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Album • 2006

The Crane Wife (10th Anniversary Edition)

The Decemberists32 songs • 3 hours, 12 minutes

The Crane Wife is the fourth album by the Decemberists, released in 2006. It was produced by Tucker Martine and Chris Walla, and is the band's first album on the Capitol Records label. The album was inspired by a Japanese folk tale, and centers on two song cycles, The Crane Wife and The Island, the latter inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest. National Public Radio listeners voted The Crane Wife the best album of 2006. The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy's wife, who has created artwork for each of the band's albums. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cra...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Songs

  1. 1
    The Crane Wife 3
    The Decemberists
  2. 2
    The Island: Come And See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning (Medley)
    The Decemberists
  3. 3
    Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
    The Decemberists
  4. 4
    O Valencia!
    The Decemberists
  5. 5
    The Perfect Crime #2
    The Decemberists
  6. 6
    When The War Came
    The Decemberists
  7. 7
    Shankill Butchers
    The Decemberists
  8. 8
    Summersong
    The Decemberists
  9. 9
    The Crane Wife 1 & 2
    The Decemberists
  10. 10
    Sons & Daughters
    The Decemberists
  11. 11
    After The Bombs
    The Decemberists
  12. 12
    Culling Of The Fold
    The Decemberists
  13. 13
    Hurdles Even Here
    The Decemberists
  14. 14
    The Perfect Crime #1/The Day I Knew You'd Not Come Back (Medley)
    The Decemberists
  15. 15
    After The Bombs (Early Take)
    The Decemberists
  16. 16
    Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Alternate Take) (feat. Alela Diane)
    The Decemberists
  17. 17
    Culling Of The Fold (Alternate Take) (feat. Sean Nelson)
    The Decemberists
  18. 18
    Hurdles Even Here (Full Band Take)
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  19. 19
    The Perfect Crime #2 (Early Take)
    The Decemberists
  20. 20
    The Island: Come And See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning (Medley / Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  21. 21
    O Valencia! (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  22. 22
    The Perfect Crime #2 (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  23. 23
    Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Home Demo) (feat. Carson Ellis)
    The Decemberists
  24. 24
    The Capp Street Girls (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  25. 25
    Culling Of The Fold (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  26. 26
    Hurdles Even Here (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  27. 27
    Shankill Butchers (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  28. 28
    Summersong (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  29. 29
    The Day I Knew You'd Not Come Back (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  30. 30
    The Perfect Crime #1 (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  31. 31
    The Crane Wife 1, 2 & 3 (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists
  32. 32
    Sons & Daughters (Home Demo)
    The Decemberists

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