What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
by The Decemberists
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 January 2015
- Label: Capitol
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:04
- Community rating: 3/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Victor Nash, Anna Fritz, Patti King, Chris Funk, Colin Meloy, Laura Veirs, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, Kyleen King, John Moen, Moorea Masa
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Following a multi-year hiatus, Colin Meloy guides his theatrical indie-folk outfit toward a significantly more personal, introspective collection of songs. While still utilizing lush folk-rock instrumentation and literary flair, the sweeping historical narratives and conceptual rock-operas of their past are traded for intimate reflections on aging, family, and modern anxieties. The resulting warmth offers one of the most accessible entries in their catalog.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic
Tracklist
- The Singer Addresses His Audience (4:42)
- Cavalry Captain (3:17)
- Philomena (3:04)
- Make You Better (5:07)
- Lake Song (5:52)
- Till The Water鈥檚 All Long Gone (5:01)
- The Wrong Year (3:53)
- Carolina Low (3:24)
- Better Not Wake The Baby (1:44)
- Anti-Summersong (2:12)
- Easy Come, Easy Go (2:22)
- Mistral (3:54)
- 12/17/12 (3:03)
- A Beginning Song (5:22)
Credits
- Chris Funk - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, voice [narrator support gang]
- Rob Moose - arranged by [string arrangements by], violin, fiddle, stringsarranger
- Anna Fritz - cello
- John Moen - drums, percussion, backing vocals, voice [narrator support gang], drums (drum set), background vocals vocal
- Nate Query - electric bass, double bass [upright bass], voice [narrator support gang], double bass, electric bass guitar
- Colin Meloy - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, backing vocals, songwriter, background vocals vocal, lead vocals vocal
- Jenny Conlee - piano, electric organ [hammond organ], vibraphone, accordion, keyboards [assorted keyboards], Hammond organ, keyboard
- Victor Nash - trumpet