
Decemberists, The - Her Majesty the Decemberists Vinyl Record
Kill Rock Starts’ inaugural pressing of 'Her Majesty The Decemberists’ on black vinyl.
Cover art has been updated to the original album cover, and includes a 10" x 57" poster of the full cover landscape by Carson Ellis.
Her Majesty the Decemberists is the second full-length album by The Decemberists, released on September 9, 2003. The song "Song for Myla Goldberg" was written years earlier, after Colin Meloy had been a media escort for the novelist Myla Goldberg during a tour following the publication of her first book, Bee Season. "The Bachelor and the Bride" has the words "stripped bare" in the chorus, and appears to be a reference to Marcel Duchamp's piece "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even".
Track listing
All songs written by Colin Meloy.
1."Shanty for the Arethusa" 5:38
2."Billy Liar" 4:08
3."Los Angeles, I'm Yours" 4:18
4."The Gymnast, High Above the Ground" 7:13
5."The Bachelor and the Bride" 4:13
6."Song for Myla Goldberg" 3:34
7."The Soldiering Life" 3:48
8."Red Right Ankle" 3:29
9."The Chimbley Sweep" 2:54
10."I Was Meant for the Stage" 7:02
11."As I Rise" 2:14