Album · 2006
The Crane Wife
4.4 / 5 · 9 ratings · imported
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
The Crane Wife 3
The Crane Wife
4:18
2
The Island: Come and See / The Landlord’s Daughter / You’ll Not Feel the Drowning
The Crane Wife
12:26
3
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
The Crane Wife
4:19
4
O Valencia!
The Crane Wife
3:48
5
The Perfect Crime #2
The Crane Wife
5:33
6
When the War Came
The Crane Wife
5:06
7
Shankill Butchers
The Crane Wife
4:40
8
Summersong
The Crane Wife
3:31
9
The Crane Wife 1 & 2
The Crane Wife
11:20
10
Sons & Daughters
The Crane Wife
5:14
Disc 2
1
Hurdles Even Here
The Crane Wife
4:32
2
The Perfect Crime #1 / The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back
The Crane Wife
15:20
Singles from this record
In print
First pressed 2006, still pressed 2024 — 27 pressings across 8 countries.
Credits
Laurel Stearns
Artists And Repertoire
Ron Laffitte
Artists And Repertoire
Mike King (2)
Artwork
Mike King
Design
Mike King (3)
Design
Rich Hipp
Engineer
Carson Ellis
Illustration
Chris Funk
Instrument · electric guitar, bouzouki, banjo, guitar [square neck guitar], hurdy gurdy [hurdy-gurdy], pedal steel guitar, dulcimer [hammered], percussion, voice [backing voice]
Colin Meloy
Instrument · acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, percussion, voice
Eyvind Kang
Instrument · viola, violin
Jenny Conlee
Instrument · organ [hammond], accordion, electric piano [wurlitzer], piano, organ [pump], synthesizer [moog], glockenspiel, voice [backing voice], percussion
John Moen
Instrument · drums [the drums], voice [backing voice], percussion
Nate Query
Instrument · double bass [upright bass], electric bass, cello, voice [backing voice], percussion
Steve Drizos
Instrument · drums [hand drums]
David Fricke
Liner Notes
Lin‐Manuel Miranda
Liner Notes
Roger Seibel
Mastering
Autumn de Wilde
Photography
Chris Walla
Producer
The Decemberists
Producer
Tucker Martine
Producer
Ezra Holbrook
Vocal · voice [backing voice]
Laura Veirs
Vocal · voice [voice of the girl]