- folk rock, indie rock, rock
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- Capitol Records
The King Is Dead is the sixth studio album by the Decemberists, released on Capitol Records on January 14, 2011. Described as the "most pastoral, rustic record they've ever made" by Douglas Wolk of Rolling Stone, the album reached No.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, grave, spare and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Metacritic 77/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- The Daily Telegraph4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- NME4/10
- Pitchfork7.2/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Don't Carry It All4:17
- 2Calamity Song3:50
- 3Rise to Me4:59
- 4Rox in the Box3:10
- 5January Hymn3:13
- 6Down by the Water3:42
- 7All Arise!3:09
- 8June Hymn3:58
- 9This Is Why We Fight5:30
- 10Dear Avery4:52
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Decemberists
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- Rome 201179% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Castaways and Cutouts 200278% alikeBoth spare, classical in form, grave.
- Ammonia Avenue 198474% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Vulture Culture 198574% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
- It Was Written 199673% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Raoul and The Kings of Spain 199573% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- 8 Diagrams 200773% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, spare.
- Endless Wire 200673% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, spare.
When Women Were Dragons 202280% alikeBook · Both classical in form, grave, raw.
Stone Blind 202279% alikeBook · Both classical in form, grave, raw.