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The Decemberists | Format: Audio CD
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Life as a musician means continual evolution. Over the course of a career, any band worth paying attention to will pursue a sound, a direction, until it triggers a different idea and they’re chasing some other distant dream. With their sixth album, The King Is Dead, The Decemberists illustrate the power that comes from this kind of creative call-and-response.
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  • Audio CD (15 Aug 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Kill Rock Stars
  • ASIN: B0000BWVMJ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 40,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By S. Gans
Format:Audio CD
I've heard The Decemberists compared to Belle & Sebastian, and although I'm sure B&S fans would enjoy this album, I don't think the comparison really does The Decemberists justice.

Belle & Sebastian stick to songs about the ironies and awkwardness of growing up in modern Britain, whereas The Decemberists sing about the fragility and turmoil of life in the 19th Century. The music isn't ironic either, it's sincere, and you can't help but be drawn into their world.

There's certainly a vast number of good, even great, indie pop bands around at the moment (Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, Neutral Milk Hotel), but I think the Decemberists are in a class of their own, if only because they stick to and enjoy their subject matter so devotedly. I don't think there's a song on the album which doesn't feature the trademark organ.

I highly recommend 'Castaways and Cutouts', their first album, too.

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just when i was beginning to get sick of the "guitar-bashing" indie bands who thrash out an album full of noisy, discordant, identical songs, i came across "Her Majesty" by The Decemberists. it is such a refreshing album. it is not afraid to branch out in terms of its arrangement, its instruments and its lyrics, and absorbs you totally into this lost and misty world.

they sound raw, its true, and the lolling american accents are not as clipped and trained as those or maroon 5, but it totally suits their music. buy this album!

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have just started listening to them after a friend recommended them to me. I think that they are so good that I now have all titles issued by them. Really good.
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