of Mayors
(1996)		 State Songs
(1999)
This article is about the John Linnell album "State Songs". For a list of state songs, see List of U.S. state songs.

State Songs is an album released by John Linnell (one-half of influential alternative rock band They Might Be Giants) in 1999. It was Linnell's second full solo album, following 1996's House of Mayors. Four of the tracks on the album featured the carousel organ. This concept album features almost entirely tracks that are named after, and are at least partially inspired by, fifteen of the 50 U.S. states. The album is absurdist in nature, suggesting that there is another West Virginia inside of the state, that one can drive a house to Idaho, that Montana is a leg, Iowa is a witch, and Arkansas has sunken and is to be replaced by a ship of its exact shape and size.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Illinois"
  2. "The Songs of the 50 States"
  3. "West Virginia"
  4. "South Carolina"
  5. "Idaho"
  6. "Montana"
  7. "Pennsylvania"
  8. "Utah"
  9. "Arkansas"
  10. "Iowa"
  11. "Mississippi"
  12. "Maine"
  13. "Oregon"
  14. "Michigan"
  15. "New Hampshire"
  16. "Nevada"


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