Long Live the King (EP)

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Long Live the King
The Decemberists - Long Live the King.jpg
EP by
ReleasedNovember 1, 2011 (2011-11-01)
RecordedEarly 2010
StudioPendarvis Farm near Portland, Oregon
Genre Indie folk, folk rock
Length25:15
Label Capitol
Producer Tucker Martine and The Decemberists
The Decemberists chronology
iTunes Session
(2011)
Long Live the King
(2011)
We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11–08.11)
(2012)

Long Live the King is an EP by the American indie rock band The Decemberists, released on November 1, 2011, on Capitol. The release is composed of out-takes from their sixth studio album, The King Is Dead . The titles of both combine to create the traditional proclamation, " The king is dead, long live the king! "

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66% [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. Club A− [3]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [4]

Critical reception to Long Live the King was positive. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Long Live the King received an average score of 66, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Meloy, unless otherwise stated.

  1. "E. Watson" – 3:32
  2. "Foregone" – 4:07
  3. "Burying Davy" – 4:22
  4. "I4U & U4Me" (Home Demo) – 3:38
  5. "Row Jimmy" (Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter) – 6:40
  6. "Sonnet" (Dante Alighieri) – 2:56

Personnel

The Decemberists
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. 1 2 "Long Live the King [EP] Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. Monger, James. "Long Live the King – The Decemberists". Allmusic. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  3. Hyden, Steven. "The Decemberists: Long Live The King". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  4. Maddux, Rachael. "The Decemberists: Long Live the King EP". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 4, 2012.