''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!''"
Critical reception
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".
Track listing
All songs written by
Colin Meloy, unless otherwise stated.
#"
E. Watson" – 3:32
#"Foregone" – 4:07
#"Burying Davy" – 4:22
#"I4U & U4Me" (Home Demo) – 3:38
#"
Row Jimmy" (
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) – 6:40
#"Sonnet" (
Dante Alighieri) – 2:56
Personnel
;The Decemberists
*
Jenny Conlee –
piano,
organ
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* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
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,
backing vocals,
production
*
Chris Funk –
pedal steel,
electric guitar, production
*
Colin Meloy – vocals,
drum
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programming (music), programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, tambourine, production
*John Moen – Drum kit, drums, tambourine, backing vocals, production
*Nate Query – bass guitar, upright bass, production
;Additional musicians
*Victor Nash – trumpet on "Sonnet"
*Adam Schneider – trombone on "Sonnet"
*Annalisa Tornfelt – backing vocals on "E. Watson"
*Laura Veirs – backing vocals on "E. Watson"
;Production
*Bijan Berahimi – design
*Autumn de Wilde – photography
*Carson Ellis – illustrations
*Jeri Heiden – design
*Stephen Marcussen – Audio mastering, mastering
*Tucker Martine – Audio engineering, engineering, Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing, production
References
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2011 EPs
Albums produced by Tucker Martine
Capitol Records EPs
Folk rock EPs
The Decemberists albums