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The Hazards of Love

The Decemberists Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Prelude
2 The Hazards of Love 1 (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
10 The Rake's Song
11 The Abduction of Margaret
12 The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
13 Annan Water
14 Margaret in Captivity
15 The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16 The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
17 The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)

Editorial Reviews

The Decemberists' The Hazards Of Love, is the follow-up to the group's 2006 breakthrough, The Crane Wife, which NPR listeners voted their favorite album of the year. 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 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.

The album began when Meloy - long fascinated by the British folk revival of the 1960s - found a copy of revered vocalist Anne Briggs's 1966 EP, titled The Hazards of Love. Since there was actually no song with the album's title, he set out to write one. Soon he was immersed in something much larger than just a new composition.

The Hazards Of Love tells the tale of a woman named Margaret who is ravaged by a shape-shifting animal; her lover, William; a forest queen; and a cold-blooded, lascivious rake, who recounts with spine-tingling ease how he came "to be living so easy and free." Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden deliver the lead vocals for the female characters, while My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Robyn Hitchcock and the Spinanes' Rebecca Gates appear in supporting roles. The range of sounds reflects the characters' arcs, from the accordion's singsong lilt in "Isn't it a Lovely Night?" to the heavy metal thunder of "The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing."

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.55 x 0.51 inches; 3.25 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Capitol
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2009
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ November 19, 2008
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Capitol
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001LK1LA6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Best Sellers Rank: #89,102 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 409 ratings