"The Hazards of Love" is the Decemberists' follow-up to their 2006 breakthrough album "The Crane Wife". With their fifth full-length album, the Portland-based quintet of Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query and John Moen solidifies its standing as one of the most innovative creative forces in music today. In an age when singles rule and the death of the album has been pronounced by many, The Decemberists - who will be featured in a live session on NPR's "World Cafe" - have fashioned an anomaly: a record that demands to be listened to from start to finish and reveals more with each subsequent play. The 17-song suite, recorded with the band's longtime producer, Tucker Martine, is rooted in ancient language and imagery, yet entirely modern and accessible.
Features:
180g Vinyl
Double LP
Selections:
LP 1:
1. Prelude
2. The Hazards of Love (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
7. Isn't It a Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
9. An Interlude
LP 2:
1. The Rake's Song
2. The Abduction of Margaret
3. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
4. Annan Water
5. Margaret in Captivity
6. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
7. The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
8. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
Features:
180g Vinyl
Double LP
Selections:
LP 1:
1. Prelude
2. The Hazards of Love (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
7. Isn't It a Lovely Night?
8. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
9. An Interlude
LP 2:
1. The Rake's Song
2. The Abduction of Margaret
3. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
4. Annan Water
5. Margaret in Captivity
6. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
7. The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
8. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)