The Hazards of Love

The Hazards of Love
Studio album by The Decemberists
Publication (s)	March 24, 2009
admission	July - September 2008
Label (s)	Capitol Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Indie rock , folk rock , progressive rock
Title (number)	17th
running time	58 min 36 sec
occupation	Accordion , harpsichord , electronic piano , Hammond organ , piano , drum , synthesizer : Jenny Conlee Acoustic guitar , electric guitar , twelve-string guitar , vocals : Colin Meloy Autoharp , backing vocal , banjo , baritone guitar , bouzouki , hurdy-gurdy , electric guitar , dulcimer , piano, mandolin , Marxophone, pedal steel guitar , percussion , synthesizer , tenor guitar , drum : Chris Funk Backing vocal , vocals: Becky Stark, Shara Worden Backing vocal, hand drum , percussion, drum, drums : John Moen Backing Vocal: Jim James Viola , violin : Greg Ewer, Keiko Araki Viola: Adam Hoornstra E-bass , double bass : Nate Query Electric guitar : Robyn Hitchcock Singing: Clara Ell, Joseph Ell, Natalie Briare Violoncello : Colin Oldham
production	Tucker Martine, The Decemberists
Studio (s)	Flora in Portland , Oregon
chronology The Crane Wife (2006) The Hazards of Love The King Is Dead (2011)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Hazards of Love   US 14th 04/04/2009 (13 weeks)   UK 50 04/04/2009 (1 week)

Singles

The Rake's Song   US 5 05/02/2009 (2 weeks)

The Hazards of Love is the fifth studio album by the American indie folk band The Decemberists , which was released on March 24, 2009. The album was inspired by Anne Briggs ' EP The Hazards of Love . At first Colin Meloy , front singer and guitarist, only wanted to name one song after the EP, but later it became a full album. Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Jim James ( My Morning Jacket ) starred on The Hazards of Love .

On January 15th, 2009 "The Rake's Song" was published for free on its own Myspace page. A month later "The Hazards of Love 1" was also offered for free download on MySpace.

The Hazards of Love was released on iTunes on March 17th, and the CD and vinyl versions hit stores on March 24th.

The full album was released exclusively on iTunes on December 1st as an animated video under the name Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized .

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The Hazards of Love is about a love story, similar to the recurring stories of the previous album The Crane Wife : Margaret (sung by Becky Stark) falls in love with William (Colin Meloy), one in a boreal forest living shapeshifters . A jealous forest queen (Shara Worden), the evil Rake (Colin Meloy) and other supporting characters also play a role in the plot.

Characters

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  Becky Stark as Margaret

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  Shara became as the queen

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  Colin Meloy as William and Rake

Track list

1. Prelude - 3:04
2. The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) - 4:19
3. A Bower Scene - 2:09
4. Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga) - 4:07
5. The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) - 4:26
6. The Queen's Approach - 0:29
7. Isn't It a Lovely Night? - 3:39
8. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid - 6:27
9. An interlude - 1:40
10. The Rake's Song - 3:16
11. The Abduction of Margaret - 2:07
12. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing - 3:56
13. Annan Water - 5:12
14. Margaret in Captivity - 3:08
15. The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!) - 3:22
16. The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise) - 1:31
17. The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) - 5:57

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ Tom Breihan: Decemberists Turn The Hazards of Love Into Animated Film. Pitchfork, November 19, 2009, accessed November 20, 2009 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Official Lyrics Book ( Memento of December 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), PDF, 6.85 MB
• The Hazards of Love on MusicBrainz
• Reviews in Metacritic (English)