- indie rock
- 59 min
- 17 tracks
- Capitol Records
The Hazards of Love is the fifth album by the American indie rock band the Decemberists, released through Capitol Records and Rough Trade in 2009. The album was inspired by an Anne Briggs EP titled The Hazards of Love.
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Character
Grave, plot-driven, bleak and epic.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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Metacritic 73/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.2/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)C
- NME3/5 ★
- Pitchfork5.7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin5/10
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Tracks
- 1Prelude3:04
- 2The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle the Thistles Undone)4:19
- 3A Bower Scene2:09
- 4Won’t Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)4:07
- 5The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)4:25
- 6The Queen’s Approach0:29
- 7Isn’t It a Lovely Night?3:39
- 8The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid6:26
- 9An Interlude1:40
- 10The Rake’s Song3:16
- 11The Abduction of Margaret2:07
- 12The Queen’s Rebuke / The Crossing3:56
- 13Annan Water5:11
- 14Margaret in Captivity3:08
- 15The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)3:22
- 16The Wanting Comes in Waves (reprise)1:31
- 17The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)5:57
17 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Decemberists
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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