Cripple Crow

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Cripple Crow
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Genre
Length74:11
Label XL Recordings
Producer Devendra Banhart, Andy Cabic, Noah Georgeson, Thom Monahan
Devendra Banhart chronology
Niño Rojo
(2004)
Cripple Crow
(2005)
Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin C+ [11]

Cripple Crow is the fifth album by psychedelic folk acoustic rocker Devendra Banhart released on September 13, 2005 on XL Recordings. It his first release on the label XL Recordings. The cover is reminiscent of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1] album cover.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now That I Know" 4:53
2."Santa Maria da Feira" 4:35
3."Heard Somebody Say" 3:20
4."Long Haired Child" 3:45
5."Lazy Butterfly" 4:00
6."Quédate Luna" 3:07
7."Queen Bee" 2:44
8."I Feel Just Like a Child" 4:46
9."Some People Ride the Wave" 2:27
10."The Beatles" 1:44
11."Dragonflys" 0:59
12."Cripple Crow" 5:58
13."Inaniel" 3:43
14."Hey Mama Wolf" 3:52
15."How's About Tellin' a Story" 1:21
16."Chinese Children" 5:17
17."Sawkill River" 1:52
18."I Love That Man" 2:26
19."Luna de Margarita" Simon Diaz 2:07
20."Korean Dogwood" 4:02
21."Little Boys" 5:20
22."Canela" 1:53

The CD release of this album also includes an MP3 bonus track "White Reggae Troll/Africa".[ citation needed ]

Bonus tracks on double LP

The double LP release of this album includes eight additional tracks, as well as an alternative cover of the normal album cover replaced with photographs of Devendra's own fans.

No.TitleLength
1."There's Always Something Happening"4:58
2."La Ley"1:06
3."Chicken"3:10
4."Stewed Bark of an Old Oak Tree"1:38
5."La Pastorcita Perdida" ((Atahualpa Yupanqui))4:22
6."Lickety Split"1:31
7."Ice Rat"2:03
8."White Reggae Troll"9:45

Personnel

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 84
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 42
Italian Albums (FIMI) [14] 61
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 69
US Billboard 200 [16] 115
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [17] 36
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [18] 11

The album sold 47,000 copies in the US. [19] The album has also received an Impala award for 30,000+ copies in Europe. [20]

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