Castaways and Cutouts
by The Decemberists
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 May 2002
- Label: Kill Rock Stars
- Country: United States
- Length: 49:59
- Community rating: 3.56/5 from 10 ratings
Artists on this release: Chris Funk, Lucia Atkinson, Colin Meloy, Bridget Callahan, Nate Query, Eyvind Kang, Emily Cox, Mike Lah, Rachel Blumberg, John Golden, Cory Gray, Ezra Holbrook, Jesse Emerson
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut album from The Decemberists establishes their signature brand of hyper-literate, historically-obsessed indie folk. Colin Meloy crafts intricate narratives of maritime tragedy and Victorian romance over bittersweet, chamber-pop arrangements.
Genres
Descriptors: history, melodic, storytelling, literary, folk, male-vocals, acoustic
Tracklist
- Leslie Anne Levine (04:12)
- Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect (04:29)
- July, July! (02:53)
- A Cautionary Song (03:08)
- Odalisque (05:20)
- Cocoon (06:48)
- Grace Cathedral Hill (04:28)
- The Legionnaire's Lament (04:44)
- Clementine (04:07)
- California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade (09:50)
Credits
- voice - Member
- Chris Funk - Member, guitar, pedal steel guitar, theremin
- hurdy gurdy - Member
- dulcimer - Member
- electric piano - Member
- organ - Member
- synthesizer - Member
- Eyvind Kang - Member
- keyboards - Member
- Colin Meloy - Member, art direction, guitar, vocals, percussion, written-by
- The Decemberists - Member, producer
- piano - Member
- Rachel Blumberg - Member
- drums - Member
- Jesse Emerson - Member
- Cory Gray - Member
- Lucia Atkinson - Member
- Bridget Callahan - Member
- Emily Cox - Member
- Mike Lah - Member
- John Golden - Member, mastered by [remastering]
- Carson Ellis - art direction, artwork [cover water color], illustration
- Chad Crouch - design
- Rob Jones - design
- Nate Query - double bass
- Ezra Holbrook - drums, percussion, vocals
- Ryan Foster - mastered by
- Jenny Conlee - organ [hammond], piano [rhodes], piano, accordion
- Jonathan Gitelson - photography by [inner tray]
- Simon Widdowson - recorded by