The King Is Dead
The Decemberists
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Don't Carry It All | The Decemberists | 4:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Calamity Song | The Decemberists | 3:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Rise to Me | The Decemberists | 4:59 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Rox In the Box | The Decemberists | 3:07 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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January Hymn | The Decemberists | 3:12 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Down By the Water | The Decemberists | 3:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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All Arise! | The Decemberists | 3:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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June Hymn | The Decemberists | 3:57 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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This Is Why We Fight | The Decemberists | 5:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Dear Avery | The Decemberists | 4:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Country Fried Decemberists
Let me start by saying that I've been in love with this band since "Castaways". I await every new album with excitement, and I was one of the (apparently) few people who thought "Hazards" was an AMAZING album. I love the story and the intensity of the music and the incredible guest vocals. But in spite of my opinion it was a critical flop and I understand that it's hard to follow an album like that without a major pivot in direction.
That being said, I can't help but be let down by the direction they've chosen with "The King is Dead". I'm not a fan of country music. At all. Not even a little. So to hear my beloved Decemberists with such a country twang saddens me. And what's worse is that in their previous albums ("Hazards" aside) there was such a WIDE variety of musical influence. Take for example their breakout album "Picaresque". You go from the Iggy Pop inspired "The Sporting Life" to the more melancholy "Eli, the Barrow Boy" to the nautical drama of "The Mariner's Revenge Song". If there's a style you don't like, skip a track and you're likely to find something different. Unfortunately on this album, every track has country at its core and for those non-country fans like myself, there's no getting around it.
I wish this band nothing but success, but I'd be lying if I said I'm not hoping that this album doesn't signal a permanent new sound for them. If it does and this sound is the sound that takes them to the top, I'll be happy for their success, but consider them a lost love like so many of the characters in their own tragic tales.
Take a few steps back, to take a few steps forward...
Ever since the band began, they have been growing more and more conceptual, reaching its peak with their 2009 effort "The Hazards of Love." Now, two years later, they completely change directions and do a more song oriented album, recorded in a barn-turned-recording-studio in the midwestern United States. Harmonicas, fiddles, and drop-dead gorgeous harmonies are present on almost all of the tracks.
Not a bad song on the album, and a great effort by a band that never ceases to change how they see fit, without feeling-out of-date. Personal highlights include: Don't Carry It All, Calamity Song, Rox in The Box, Down By The Water, June Hymn (The harmonies here get me EVERY time), and This Is Why We Fight.
Perfect winter album.
Flawless record. Flawless band. Colin's voice restores hope in Helena, MT.
Biography
Formed: 2000 in Portland, OR
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By The Decemberists
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Down By the Water | The King Is Dead | 3:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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This Is Why We Fight | The King Is Dead | 5:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Here I Dreamt I was an Architect | Castaways and Cutouts | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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July, July! | Castaways and Cutouts | 2:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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16 Military Wives | Picaresque | 4:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Calamity Song | The King Is Dead | 3:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade | Castaways and Cutouts | 9:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Mariner's Revenge Song | Picaresque | 8:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Engine Driver | Picaresque | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Legionnaire's Lament | Castaways and Cutouts | 4:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Adult Alternative, Country, Alternative Country
- Released: Jan 14, 2011
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