The Hazards of Love

Release date: 24 Mar 2009
Running length: 17 tracks
Running time: 61:28

Tracklist

	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	Prelude	3:03	99,871
2	The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle the Thistles Undone)	4:31	16,158
3	A Bower Scene	2:08	125,938
4	Won’t Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)	4:06	12,866
5	The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)	4:24	97,906
6	The Queen’s Approach	3:15	598
7	Isn’t It A Lovely Night?	3:38	8,272
8	The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid	6:25	48,122
9	An Interlude	1:39	109,069
10	The Rake’s Song	3:15	10,952
11	The Abduction of Margaret	2:06	106,365
12	The Queen’s Rebuke / The Crossing	3:56	510
13	Annan Water	5:10	92,835
14	Margaret in Captivity	3:06	88,033
15	The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)	3:21	74,846
16	The Wanting Comes in Waves (reprise)	1:30	76,465
17	The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)	5:55	80,440

About this album

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.