The Decemberists The King Is Dead (180GV)
Alternative Press: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'January Hymn' and 'June Hymn' flutter by like the gentle campfire ballads they evoke..."
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Vinyl LP Details
- Released: February 3, 2011
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Capitol Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
Includes "Down By The Water" and "This Is Why We Fight". Album features guest vocals by Gillian Welch.
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.68
Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Singer-songwriter Colin Meloy packs his storytelling eccentricities into pop-song packages of verse, hook and country-Smiths jangle..."Spin - pp.63-66
"Ten crisp roots-rock tunes in a mere 40 minutes....The singer appears most deeply engaged with THE KING IS DEAD's more direct, plainspoken moments..."Entertainment Weekly - p.83
"The band's latest set is more succinctly rewarding than anything it has done in years." -- Grade: A-Uncut - p.76
4 stars out of 5 -- "[This is] the Decembrists' most immediate and outgoing album....'Dear Avery' is another sublime essay in memory, separation and regret..."Uncut - p.32
Ranked #26 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[A] clutch of warm, literate country-rock songs."Alternative Press - p.100
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'January Hymn' and 'June Hymn' flutter by like the gentle campfire ballads they evoke..."CMJ
"THE KING OF DEAD focuses on what made the Decembrists famous in the first place: Colin Meloy's lyrical oddities and the group's pastoral sound."Billboard (p.28) - "Lead singer Colin Meloy's irrepressible baritone in all its full-throated glory stands in stark contrast to the unplugged ensemble's dulcet tones."
Mojo (Publisher) - p.106
4 stars out of 5 -- "The whole album is warm to the touch....[With] straightforward songs, transparent emotions, a little gift both to their fans and themselves."Clash (Magazine) - "[H]arking back to the relative simplicity of PICARESQUE, this latest offering is a finessed folk-rock record to bring a little taste of long summer evening drives..."
Tracks:
- 1.Don't Carry It All
- 2.Calamity Song
- 3.Rise To Me
- 4.Rox In the Box
- 5.January Hymn
- 6.Down By the Water
- 7.All Arise!
- 8.June Hymn
- 9.This is Why We Fight
- 10.Dear Avery
Product Info
- UPC: 5099964272719
- Shipping Weight: 0.50/lbs (approx)
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