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Long Live the King

The Decemberists

Long Live the King

An EP of outtakes from the King Is Dead sessions by this Portland indie folk group

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Capitol
UK Release date
01/11/2011
US Release date
01/11/2011
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    Any of these songs could’ve fit on The King Is Dead; instead, they’ve come together to form another excellent record
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  2. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Long live the Decemberists
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  3. 8.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Intellectual? Yes. Visceral? Absolutely. Accessible? Oddly
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  4. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Bright arrangements, apparently, don't mean brighter moods
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  5. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    Like rifling through a quilter's scrap bag, it's easy to see what bits were trimmed off from where, and worth it to see how they now might be put to their own uses
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  6. 6.0 |   Prefix

    While it can't really stand alone, it plays awfully well with its musical sibling
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    The best moments are woefully unlucky not to have made the cut [on LP The Kind Is Dead]. Print edition only

  8. 5.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    Sure, there is not a bad tune in the bunch, but the problem is that there isn’t a particularly good one here, either
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  9. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    Meloy's supporting players are, as always, in fine form throughout, adding soulful, ear-tickling overdubs that keep the songs from drifting away into pretentiousness
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  10. 4.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Nearly every track here plays rather like a lesser version of one off of The King is Dead
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