Colin Meloy Sings Live! | 
| Artist: Colin Meloy
Label: Kill Rock Stars
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 9679
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 60468
UPC: 759656046824
EAN: 0759656046824
ASIN: B0013P6TK6
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Devil's Elbow | | • | We Both Go Down Together | | • | "Evoking a Campfire Singalong" | | • | The Gymnast High Above the Ground | | • | Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect > Dreams | | • | Dracula's Daughter | | • | Wonder | | • | "A Brief Introduction to Shirley Collins" | | • | Barbara Allen | | • | The Engine Driver | | • | On The Bus Mall | | • | "A Skull, a Ship, and a Sheep" | | • | California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade > Ask | | • | The Bachelor and the Bride | | • | A Cautionary Song | | • | Red Right Ankle | | • | Bandit Queen |
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Product Description
A fourteen-song set documenting The Decemberists' lead singer/songwriter's 2006 solo tour. Meloy was heralded by Rolling Stone as "a master of improbable juxtaposition: arcane, detailed fictions of star-crossed passion and avenging bloodshed dressed up in indie rock jangle, la-de-da choruses, and vintage prog-rock bombast" in a review of The Decemberists' show in NY's Central Park last spring. By contrast, the live solo album presents him in a stripped down, acoustic setting. Of the thirteen Meloy originals, two are previously unreleased compositions, "Dracula's Daughter" and "Wonder". Along the way, he employs snippets of songs from The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, and REM. The collection also captures ample between-song banter.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Yes, it works May 3, 2008
John Provis
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
On this album (a collection of live recordings), Colin Meloy manages to do something that takes quite a bit of talent: taking songs from a full band with diverse and sometimes pretty deep instrumentation, and make them work in the singer/acoustic guitar format. It doesn't quite have the quirkiness of the full Decemberists lineup, but it doesn't need to - Meloy obviously knows which bits of the songs absolutely need to be there to back up the vocals, and puts them there while leaving out everything else. He's obviously enjoying himself (as shown by "Dracula's Daughter", described as 'the worst song I ever wrote' but played with a wink), and he quotes a couple of sections of well-known and less well-known songs almost seamlessly into the middle of his own songs. Particular highlights for me are "We Both Go Down Together," and the 12-minute version of "California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade" with just a little bit of the Smiths thrown in for good measure. All in all, it's a great album.
This Guy can Write Songs! June 5, 2008
Stephen J. Easley (Arlington, Virginia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What can I say - he writes as well here as for the Decemberists. I also enjoy the unplugged nature of the recording - you can really appreciate the lyrics.
 Not bad, but derivative June 8, 2008
P. Lutter
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not bad, but "Wonder" is a rip-off of Pat Benatar's "My Clone Sleeps Alone." Listen to the first 35 seconds of each song and you'll see the notes are nearly identical.
Amazing June 23, 2008
Pratt (right near da beach)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
He is so talented. Its takes alot to be just as as good live (if not better) as you are in studio. Colin Meloy is a fantastic performer, writer, and vocalist.
Fun album for any Decemberists fan August 4, 2008
Jeff Kraus (Orlando, FL USA)
You're not going to hear a ton of new music on this album -- the majority of tracks are off of previously released albums. But if you're a Decemberists fan, you'll love it anyway. It's just... fun. Meloy's understated style of humor is sprinkled throughout, and the previously mentioned "Dracula's Daughter" track is a perfect example.
Even after hearing this album dozens of times, I find that it still gets at least as much play time as all of my other Decemberists albums. And that's saying a lot, because my other Decemberists albums get a LOT of play time.
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