The Decemberists Picaresque
Entertainment Weekly: "Colin Meloy is so darn brilliant....the music [and lyrics are] equally eclectic..." - Grade: A-
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CD Details
- Released: May 1, 2009
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Kill Rock Stars
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.77
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..."Spin - p.61
Ranked #30 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005"Spin - p.101
"The sharp voiced Portland punk-folk troubadour's music is rife with tales of Victorian seafarers and waifish ghosts." - Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly - No. 812, p.71
"Colin Meloy is so darn brilliant....the music [and lyrics are] equally eclectic..." - Grade: A-Uncut - p.116
3 stars out of 5 - "PICARESQUE cuts deeper and sharper than previous Decembrists efforts."Alternative Press - p.116
5 out of 5 - "[With] a wit so bizarre and vaudevillian beauty so ultimately endearing that by the end, Meloy's sprawling form of theatrical folk has us all..."Magnet - p.52
Ranked #13 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[With] accordion, Smiths-like guitar and haunting, pitch-perfect moods."Magnet - p.95
"PICARESQUE glows with it-band imminence....Whether part of the Walla-of-sound production or in reaction to it, Meloy's voice is louder here."Tracks:
- 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
