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The Crane Wife

by The Decemberists

The Crane Wife is a 2006 folk rock album by The Decemberists. It runs 13 tracks across 82 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 2 ratings.

Folk Rock · Indie Rock · Progressive Rock

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13
Tracks
82 min
Runtime
121 bpm
Tempo
F minor
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The Crane Wife album cover

The Crane Wife album cover

The The Crane Wife cover was designed by Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy and Mike King and illustrated by Autumn de Wilde and Carson Ellis.

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Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy, Mike King
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Autumn de Wilde, Carson Ellis

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13 tracks · 82 min

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  • The Crane Wife (10th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2016 · 32 tracks
    1. 1Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) [Alternate Take] [feat. Alela Diane]
    2. 1The Crane Wife 3
    3. 2Culling of the Fold (Alternate Take) [feat. Sean Nelson]
    4. 2The Island: Come And See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning (Medley)
    5. 3Hurdles Even Here (Full Band Take)
    6. 3Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
    7. 4The Perfect Crime #2 (Early Take)
    8. 4O Valencia!
    9. 5The Island: Come And See/The Landlord's Daughter/You'll Not Feel The Drowning (Medley / Home Demo)
    10. 5The Perfect Crime #2
    11. 6When The War Came
    12. 6O Valencia! (Home Demo)
    13. 7The Perfect Crime #2 (Home Demo)
    14. 7Shankill Butchers
    15. 8Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Home Demo)
    16. 8Summersong
    17. 9The Capp Street Girls (Home Demo)
    18. 9The Crane Wife 1 & 2
    19. 10Sons & Daughters
    20. 10Culling Of The Fold (Home Demo)
    21. 11Hurdles Even Here (Home Demo)
    22. 11After The Bombs
    23. 12Culling Of The Fold
    24. 12Shankill Butchers (Home Demo)
    25. 13Hurdles Even Here
    26. 13Summersong (Home Demo)
    27. 14The Day I Knew You'd Not Come Back (Home Demo)
    28. 14The Perfect Crime #1/The Day I Knew You'd Not Come Back (Medley)
    29. 15After The Bombs (Early Take)
    30. 15The Perfect Crime #1 (Home Demo)
    31. 16The Crane Wife 1, 2 & 3 (Home Demo)
    32. 16Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Alternate Take)
    33. 17Sons & Daughters (Home Demo)
    34. 17Culling Of The Fold (Alternate Take)

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The Crane Wife is an album by The Decemberists, released in 2006. It was produced by Tucker Martine and Chris Walla, and is the band's first album on the Capitol Records label. The album was inspired by a Japanese folk tale, and centers on two song cycles, The Crane Wife and The Island, the latter inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest. National Public Radio listeners voted The Crane Wife the best album of 2006. The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy's wife, who has created artwork for each of the band's albums.

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Is The Crane Wife good?
Riffiter listeners rate The Crane Wife 4.0/5 from 2 ratings.
When was The Crane Wife released?
The Crane Wife was released in 2006.
How many tracks are on The Crane Wife?
The Crane Wife has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 82 minutes.
What genre is The Crane Wife?
The Crane Wife is catalogued under Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Progressive Rock.
What BPM is The Crane Wife?
The Crane Wife runs at a median tempo of 121 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to The Crane Wife?
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