View basket “Cover Your Tracks EP” has been added to your basket. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World Decemberists, The SKU: RTRADLP756 Barcode: 883870075619 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Rough Trade Released Date: 15th January 2015 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World’ is The Decemberists’ seventh album. It’s the band’s most varied and dynamic work, both musically and emotionally. Since their last album, ‘The King Is Dead’, which went to No.1 in the US, the band have contributed a song to ‘The Hunger Games’ soundtrack and appeared in ‘The Simpsons’. Colin Meloy, the band’s frontman, has also been working on the ‘Wildwood’ series – a narrative saga about two seventh-graders drawn into a hidden, magical forest, illustrated by his wife, Carson Ellis. Many songs on the new record represent the more personal side of Colin Meloy’s songwriting, a change from the strong narrative thrust that characterized much of The Decemberists’ work. “Writing books as this raw, fantastic narrator has been the outlet for that part of my brain,” he says. “Having a family, having kids, having this career, getting older – all of these things have made me look more inward. So some of these songs are among the more intimately personal songs I’ve ever written.” Perhaps most notable is ‘12-17-12’, a song named for – and inspired by – the date that President Obama addressed the nation following the Newtown school shootings and read the names of the victims. “I watched that speech and was hit by a sense of helplessness, but also the message of ‘Hold your family close.’” This bewildering, conflicted feeling came out in a phrase near the end of the song – “what a terrible world, what a beautiful world” – that gave the album its title. Ultimately, ‘What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World’ found its final form, a distillation of the best things about this remarkable band. A new way of working led to a renewed excitement about the next chapter for The Decemberists. “I’ve never lived with a record for so long,” says Colin Meloy, “documenting my shifts and changes as a songwriter, with a real sense of time passing. And there’s something very freeing about working on music with absolutely no agenda, and just letting the songs become themselves.” Artist Decemberists, The Genre Americana / Country , Rock And Pop Label Rough Trade Buying Options 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Format 180g , 2LP , Gatefold Sleeve , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings The Singer Addresses His Audience Cavalry Captain Philomena Make You Better Lake Song Till The Water Is All Long Gone The Wrong Year Carolina Low Better Not Wake The Baby Anti-Summersong Easy Come, Easy Go Mistral Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Decemberists, The Paul's picks View Product Quick View Decemberists, The As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again Americana / Country | Thirty Tigers | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th June 2024 £28.00 Select options Decemberists, The As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again £28.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Thirty Tigers Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th June 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Decemberists, The Castaways And Cutouts Rock And Pop | Kill Rock Stars | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 4th December 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Decemberists, The Castaways And Cutouts £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Kill Rock Stars SKU: LPKRS397 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Decemberists, The Her Majesty The Decemberists Rock And Pop | Kill Rock Stars | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 4th December 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Decemberists, The Her Majesty The Decemberists £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Kill Rock Stars SKU: LPKRS375 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Decemberists, The Live Home Library vol. 1, August 11, 2009, Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, MI Rock And Pop | Youth and Beauty Brigade | 2LP Released 11th December 2020 £47.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Decemberists, The Live Home Library vol. 1, August 11, 2009, Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, MI £47.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Youth and Beauty Brigade SKU: 843563132449 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 11th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Decemberists, The Ill Be Your Girl (Indies Only) Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 13th March 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Decemberists, The Ill Be Your Girl (Indies Only) £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade SKU: RTRADLPX906 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Decemberists, The Ill Be Your Girl Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 16th March 2018 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Decemberists, The Ill Be Your Girl £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade SKU: RTRADLP906 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Decemberists, The The King Is Dead Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Capitol | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 12th January 2011 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Decemberists, The The King Is Dead £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Capitol SKU: 5099964272719 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 12th January 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more from Decemberists, The Start again More from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl Americana / Country | Nonesuch | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th February 2021 £39.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl £39.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch SKU: 0075597917581 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th February 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Deslondes,The Ways & Means Americana / Country | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th July 2022 £23.00 Select options Deslondes,The Ways & Means £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th July 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View A. 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