Album Review: The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love

The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love


01. Prelude
02. Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
03. A Bower Scene
04. Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
05. Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
06. The Queen's Approach
07. Isn't It A Lovely Night?
08. The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid
09. An Interlude
10. The Rake's Song
11. The Abduction Of Margaret
12. The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing
13. Annan Water
14. Margaret In Captivity
15. Hazards Of Love 3 (Revenge!)
16. The Wanting Comes In Waves (Reprise)
17. Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)





Standout Tracks: The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid / Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone) / The Rake's Song


The Hazards Of Love is out today via Capitol.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


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