- folk rock, rock, progressive rock, indie rock
- 60 min
- 10 tracks
- Capitol Records
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.
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Character
Grave and earnest.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 84/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Crane Wife 34:18
- 2The Island: - Come and See - The Landlord’s Daughter - You’ll Not Feel the Drowning12:26
- 3Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)4:19
- 4O Valencia!3:48
- 5The Perfect Crime #25:33
- 6When the War Came5:06
- 7Shankill Butchers4:40
- 8Summersong3:31
- 9The Crane Wife 1 & 211:20
- 10Sons & Daughters5:14
10 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Decemberists
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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