 <unk> <unk> created the album artwork , depicting a variety of Illinois @-@ related themes , including Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln , the <unk> Tower , and Black Hawk . The album cover reads , " Sufjan Stevens <unk> You To : Come On Feel the Illinoise ! " as a wordplay on the common <unk> of the state 's name as " ill @-@ i @-@ <unk> " and a reference to the <unk> song " <unk> On Feel the <unk> " made famous in the United States by the metal band <unk> Riot . The text on the cover caused some confusion over the actual title of the album — it is officially titled Illinois , as opposed to Come on Feel the Illinoise or Illinoise . Paste listed Illinois as having the seventh best album art of the decade 2000 – 2009 . The album also won the <unk> Independent Music Award for Album Art / <unk> of the Year in 2006 . 
