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We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)
The Crane Wife 1, 2 and 3 (Live)

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The Decemberists

The Crane Wife 1, 2 and 3 (Live)

Release date: 12th March 2012

From We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)

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We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)

The Decemberists

12th March 2012

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2012

1The Infanta (Live)
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2Calamity Song (Live)
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The Decemberists — Tell Me What's on Your Mind (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [3:58]
The Decemberists — The Black Maria (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [3:51]
The Decemberists — Born to the Morning (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [3:24]
The Decemberists — Joan in the Garden (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [19:21]
The Decemberists — William Fitzwilliam (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [3:36]
The Decemberists — America Made Me (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [5:20]
The Decemberists — Don't Go to the Woods (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [3:58]
The Decemberists — The Reapers (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [4:41]
The Decemberists — Oh No! (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [5:05]
The Decemberists — Never Satisfied (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [4:01]
The Decemberists — Long White Veil (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [3:49]
The Decemberists — Burial Ground (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [4:05]
The Decemberists — All I Want Is You (from As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again) [2:38]
The Decemberists — Joan in the Garden (from Joan in the Garden - EP) [19:21]
The Decemberists — Burial Ground [4:05]
The Decemberists — I Will Not Say Your Name (from Traveling On) [6:43]
The Decemberists — Traveling On (from Traveling On) [4:29]
The Decemberists — Midlist Author (from Traveling On) [3:57]
The Decemberists — Tripping Along (Full Band Version) (from Traveling On) [3:43]
The Decemberists — Down on the Knuckle (from Traveling On) [3:58]
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The Decemberists — Everything Is Awful (from I’ll Be Your Girl) [3:23]
The Decemberists — Severed (from I’ll Be Your Girl) [4:04]
The Decemberists — Sucker's Prayer (from I’ll Be Your Girl) [3:29]
The Decemberists — Your Ghost (from I’ll Be Your Girl) [2:41]
The Decemberists — Once in My Life (from I’ll Be Your Girl) [5:09]
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The Decemberists — Why Would I Now? (from florasongs) [3:42]
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The Decemberists — Mistral (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [3:54]
The Decemberists — Easy Come, Easy Go (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [2:22]
The Decemberists — The Wrong Year (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [3:53]
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The Decemberists — Make You Better (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [5:08]
The Decemberists — Till the Water's All Long Gone (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [5:01]
The Decemberists — The Singer Addresses His Audience (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [4:43]
The Decemberists — Lake Song (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [5:52]
The Decemberists — Better Not Wake the Baby (from What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World) [1:45]
The Decemberists — June Hymn (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [4:30]
The Decemberists — We Both Go Down Together (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [4:30]
The Decemberists — I Was Meant for the Stage (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [10:13]
The Decemberists — The Bagman's Gambit (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [8:27]
The Decemberists — Grace Cathedral (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [4:25]
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The Decemberists — Billy Liar (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [6:41]
The Decemberists — Down By the Water (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [3:48]
The Decemberists — Rise to Me (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [4:49]
The Decemberists — Calamity Song (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [3:52]
The Decemberists — All Arise! (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [4:23]
The Decemberists — The Mariner's Revenge Song (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [12:15]
The Decemberists — Rox In the Box (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [3:07]
The Decemberists — Dracula's Daughter / O Valencia! (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [5:26]
The Decemberists — Oceanside (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [3:27]
The Decemberists — This Is Why We Fight (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [4:47]
The Decemberists — The Infanta (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [5:46]
The Decemberists — The Soldiering Life (Live) (from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)) [5:04]
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The Decemberists — All Arise! (from The King Is Dead) [3:09]
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The Decemberists — June Hymn (from The King Is Dead) [3:58]
The Decemberists — Dear Avery (from The King Is Dead) [4:52]
The Decemberists — Calamity Song (from The King Is Dead) [3:50]
The Decemberists — Rise to Me (from The King Is Dead) [4:59]
The Decemberists — This Is Why We Fight (from The King Is Dead) [5:30]
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The Decemberists — Always the Bridesmaid, Volume III: Record Year for Rainfall
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The Decemberists — Always the Bridesmaid, Volume I: Valerie Plame
The Decemberists — The Perfect Crime #2 (Junior Boys Remix) (from The Perfect Crime #2) [7:32]
The Decemberists — The Perfect Crime #2 (Diplo’s Doing Time Remix) (from The Perfect Crime #2) [5:56]
The Decemberists — The Perfect Crime #2.5.1 (from The Perfect Crime #2) [4:13]
The Decemberists — The Perfect Crime #2 (A Touch of Class Robs the Bank Remix) (from The Perfect Crime #2) [6:17]
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The Decemberists — The Crane Wife 1 & 2 (from The Crane Wife) [11:26]
The Decemberists — Oh Valencia! (from The Crane Wife) [3:50]
The Decemberists — The Island, Come and See, the Landlords Daughter (You'll Not Feel the Drowning) (from The Crane Wife) [12:43]
The Decemberists — Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (from The Crane Wife) [4:20]
The Decemberists — The Perfect Crime 2 (from The Crane Wife) [5:35]
The Decemberists — The Crane Wife 3 (from The Crane Wife) [4:20]
The Decemberists — Sons & Daughters (from The Crane Wife) [5:14]
The Decemberists — When the War Came (from The Crane Wife) [5:08]
The Decemberists — Shankil Butchers (from The Crane Wife) [4:42]
The Decemberists — Summersong (from The Crane Wife) [3:31]
The Decemberists — Bridges & Balloons (from Picaresqueties) [3:20]
The Decemberists — Constantinople (from Picaresqueties) [3:42]
The Decemberists — Bandit Queen (from Picaresqueties) [4:34]
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The Decemberists — Kingdom of Spain (from Picaresqueties) [3:50]
The Decemberists — O Valencia!
The Decemberists — Sixteen Military Wives
The Decemberists — Billy Liar
The Decemberists — The Tain, Pt. III (from The Tain) [5:04]
The Decemberists — The Tain, Pt. II (from The Tain) [2:50]
The Decemberists — The Tain, Pt. I (from The Tain) [2:12]
The Decemberists — The Tain, Pt. V (from The Tain) [4:11]
The Decemberists — The Tain, Pt. IV (from The Tain) [4:18]
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Joan in the GardenJoan in the Garden - EP
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3:03
A Beginning SongWhat A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
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All Arise!The King Is Dead
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All Arise! (Live)We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live 04.11 - 08.11)
4:23
All I Want Is YouAs It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
2:38
Always the Bridesmaid, Volume I: Valerie Plame
Always the Bridesmaid, Volume II: Days of Elaine
Always the Bridesmaid, Volume III: Record Year for Rainfall

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The Decemberists: "Everything actually is awful, and it's not that funny"

Colin Meloy chats with Dork about getting out of old habits, branching out into literature and what’s next for The Decemberists.

Nov 7, 2018 • 3:30 PM

5:04

5We Both Go Down Together (Live)

6The Bagman's Gambit (Live)

7Down By the Water (Live)

8Leslie Ann Devine (Live)

9The Rake's Song (Live)

10The Crane Wife 1, 2 and 3 (Live)

16:09

11Oceanside (Live)

12Billy Liar (Live)

13Grace Cathedral (Live)

14All Arise! (Live)

15Rox In the Box (Live)

16June Hymn (Live)

17Dracula's Daughter / O Valencia! (Live)

18This Is Why We Fight (Live)

19The Mariner's Revenge Song (Live)

20I Was Meant for the Stage (Live)