The Crane Wife is a Alt/Indie album by The Decemberists, originally released in 2006. On Gatefold: 24 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- layered
- wistful
- theatrical
About
The Decemberists’ ornate, highly literary folk-pop reached peak clarity on <i>The Crane Wife</i>, their first for a major label. Anchored by a song cycle based on an old Japanese folktale, the album (whose other subjects include the Siege of Leningrad and a Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland) is a wildly ambitious undertaking, more indebted to Jethro Tull than indie rock, peppered by bouzouki and hurdy-gurdy and other obscure, alluring sounds that helped foster the band’s deserved cult audience.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Crane Wife 3
- A2The Island: - Come And See - The Landlord's Daughter - You'll Not Feel The Drowning
Side B
- B1Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
- B2O Valencia!
- B3The Perfect Crime #2
Side C
- C1When The War Came
- C2Shankill Butchers
- C3Summersong
Side D
- D1The Crane Wife 1 & 2
- D2Sons & Daughters
Credits
Performers
- Nate QueryDOUBLE BASS ELECTRIC BASS CELLO
- John MoenDRUMS PERCUSSION BACKING VOCALS
- Chris FunkELECTRIC GUITAR BANJO GUITAR
- Jenny ConleeORGAN ACCORDION ELECTRIC PIANO
- Colin MeloyACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR PERCUSSION
- The Decemberists
- Steve DrizosDRUMS HAND DRUM
- Eyvind KangVIOLA VIOLIN
- Ezra HolbrookBACKING VOCALS
- Chris WallaKEYBOARDS BACKING VOCALS
- Laura VeirsVOCALS
- Alela DianeFEATURING
- Sean NelsonFEATURING
- Carson EllisFEATURING
21 collectors on Gatefold own this · 24 pressings tracked on Gatefold