The Decemberists Songs List

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Tain, Pts. 1 - 5: Pt. I / Pt. II / Pt. III / Pt. IV / Pt. V

Magnet: "...CASTAWAYS is a fresh concoction of charming, artful music. Dig in..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Leslie Anne Levine
• 2.Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
• 3.July, July!
• 4.A Cautionary Song
• 5.Odalisque
• 6.Cocoon
• 7.Grace Cathedral Hill
• 8.The Legionnaire's Lament
• 9.Clementine
• 10.California One Youth and Beauty Brigade

Uncut: "[I]t's the overall blend, the looming ghostliness, that impresses."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 8.Red Right Ankle
• 9.Chimbley Sweep
• 10.I Was Meant for the Stage
• 11.As I Rise
• 1.Shanty for the Arethusa
• 2.Billy Liar
• 3.Los Angeles, I'm Yours
• 4.The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
• 5.The Bachelor and the Bride
• 6.Song for Myla Goldberg
• 7.The Soldiering Life

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Everything Is Awful
• 2.Cutting Stone

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[A] triumph of theatrical imagination: the culmination of the Decemberists' steady march to greatness in four years of enriched storytelling and folk-rock invention..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.The Infanta
• 2.We Both Go Down Together
• 3.Eli, The Barrow Boy
• 4.The Sporting Life
• 5.The Bagman's Gambit
• 6.From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea)
• 7.16 Military Wives
• 8.The Engine Driver
• 9.On the Bus Mall
• 10.The Mariner's Revenge Song
• 11.Of Angels and Angles

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Prelude
• 2.The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
• 3.A Bower Scene
• 4.Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
• 5.The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)
• 6.The Queen's Approach
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Isn't It A Lovely Night?
• 2.The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid
• 3.An Interlude
• 4.The Rake's Song
• 5.The Abduction Of Margaret
• 6.The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.Annan Water
• 2.Margaret In Captivity
• 3.The Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
• 4.The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
• 5.The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he cheeky prodigal-son overture 'The Singer Addresses His Audience' lands compelling points about art, fame, fandom and self-determination."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.The Singer Addresses His Audience
• 2.Cavalry Captain
• 3.Philomena
• 4.Make You Better
• 5.Lake Song
• 6.Till The Water's All Long Gone
• 7.The Wrong Year
• 8.Carolina Low
• 9.Better Not Wake the Baby
• 10.Anti-Summersong
• 11.Easy Come, Easy Go
• 12.Mistral
• 13.12/17/12
• 14.A Beginning Song

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Leslie Anne Levine
• 2.Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
• 3.July, July!
• 4.A Cautionary Song
• 5.Odalisque
• 6.Cocoon
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Grace Cathedral Hill
• 2.The Legionnaire's Lament
• 3.Clementine
• 4.California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Shanty For The Arethusa
• 2.Billy Liar
• 3.Los Angeles, I'm Yours
• 4.The Gymnast High Above The Ground
• 5.The Bachelor And The Bride
• 6.Song For Myla Goldberg
• 7.The Soldiering Life
• 8.Red Right Ankle
• 9.The Chimbley Sweep
• 10.I Was Meant For The Stage
• 11.As I Rise

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The] affectations are rendered tolerable by Meloy's unmistakable melodic gift....There's a kick in the way song after song masks his darkish vision in elegantly hooky arrangements..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Crane Wife, Pt. 3
• 2.Island: Come and See / The Landlord's Daughter / You'll Not Feel the
• 3.Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
• 4.O Valencia!
• 5.Perfect Crime No. 2
• 6.When the War Came
• 7.Shankill Butchers
• 8.Summersong
• 9.Crane Wife, Pts. 1 & 2
• 10.Sons & Daughters

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Once in My Life
• 2.Cutting Stone
• 3.Severed
• 4.Starwatcher
• 5.Tripping Along
• 6.Your Ghost
• 7.Everything Is Awful
• 8.Sucker's Prayer
• 9.We All Die Young
• 10.Rusalka, Rusalka / The Wild Rushes
• 11.I'll Be Your Girl

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.January Hymn
• 2.Row Jimmy

Entertainment Weekly: "Colin Meloy is so darn brilliant....the music [and lyrics are] equally eclectic..." - Grade: A-

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 2.We Both Go Down Together
• 3.Eli, the Barrow Boy
• 4.The Sporting Life
• 5.The Bagman's Gambit
• 6.From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)
• 7.16 Military Wives
• 8.The Engine Driver
• 9.On the Bus Mall
• 10.The Mariner's Revenge Song
• 11.Of Angels and Angles
• 1.The Infanta

Spin: "[T]he Portland veterans doff their tweed caps to the Grateful Dead..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.E. Watson
• 2.Foregone
• 3.Burying Davy
• 4.I 4 U & U 4 Me
• 5.Row Jimmy
• 6.Sonnet