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    Everything happens for a reason. I will stand for that until the day i die.
    
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    Bryce Baker liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    My favorite of their albums.
    
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    Dakota favorited and reviewed Picaresque
    
    Each song on this album is a story. The eight minute epic The Mariner's Revenge Song is actually epic along the proportions of Moby Dick. Yeah, I said it.
    
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    Meg Hargis liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    I live for this sort of intelligence and sarcasm.
    
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    Beth Viveiros liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    top 10 album favorito na vida.
    
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    Jacob Standish liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    Listening to "16 Military Wives"... classic #Decemberists
    
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    Sara liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    One of the D's more anachronistic albums. Rich arrangements and, of course, Colin's interesting articulation is incredible. The lyrics are phenomenal. Tracks are haunting (On The Bus Mall) to EPIC... more
    
    One of the D's more anachronistic albums. Rich arrangements and, of course, Colin's interesting articulation is incredible. The lyrics are phenomenal. Tracks are haunting (On The Bus Mall) to EPIC (Mariner's Revenge). Fantastic album by the D's.
    
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    Lowell Wann liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    The Mariner's Revenge Song and 16 Military Wives...PURE GREATNESS!!!
    
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    dorkabella liked and reviewed Picaresque
    
    My favorite Decemberists album by far. This is the one I always recommend to people.
    
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In the past two years, The Decemberists have gone from unknowns outside their native Portland to success via critical praise, impressive sales, and packed houses. This is their fullest sounding release yet. They blaze through more instrumental variations than can be listed here, for a heightened urgency and depth to the sharply written lyrical scenarios.Picaresque is yet more proof that the Decemberists' Colin Meloy is the songwriter who loves love—especially when it ends in death, ("We Both Go Down Together," "Of Angels and Angles"), disease ("The Mariner's Revenge Song") or in some other tragic way. This CD spends some time in the band's familiar old Europe setting, although Meloy also touches on politics, espionage, and even soccer. (Proving he knows his fan base, Meloy's "The Sporting Life," is the perfect shout-out to the kids who preferred the library to the gym.) Long-time fans will know what to expect from this album, which compares favorably to the other LPs on their catalog, and with Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla on board as producer, the band seems poised to reach the greater audience they deserve. If you're not already a listener, don't wait another second to become one. With their remarkable vocabulary and bawdy-yet-literary imagery, the Decemberists are guaranteed to make you smarter even as they make you weep. Pop this in your CD player, grab a dictionary, rock and learn.--Leah Weathersby

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By The Decemberists, 2005

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