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The Decemberists to release 10th Anniversary Edition of The Crane Wife

25 October 2016, 13:16 | Written by Laurence Day

The Decemberists have announced a 10th Anniversary Edition of their acclaimed fourth album The Crane Wife.

The Crane Wife will be reissued as a five-LP set, which includes the original record, plus rarities, B-sides, outtakes, offcuts, demos, alternate edits, and more. There is also a 20-page booklet with notes from David Fricke (Rolling Stone editor) and an essay from longtime admirer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), plus a Blu-Ray disc containing a 2006 show at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club.

The album actually hit the double-digit milestone on 3 October.

The 10th Anniversary Edition of The Crane Wife is released 9 December. You can pre-order it now.

Tracklist:

Record One: The Original Album

SIDE 1

  1. The Crane Wife 3
  2. The Island: Come And See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel The Drowning
  3. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)

SIDE 2

  1. O Valencia!
  2. The Perfect Crime #2
  3. When The War Came
  4. Shankill Butchers

Record 2: Original Album Plus Outtakes

SIDE 3

  1. Summersong
  2. The Crane Wife 1 & 2
  3. Sons & Daughters

SIDE 4

  1. After The Bombs
  2. Culling Of The Fold
  3. Hurdles Even Here

Record Three: Outtakes And Alternates

SIDE 5

  1. The Perfect Crime #1 + The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back
  2. After The Bombs (Early Take)

SIDE 6

  1. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Alternate Take with Alela Diane)
  2. Culling Of The Fold (Alternate Take with Sean Nelson)
  3. Hurdles Even Here (Full Band Take)
  4. The Perfect Crime #2 (Early Take)

Record Four: Home Demos

SIDE 7

  1. The Island: Come And See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel The Drowning
  2. O Valencia!
  3. The Perfect Crime #2

SIDE 8

  1. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (With Carson Ellis)
  2. The Capp Street Girls
  3. Culling Of The Fold
  4. Hurdles Even Here

Record Five: Home Demos

SIDE 9

  1. Shankill Butchers (Demo)
  2. Summersong (Demo)
  3. The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back (Demo)
  4. The Perfect Crime #1 (Demo)

SIDE 10

  1. The Crane Wife 1, 2 & 3
  2. Sons & Daughters

Blu-Ray: Live At The 9:30 Club, 29 October, 2006

  1. The Crane Wife 3
  2. The Island
  3. We Both Go Down Together
  4. The Gymnast, High Above The Ground
  5. The Perfect Crime #2
  6. Shankill Butchers
  7. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
  8. O Valencia!
  9. The Legionnaire’s Lament
  10. 16 Military Wives
  11. The Crane Wife 1 & 2
  12. Sons & Daughters
  13. Red Right Ankle
  14. Culling Of The Fold
  15. I Was Meant For The Stage
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