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albummaster
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Location: Spain
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- #1
- Posted: 03/07/2015 21:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1559): The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
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Today's album of the day
The Crane Wife by The Decemberists (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2006.
Country: 
Overall rank: 505
Average rating: 79/100 (from 206 votes).
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Tracks:
1. The Crane Wife 3
2. The Island-Come & See/The Landlords Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning
3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
4. O Valencia!
5. The Perfect Crime #2
6. When The War Came
7. Shankhill Butchers
8. Summersong
9. The Crane Wife 1 And 2
10. Sons And Daughters
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- #2
- Posted: 03/07/2015 21:07
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Every album The Decemberists released after this one has been so much better. While this is an alright album, it has funny looking old fashioned people on the front. Take a look at the newest album for example, super colorful 
Also Picaresque is great
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pearljammer13
Young Pilgrim
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Age: 38
Location: Massachusetts 
- #3
- Posted: 03/07/2015 21:11
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They've had several very good albums, but this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. One of the best "folk-rock" albums of the 2000's. Whenever I listen to it I somehow feel like I'm living in Civil War era America. The first 3 songs are especially well done.
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SleepDealer
Location: Isca Dumnoniorum 
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- Posted: 03/07/2015 21:25
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One of their best - the two following it didn't work for me although I like their latest effort.
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mickilennial
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Age: 36
Location: Detroit 
- #5
- Posted: 03/07/2015 22:13
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Probably the best of the Decemberists when they are focusing on their songwriting and americana roots over their progressive ambitions (which only really existed on The Hazards of Love), really stands out as their most memorable and cohesive record in it's style.
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- #6
- Posted: 03/08/2015 00:20
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crazy good (how many times has this applied to the AOTD?)
one of my favorite albums, Summersong may be my favorite here
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ShaneSpear
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- #7
- Posted: 03/08/2015 00:44
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| Gowienczyk wrote: | | Probably the best of the Decemberists when they are focusing on their songwriting and americana roots over their progressive ambitions (which only really existed on The Hazards of Love), really stands out as their most memorable and cohesive record in it's style. |
The Island is probably the proggest (proggiest?) song they've ever done.
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mickilennial
The Most Trusted Name in News
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Location: Detroit
- #8
- Posted: 03/08/2015 04:28
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| ShaneSpear wrote: | | The Island is probably the proggest (proggiest?) song they've ever done. |
I think for their brand of progressive ideas, everything on Hazard wins out on a "prog contest" over The Island.
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lightmyway
Swimming into view
Gender: Female
Age: 44
- #9
- Posted: 03/08/2015 07:45
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Really good album, it's close between this and Picaresque for me.
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- #10
- Posted: 03/08/2015 08:31
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Feel like this is where they balanced the charm/literary folk of their earlier material with the prog sensibilities of their later work to something beautifully cohesive, and exemplifies both "The Decemberists the hyper-literate indie folkers" and "The Decemberists the grandiose proggers" better than any album built around either of these aesthetics. Also Meloy can write like a motherfucker
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