Artist	Song
The Decemberists	Down By the Water
from The King Is Dead (2011)
The Decemberists	Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
from The Crane Wife (2006)
The Decemberists	Shanty for the Arethusa
from Her Majesty The Decembrists (2003)
The Decemberists	Clementine
from Castaways and Cutouts (2003)
The Decemberists	The Perfect Crime #2
from The Crane Wife (2006)
The Decemberists	A Bower Scene
from Hazards of Love (2009)
The Decemberists	The Infanta
from Picaresque (2005)
The Decemberists	The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
from Her Majesty The Decembrists (2003)
The Decemberists	The Mariner's Revenge Song
from Picaresque (2005)
The Decemberists	June Hymn
from The King Is Dead (2011)
The Decemberists	Angel, Won't You Call Me?
from 5 Songs - EP (2003)
The Decemberists	I Was Meant for the Stage
from Her Majesty The Decembrists (2003)
The Decemberists	Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right
from Billy Liar - EP (2004)
The Decemberists	Isn't It a Lovely Night?
from Hazards of Love (2009)
Colin Meloy	Wonder
from Colin Meloy Sings Live! (2008)

Comment:

You can practically smell the gunpowder as the Decemberists tear through tracks like “The Infanta” and “The Mariner’s Revenge Song,” tall tales with drums that explode like cannons off the port bow, strings that swipe as swiftly and cleanly as Jack the Ripper’s surgical kit, and accordions that blow like the trade winds that carry the sailors in Colin Meloy’s head out to sea. Speaking of the singer’s epic approach to actual albums, it’s also impossible to miss among the crisscrossing hooks of “The Perfect Crime #2,” the steady build of “I Was Meant for the Stage,” and the dewy-eyed duet of “Isn’t It a Lovely Night?”

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