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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)
4. O Valencia!
5. The Perfect Crime #2
6. When The War Came
7. Shankill Butchers
8. Summersong
9. The Crane Wife 1 & 2
10. Sons & Daughters
Produced by Tucker Martine and Christopher Walla
with The Decemberists
"The Crane Wife" As performed by The Decemberists
With
Laura Veirs - Voice of the Girl on Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then
Eyvind Kang - Viola, violin
Ezra Holbrook - Backing voice, some keyboardy hits
Steve Drizos - Hand drums
All songs written by Colin Meloy, Published by Osterozhnal Music (BMI)
Recorded at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon between April and June, 2006
Produced by Tucker Martine and Christopher Walla with The Decemberists
Mixed by Tucker Martine
except
Summersong, O Valencia! and When the War Came mixed by Christopher Walla and Tucker Martine
And Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) mixed by Christopher Walla at BJB
Assistant Engineer: Rich Hipp
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering in Phoenix , AZ
Design by Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy and Mike King
Illustrations and lettering by Carson Ellis
Layout by Mike King
Band portraits drawn from photographs by Autumn de Wilde
Laura Veirs appears courtesy of Nonesuch Records
A&R: Ron Laffitte and Laurel Stearns
Management: Dawn Barger for Big Hassle Management
Legal: Gillian Bar for Carroll, Guido and Groffman
Booking: Kevin French for Big Shot Touring
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Nate Query
Upright Bass, electric bass, cello, backing voice, percussion
John Moon
The Drums, backing voice, percussion
Jenny Conlee
Hammond organ, accordion, Wurlitzer, piano, pump organ, Moog, glockenspiel, backing voice, percussion
Colin Meloy
Voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, percussion
Chris Funk
Electric guitars, bouzouki, banjo, square neck guitar, hurdy-gurdy, pedal steel guitar, hammered dulcimer, percussion, backing voice
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Thank you: Tucker Martine, Christopher Walla, Dawn Berger, Susan Smith, Kevin French, Rich Hipp, Carson Ellis, Mike King. Roff Laffitte, Laurel Stearns and all at Capitol Records, Autumn de Wilde and crew, Rachel Demy, Deborah Orr, Time Ellis, Slim Moon, Maggie Vail and everyone at KRS, Chad Crouch, Rob Jones, Corrina Repp, Mack Staben, Wade Holmes, Paul Dalen, Adam Katz, Stef Zagorski, Kong, Marcel Cacdac, Ian Perkins, Joe Cunningham, Victor Paul, Sean Nelson, Bob Stark, Allen Garren, Laura Veirs, Alela Diane, Eyvind Kang, Ezra Holbrook, Petra Haden, Eugene and everyone at Eugenio’s, Marissa Maier, Sarah Dykes, Kendrick Brown, Maile Meloy, Paul Montagne, Hank Meloy, Scout Funk, Rachel Blumberg, Steve Drizos, Lewi Longmire, James Beaton, Seann McKeel, Fang, Dave “Chronic Freeze” Friedlander, Connie Wohn, Bernadette Spear, John Burch, Gillian Bar, Rosemary Carroll, Phil Sarna, Patrick Templeman and everyone at PSBM, Cascade Media, D’Addario Strings, AKG Acoustics, Universal Audio, John Blasioli, Scott McCaughey, Wesley Stace and all our Friends and Family.
Dedicated to Henry Ella Meloy, Scout Fahey McKeel Funk, and the memory of Harriett Meloy and Louise Query
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