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Long Live the King, a six-track EP recorded around the same time as the R.E.M.-inspired King Is Dead, opens with “E. Watson,” a spare, moody tale of a sugar cane plantation owner named Edgar Watson, which couldn’t be further from the sunny rural folk jamboree glow that permeated the band's 2011 full-length. That said, the rest of the EP, outside of the brooding “Burying Davy,” leans closer to that countrified feel, and while it may come off a little contrived at times (Colin Meloy's nasally, faux-British croon stands out like vegan pork gravy on a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy”), these outtakes will no doubt help to satiate fans until the group reconvenes for album number seven.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Stephen Marcussen, Engineer - The Decemberists, MainArtist - Tucker Martine, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Rich Hipp, Engineer - Clinton Welander, Engineer - Colin Meloy, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Laura Veirs, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Funk, AssociatedPerformer - Annalisa Tornfelt, AssociatedPerformer - Music Of Stage Three, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Osterohzhna Music (BMI), admin by Stage Three Music Inc, MusicPublisher
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Stephen Marcussen, Engineer - The Decemberists, MainArtist - Tucker Martine, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Rich Hipp, Engineer - Clinton Welander, Engineer - Nate Query, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Conlee, AssociatedPerformer - John Moen, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Meloy, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Funk, AssociatedPerformer - Music Of Stage Three, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Osterohzhna Music (BMI), admin by Stage Three Music Inc, MusicPublisher
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Stephen Marcussen, Engineer - The Decemberists, MainArtist - Tucker Martine, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Rich Hipp, Engineer - Clinton Welander, Engineer - Nate Query, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Conlee, AssociatedPerformer - John Moen, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Meloy, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Funk, AssociatedPerformer - Music Of Stage Three, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Osterohzhna Music (BMI), admin by Stage Three Music Inc, MusicPublisher
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Stephen Marcussen, Engineer - The Decemberists, MainArtist - Tucker Martine, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Rich Hipp, Engineer - Clinton Welander, Engineer - John Moen, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Meloy, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Music Of Stage Three, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Osterohzhna Music (BMI), admin by Stage Three Music Inc, MusicPublisher
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Robert Hunter, Lyricist - Stephen Marcussen, Engineer - Jerry Garcia, Composer - The Decemberists, MainArtist - Tucker Martine, Producer, Engineer - Rich Hipp, Engineer - Clinton Welander, Engineer - Nate Query, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Conlee, AssociatedPerformer - John Moen, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Meloy, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Funk, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Ice Nine Publishing Co. Inc (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2010 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Stephen Marcussen, Engineer - The Decemberists, MainArtist - Tucker Martine, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Rich Hipp, Engineer - Clinton Welander, Engineer - Nate Query, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Conlee, AssociatedPerformer - John Moen, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Meloy, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Funk, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Nash, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Schneider, AssociatedPerformer - Music Of Stage Three, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Osterohzhna Music (BMI), admin by Stage Three Music Inc, MusicPublisher
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
Album review
Long Live the King, a six-track EP recorded around the same time as the R.E.M.-inspired King Is Dead, opens with “E. Watson,” a spare, moody tale of a sugar cane plantation owner named Edgar Watson, which couldn’t be further from the sunny rural folk jamboree glow that permeated the band's 2011 full-length. That said, the rest of the EP, outside of the brooding “Burying Davy,” leans closer to that countrified feel, and while it may come off a little contrived at times (Colin Meloy's nasally, faux-British croon stands out like vegan pork gravy on a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy”), these outtakes will no doubt help to satiate fans until the group reconvenes for album number seven.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:25:13
- Main artists: The Decemberists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rough Trade
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd 2011 Capitol Records under exclusive license to Rough Trade Records Ltd
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