Album · 2005
Picaresque
3.7 / 5 · 6 ratings · imported
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
The Infanta
Picaresque
5:07
2
We Both Go Down Together
Picaresque
3:04
3
Eli, the Barrow Boy
Picaresque
3:11
4
The Sporting Life
Picaresque
4:38
5
The Bagman's Gambit
Picaresque
7:02
6
From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)
Picaresque
3:42
7
16 Military Wives
Picaresque
4:52
8
The Engine Driver
Picaresque
4:15
Disc 2
1
On the Bus Mall
Picaresque
6:04
2
Mariner's Revenge Song
Picaresque
8:45
3
Of Angels and Angles
Picaresque
2:27
4
The Bandit Queen (with "dialogue" and "tap dancing")
Picaresque
4:19
5
Bridges and Balloons
Picaresque
3:13
6
Constantinople
Picaresque
3:34
7
The Kingdom of Spain (version Prescott)
Picaresque
3:43
8
The Bandit Queen (version Prescott)
Picaresque
4:26
Singles from this record
In print
First pressed 2005, still pressed 2024 — 24 pressings across 7 countries.
Credits
Marta Heitz
Artwork
Midori Hirose
Artwork
Bernadette Spear
Design
Mike King (3)
Design
Rob Jones
Design
Seann McKeel
Design
Chris Funk
Instrument · guitar, pedal steel guitar, hurdy gurdy
Jeff London
Instrument · horns [shofar]
Jenny Conlee
Instrument · accordion, piano, electric piano [rhodes]
Joe Cunningham
Instrument · baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
John Roderick
Instrument · horns [shofar]
Nate Query
Instrument · bass, double bass
Paul Brainard
Instrument · trumpet, arranged by [horns]
Petra Haden
Instrument · violin, voice
Rachel Blumberg
Instrument · drums
Tom Hill
Instrument · trombone
Ed Brooks
Mastering
Roger Seibel
Mastering
Troy Tietjen
Mix
Carson Ellis
Performer
Dawn Barger
Performer
Mike Squire (3)
Performer
Alicia J. Rose
Photography
Chloe Richard
Photography
Jeff Smith
Photography
Chris Walla
Producer
The Decemberists
Producer
May Barruel-Brussin
Translator
Colin Meloy
Vocal · vocals, written-by, guitar, acoustic guitar
Eric Stern
Vocal · tenor vocals [operatic]
Sean Nelson
Vocal · voice