Colin Meloy Sings Live!

Following in the grand Sings series wherein Colin tackled selections from the catalogs of Shirley Collins (see: Colin Meloy Sings Trad. Arr. Shirley Collins) and Morrissey (see: Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey), the Decemberists' prog-folk poet brings good tidings of a new sound recording tackling a songwriter much closer to his heart: himself. Instead of offering up another six-song EP in a remembrance of Sings past, however, this time Colin's coming with a full course of 17 tunes, all recorded during his acoustic tour of '06. According to P4K, Live! includes:

• songs from Meloy's first band, Tarkio
• tunes from all Decemberists full-lengths pre-The Crane Wife
• a cut from 2006 EP Picaresqueties
• two previously unreleased originals ("Dracula's Daughter" and "Wonder")
• bits of covers of songs by the Smiths, R.E.M., Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac
• a traditional folk song in debt to Shirley Collins' arrangement

[Colin shot from Coachella '07]

01 "Devil's Elbow"
02 "We Both Go Down Together"
03 "Evoking A Campfire Singalong" [banter]
04 "The Gymnast, High Above The Ground"
05 "Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect / Dreams"
06 "Dracula's Daughter" [previously unreleased]
07 "Wonder" [previously unreleased]
08 "A Brief Introduction To Shirley Collins" [banter]
09 "Barbara Allen"
10 "The Engine Driver"
11 "On The Bus Mall"
12 "A Skull, A Ship, And A Sheep" [banter]
13 "California One"/"Youth And Beauty Brigade"/Ask"
14 "The Bachelor And The Bride"
15 "A Cautionary Song"
16 "Red Right Ankle"
17 "Bandit Queen"

Colin Meloy Sings Live! is out 4/8 on Kill Rock Stars, on CD and double gatefold LP.

Posted at 10:23 AM
Tags: Colin Meloy | The Decemberists

5 Comments

Hmm..."Dracula's Daughter" was rightly self-described as "the worst song ever" and we still had to hear it at one of the 826 events.

Don't think I need a recording of it.

Posted by: Skatelip at 01/16/08 11:26 AM  | Reply
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Wait, so this album doesn't include covers of "Lightning Crashes" and "Lakini's Juice"?

Posted by: Andrew at 01/16/08 12:58 PM  | Reply
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@Andrew
haa

Posted by: amrit at 01/16/08 1:02 PM  | Reply
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What a silly, lazy release.

Posted by: RetroLowFi at 01/16/08 1:11 PM  | Reply
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pink floyd? i wonder what floyd he did...

call it silly and lazy if you want, but colin meloy's solo shows are wonderful and more than worthy of an official release.

Posted by: annie onymous at 01/16/08 1:39 PM  | Reply
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