Picaresque
by The Decemberists
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 March 2005
- Label: Kill Rock Stars, Jealous Butcher
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:07
- Community rating: 4.02/5 from 12 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in a church, 'Picaresque' is The Decemberists at their most theatrical and literary. The album is filled with tales of spies, sailors, and star-crossed lovers. It is the peak of their indie-folk storytelling era.
Genres
Descriptors: folklore, history, melodic, ballad, storytelling, literary, folk, theatrical, male-vocals
Tracklist
- The Infanta (05:07)
- We Both Go Down Together (03:04)
- Eli, The Barrow Boy (03:11)
- The Sporting Life (04:38)
- The Bagman's Gambit (07:02)
- From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) (03:42)
- 16 Military Wives (04:52)
- The Engine Driver (04:15)
- On the Bus Mall (06:04)
- The Mariner's Revenge Song (08:45)
- Of Angels and Angles (02:27)
Credits
- voice - Member
- Chris Funk - performer [the tamarack]
- hurdy gurdy - Member
- dulcimer - Member
- electric piano - Member
- organ - Member
- synthesizer - Member
- Eyvind Kang - Member
- keyboards - Member
- Colin Meloy - performer [the mariner]
- Midori Hirose - artwork [dolphin head]
- Alicia J. Rose - artwork [makeup]
- Marta Heitz - artwork [makeup]
- Joe Cunningham - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Bernadette Spear - design [costume]
- Carson Ellis - design [tree costume]
- Seann McKeel - design [tree costume]
- Chris Walla - electric guitar
- Jeff London - horns [shofar]
- Mike King - layout, design
- Rob Jones - layout, design
- Jeff Smith - lighting [design]
- Ed Brooks - mastered by
- Roger Seibel - mastered by [vinyl]
- Dawn Barger - other [the worm hole]
- John Roderick - other [the worm hole]
- Mike Squire - other [the worm hole]
- The Decemberists - other [the worm hole]
- Jenny Conlee - performer [the barrow boy]
- Nate Query - performer [the fop]
- Rachel Blumberg - performer [the spook]
- Chloe Richard - photography by [assistant]
- Aaron Stewart - tam-tam
- Eric Stern - tenor vocals [operatic]
- May Barruel-Brussin - translated by [french translator]
- Tom Hill - trombone
- Paul Brainard - trumpet, arranged by [horns]
- Petra Haden - violin, voice
- Sean Nelson - voice