- indie rock
- 25 min
- EP
- 6 tracks
- Capitol Records
Long Live the King is an EP by the American indie rock band The Decemberists, released on November 1, 2011, on Capitol. The release is composed of out-takes from their sixth studio album, The King Is Dead. The titles of both combine to create the traditional proclamation, "The king is dead, long live the king!"
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Classical in form, grave, spare and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1E. Watson3:31
- 2Foregone4:07
- 3Burying Davy4:22
- 4I 4 U & U 4 Me3:37
- 5Row Jimmy6:40
- 6Sonnet2:56
6 tracks, 25 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Decemberists
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- October 28, 2011
- Type
- EP
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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