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The Decemberists - LP

Long Live the King The Decemberists LP
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  • Artist: The Decemberists
  • Format: 12
  • Year: 2011
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 5099967916917
  • Item Number: CAP679169
  • Release date: 11/01/2011
  • 1. E. Watson
  • 2. Foregone
  • 3. Burying Davy
  • 4. I 4 U & U 4 Me
  • 5. Row Jimmy
  • 6. Sonnet
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Long Live the King by The Decemberists on LP


Long Live the King, a six-track EP recorded around the same time as the R.E.M.-inspired King Is Dead, opens with "E. Watson," a spare, moody tale of a sugar cane plantation owner named Edgar Watson, which couldn't be further from the sunny rural folk jamboree glow that permeated the band's 2011 full-length. That said, the rest of the EP, outside of the brooding "Burying Davy," leans closer to that countrified feel, and while it may come off a little contrived at times (Colin Meloy's nasally, faux-British croon stands out like vegan pork gravy on a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Row Jimmy"), these outtakes will no doubt help to satiate fans until the group reconvenes for album number seven. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
  • Artist: The Decemberists
  • Format: 12
  • Year: 2011
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 5099967916917
  • Item Number: CAP679169
  • Release date: 11/01/2011
  • Label: Capitol
  • Genre: Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
  • Style: Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
  • Album Time: 25:16

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  • Long Live the King The Decemberists LP
Long Live the King The Decemberists LP