Colin Meloy - Sings Live!

1. Devil's Elbow
2. We Both Go Down Together
3. Evoking a Campfire Singalong
4. The Gymnast, High Above the Ground
5. Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect > Dreams
6. Dracula's Daughter
7. Wonder
8. A Brief Introduction to Shirley Collins
9. Barbara Allen
10. The Engine Driver
11. On the Bus Mall
12. A Skull, a Ship, and a Sheep
13. California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade > Ask
14. The Bachelor and the Bride
15. A Cautionary Song
16. Red Right Ankle
17. Bandit Queen    


‘Colin Meloy Sings Live!’ is the debut album from The Decemberists singer and songwriter.

It comprises of songs spanning The Decemberists career, alternative versions that morph in to covers (The Smiths ‘Ask’ & Fleetwood Mac ‘Rumours’ as well as snippets from REM & Pink Floyd!), a Tarkio track (Colin’s band before The Decemberists), unreleased tracks and rarities, as well as the in-between song banter that Colin is famed for throughout his live shows.

The acoustic songs were recorded on Colin’s solo tour of the US in 2006 where he also sold a six track EP of Shirley Collins covers (the revered British folk singer who is enjoying renewed interest of late with 3 appearances at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in March, sold out talks at various festivals e.g. The Green Man & a feature in the current issue of Mojo). The track ‘Barbara Allen’ on this album owes much to her arrangements.

Colin is about to embark on a US tour where he will sell another limited EP of Sam Cooke covers, following the now impossible to find Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins & Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey EPs

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