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The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
4,785,766 plays (113,327 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Prelude | 3:03 | 92,601 | ||
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The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) | 4:17 | 58,534 | ||
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A Bower Scene | 2:08 | 117,378 | ||
| 4 |
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Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga) | 4:05 | 84,719 | ||
| 5 |
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The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) | 4:24 | 90,449 | ||
| 6 |
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The Queen's Approach | 0:29 | 2,367 | ||
| 7 |
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Isn't It A Lovely Night? | 3:38 | 77,924 | ||
| 8 |
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The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid | 6:25 | 43,286 | ||
| 9 |
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An Interlude | 1:39 | 101,636 | ||
| 10 |
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The Rake's Song | 3:15 | 132,270 | ||
| 11 |
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The Abduction of Margaret | 2:06 | 99,062 | ||
| 12 |
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The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing | 3:55 | 55,585 | ||
| 13 |
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Annan Water | 5:10 | 85,821 | ||
| 14 |
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Margaret in Captivity | 3:06 | 81,502 | ||
| 15 |
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The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!) | 3:21 | 69,569 | ||
| 16 |
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The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise) | 1:30 | 70,622 | ||
| 17 |
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The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) | 5:55 | 73,694 |
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About this album
17 tracks (58:26)
The Hazards of Love, released March 24, 2009, is the fifth album by The Decemberists. The album was inspired by an Anne Briggs EP titled The Hazards of Love. According to the band, frontman Colin Meloy set out to write a song with the album’s title—eventually leading to an album in itself. Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond) and Shara Worden (of My Brightest Diamond) provide guest vocals throughout the album.
The Hazards of Love centers around a love story, similar to the use of recurring stories in The Crane Wife: a woman named Margaret (voiced by Stark) falls in love with a shape-shifting forest dweller (voiced by Meloy). A jealous forest queen (voiced by Worden) and an ensemble of recurring characters bring conflict to the album’s story arc.
On January 15, 2009, “The Rake’s Song” became available as a free download on their Myspace page. This was followed on February 16, 2009 by “The Hazards of Love 1,” again on Myspace.
On March 13, 2009, The Decemberists announced that the album would be released on iTunes on March 17, 2009. The album was released on iTunes Australia on March 14, 2009. On March 20, 2009, Entertainment Weekly began streaming the full album on imeem.
This album debuted at #14 and sold 19,210 copies in its first week.
The Hazards of Love centers around a love story, similar to the use of recurring stories in The Crane Wife: a woman named Margaret (voiced by Stark) falls in love with a shape-shifting forest dweller (voiced by Meloy). A jealous forest queen (voiced by Worden) and an ensemble of recurring characters bring conflict to the album’s story arc.
On January 15, 2009, “The Rake’s Song” became available as a free download on their Myspace page. This was followed on February 16, 2009 by “The Hazards of Love 1,” again on Myspace.
On March 13, 2009, The Decemberists announced that the album would be released on iTunes on March 17, 2009. The album was released on iTunes Australia on March 14, 2009. On March 20, 2009, Entertainment Weekly began streaming the full album on imeem.
This album debuted at #14 and sold 19,210 copies in its first week.
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Toxiiccity wrote:
If you hate this album, you can go fuck yourself <3
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TheHochhaus wrote:
tkid is way better
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DCozmonaut wrote:
this is folk-rock or something haha, adorable.
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boozec wrote:
This is the greatest album of all time.
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wennEsAnfaengt wrote:
This album is so inconceivable awesome! Will get to the list of my ten most adored albums. Just asking my self who to drop there.
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chronicplutonic wrote:
reading abt the guests vox on this album: becky stark of Lavender DIAMOND, shara worden of MY brightest DIAMOND, jim james of MY morning jacket. Coinkadink? what does this MEAN??
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Zilverdael wrote:
Wow! I wish it could still be 2009! It might be the best album that year, but I just heard it for the first time!
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electrifried wrote:
I always imagine royal intrigue and silver knights when I listen to this. This album..is just...so...breathtakingly good
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Aesiron wrote:
This is the greatest collection of songs in the history of music.
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Hwacha wrote:
Brilliant.
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IndieBlind wrote:
This album makes me jizz in my pants
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dustynine wrote:
I am so addicted to this album. Can't believe I've never listened to the Decemberists before.
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FunCkyChiCa wrote:
this... album... is... so great. omg omg omg omg
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beenyisagreeny wrote:
They performed this album amazingly last night in Los Angeles at Royce Hall. Everyone walked out beaming, it was so fun. <3333
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Venomous9 wrote:
I really like Won't Want For Love. Best song on the album, though they're all excellent. Definitely one of the best albums this year.
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maxcasanova wrote:
this is utterly amazing!
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jessefivey wrote:
I just saw the perform this last night and holy gods was it ever the best show I've been to.
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recrapulated wrote:
I can't believe that in 3 short months, this album climbed to #1 on my overall albums on Last.fm. My favourite album of the year by far so far.
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Llauren84 wrote:
Haha and about what Jakeandlola said....that's funny because I force myself not to listen to it =)
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Llauren84 wrote:
I surprised by what Erichpwnsnubs said because the moment I heard that song, I knew I wanted to hear it again and again. It's my new favorite song.
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