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Long Live the King (EP)

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Recorded
  
Early 2010

Long Live the King (2011)
  
Florasongs (2015)

Release date
  
1 November 2011

Producer
  
Tucker Martine

Length
  
25:15

Artist
  
The Decemberists

Label
  
Capitol Records

Genres
  
Indie folk, Folk rock

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Released
  
November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)

Studio
  
Pendarvis Farm near Portland, Oregon

Long Live the King (2011)
  
We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11–08.11) (2012)

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Long Live the King is an EP by the American indie rock band The Decemberists, released on November 1, 2011, on Capitol. The release is composed of out-takes from their sixth studio album, The King Is Dead. The titles of both combine to create the traditional proclamation, "The king is dead, long live the king!"

Contents

Critical reception

Critical reception to Long Live the King was positive. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Long Live the King received an average score of 66, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Meloy, unless otherwise stated.

  1. "E. Watson" – 3:32
  2. "Foregone" – 4:07
  3. "Burying Davy" – 4:22
  4. "I4U & U4Me" (Home Demo) – 3:38
  5. "Row Jimmy" (Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter) – 6:40
  6. "Sonnet" (Dante Alighieri) – 2:56

Personnel

The Decemberists
  • Jenny Conlee – piano, organ, backing vocals, production
  • Chris Funk – pedal steel, electric guitar, production
  • Colin Meloy – vocals, drum programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, tambourine, production
  • John Moen – drums, tambourine, backing vocals, production
  • Nate Query – bass guitar, upright bass, production
    • Additional musicians
  • Victor Nash – trumpet on "Sonnet"
  • Adam Schneider – trombone on "Sonnet"
  • Annalisa Tornfelt – backing vocals on "E. Watson"
  • Laura Veirs – backing vocals on "E. Watson"
    • Production
  • Bijan Berahimi – design
  • Autumn de Wilde – photography
  • Carson Ellis – illustrations
  • Jeri Heiden – design
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Tucker Martine – engineering, mixing, production

    • Songs

    1E Watson3:32
    2Foregone4:07
    3Burying Davy4:22

    References

    Long Live the King (EP) Wikipedia
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