When I first saw that the new Decemberists record was titled Hazards of Love, my mind was filled with possibilities. Would it be a concept album about a Brokeback Mountain-style romance between Beau and Luke? There was always hope.

However, now I’ve seen the tracklist, and my hopes have been dashed. Turns out there’s no Uncle Jesse. No Daisy. No Roscoe P. Coletrain. No Cooter. Not even Vance and Coy. Nope, it just looks like the usual “hey look at my overwrought song titles, they show that I’m smart and well-read” kind of thing you usually expect from Colin Meloy.

Decemberists – Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
Decemberists – Eli, The Barrow Boy

01 Prelude
02 Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle the Thistles Undone)
03 A Bower Scene
04 Won’t Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
05 Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
06 The Queen’s Approach
07 Isn’t It A Lovely Night?
08 The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
09 An Interlude
10 The Rake’s Song
11 The Abduction Of Margaret
12 The Queen’s Rebuke/The Crossing
13 Annan Water
14 Margaret In Captivity
15 Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16 The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
17 The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)

One Response to “Decemberists Release Tracklist for ‘Hazards of Love,’ Ruin My Dreams”

1. On 12/11/08 7:40 PM, Josh Mock said:

   

   I fondly recall and long for those simpler times, when an artist announcing the names of songs on a CD was not considered news.

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