What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (studio album) by The Decemberists

From luigybetis 07/10/2022 02:01

First half of the album is much better than the second, but it is still a nice album. Better than their previous and next in my opinion, but not as gold as the first 5 ones.

From Brad1770 12/13/2017 08:52

This was the first Decemberists album that truly resonated with me

This was my number 1 album for 2015 (daylight number 2 )

This album made me delve deep into The Decemberist back catalogue ( I am now a huge Decemberist fan)

This album came along at a very special time in my life and whenever I listen to it I’m transported back to that magical period

This album as I write this in 2020 is now 5 years post release and sounds as good today as it did in 2015

This album has been added to my top 100 All Time Album list

Also, 'A Beginning Song' should be he first song, not the last!

This is a pretty good record. I feel it would have been better if a couple of the songs were left off (anti-summersong, Lake song, 12-17-12). It starts off pretty good but becomes a tad boring towards the end

Another great album - a bit of a grower but still great.

From PsychologistHD 07/26/2015 16:00

What starts off as charm quickly moves to tedium.

Pretty moderate

A return to form! Exceeded my expectations. More stripped, which is a plus. Don't care for 2 of the tracks but hey often don't like all songs on albums. Good effort! MEZ

This album for me is something that has its equal amounts of good and bad moments. Some songs I really enjoy, some songs I prefer to skip (even finding them annoying), while others rest in between.

I think that the Decemberists are on a path that they believe is the right direction for them to go. This track being away from the past ambitions of "The Crane Wife", which may be a disappointment to a large amount of their fans.

This album felt loosely thrown together, and if certain poor songs were replaced with those that matched ones such as "The Lake Song" or "12-17-12", then I would see this a much greater album than what it ended up being. The Decemberists have potential, showed some potential, however did not display enough to prove that they have changed for the better.

From SleepDealer 02/24/2015 12:56

This is a welcome return to form after the last couple of disappointing albums, which seemed to be trying too hard to innovate - although there are still much better releases than this in their back-catalogue.