- rock, indie folk, indie rock, folk rock
- 50 min
- 10 tracks
- Hush Records
Castaways and Cutouts is the first full-length album by the Decemberists, originally released on May 21, 2002, on Hush Records and reissued on May 6, 2003, on Kill Rock Stars. The album's title is taken from a lyric of the song "California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade".
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Spare, classical in form, grave and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Boston Phoenix3.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.1/10
- Tiny Mix Tapes5/5
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Tracks
- 1Leslie Anne Levine4:15
- 2Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect4:31
- 3July, July!2:55
- 4A Cautionary Song3:11
- 5Odalisque5:23
- 6Cocoon6:51
- 7Grace Cathedral Hill4:31
- 8The Legionnaire’s Lament4:47
- 9Clementine4:09
- 10California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade9:51
10 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Decemberists
- Label
- Hush Records
- Released
- May 21, 2002
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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