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The Decemberists

The Decemberists live in Vienna
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The Decemberists is an American alternative rock band which formed in 2000 in Portland, Oregon, United States. The band currently consists of Colin Meloy (vocals, guitar), Chris Funk (guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, pedal steel guitar), Jenny Conlee (organ, piano, accordion), Nate Query (electric bass, acoustic bass, cello) and John Moen (drums). Notable former members include Rachel Blumberg (drums, vocals) and Jesse Emerson (bass). Named both in reference

Top songs

  1. The Crane Wife 3
  2. July, July!
  3. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
  4. O Valencia!
  5. We Both Go Down Together
  6. Summersong
  7. The Engine Driver
  8. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
  9. The Infanta
  10. The Mariner's Revenge Song
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  1. Down by the Water
  2. The Sporting Life
  3. Clementine
  4. Sons & Daughters
  5. Don't Carry It All
  6. Shankill Butchers
  7. When the War Came
  8. 16 Military Wives
  9. On the Bus Mall
  10. Rox In The Box
  11. The Rake's Song
  12. Eli, the Barrow Boy
  13. The Bagman's Gambit
  14. Of Angels and Angles
  15. Calamity Song
  16. Leslie Anne Levine
  17. From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)
  18. Los Angeles, I'm Yours
  19. Red Right Ankle
  20. This Is Why We Fight
  21. A Cautionary Song
  22. The Chimbley Sweep
  23. The Crane Wife 1 & 2
  24. A Bower Scene
  25. Grace Cathedral Hill
  26. Billy Liar
  27. The Legionnaire's Lament
  28. The Perfect Crime #2
  29. January Hymn
  30. Odalisque
  31. June Hymn
  32. Rise To Me
  33. All Arise!
  34. An Interlude
  35. The Abduction of Margaret
  36. Cocoon
  37. The Bachelor and the Bride
  38. The Soldiering Life
  39. Prelude
  40. Song for Myla Goldberg
  41. I Was Meant For The Stage
  42. Make You Better
  43. Annan Water
  44. As I Rise
  45. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
  46. Oceanside
  47. Shanty for the Arethusa
  48. The Island
  49. Margaret in Captivity
  50. Dear Avery
  51. The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)
  52. Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)
  53. The Wanting Comes in Waves (reprise)
  54. Severed
  55. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
  56. The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)
  57. Apology Song
  58. Isn't It A Lovely Night?
  59. Like A Lion
  60. Shiny
  61. Sleepless
  62. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
  63. O Valencia
  64. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
  65. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
  66. California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade
  67. Angel, Won't You Call Me?
  68. I Don't Mind
  69. Sons and Daughters
  70. The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
  71. California One Youth And Beauty Brigade
  72. The Wrong Year
  73. A Beginning Song
  74. The Perfect Crime 2
  75. Valerie Plame
  76. Cavalry Captain
  77. Sucker's Prayer
  78. The Crane Wife 1 and 2
  79. Culling Of The Fold
  80. Don’t Carry It All
  81. Lake Song
  82. Philomena
  83. My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
  84. The Island, Come And See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel The Drowning
  85. The Singer Addresses His Audience
  86. Sixteen Military Wives
  87. Angel, Won't You Call Me
  88. Once in My Life
  89. Raincoat Song
  90. Eli, The Barrowboy

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