The Decemberists’s to reissue Crane Wife as five-LP box set

10 years on.

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, The Decemberists will reissue their fourth album The Crane Wife as a five-LP box set on 9 December.

The set features the original album spreads across two LPs plus three additional records of rare b-sides and bonus tracks, previously unreleased outtakes, alternative versions, and solo acoustic demos. Find the complete tracklist below.

The collection also includes a Blu-ray disc of The Decemberists: Live at the 9:30 Club 2006 and a 20-page booklet with foreword by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is a huge of fan of the band. David Fricke of Rolling Stone has written accompanying liner notes.

The first 500 signed copies have sold out, but you can place orders for a regular copy here.

Tracklist

01 The Crane Wife 3

02 The Island: Come and See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel the Drowning

03 Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)

04 O Valencia!

05 The Perfect Crime #2

06 When the War Came

07 Shankill Butchers

01 Summersong

02 The Crane Wife 1 & 2

03 Sons & Daughters

04 After the Bombs

05 Culling of the Fold

06 Hurdles Even Here

01 The Perfect Crime #1 + The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back

02 After the Bombs (Early Take)

03 Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (Alternate Take With Alela Diane)

04 Culling of the Fold (Alternate Take With Sean Nelson)

05 Hurdles Even Here (Full Band Take)

06 The Perfect Crime #2 (Early Take)

01 The Island: Come and See/The Landlord’s Daughter/You’ll Not Feel the Drowning

02 O Valencia!

03 The Perfect Crime #2

04 Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) (With Carson Ellis)

05 The Capp Street Girls

06 Culling of the Fold

07 Hurdles Even Here

01 Shankill Butchers (Demo)

02 Summersong (Demo)

03 The Day I Knew You’d Not Come Back (Demo)

04 The Perfect Crime #1 (Demo)

05 The Crane Wife 1, 2 & 3

06 Sons & Daughters



01 The Crane Wife 3

02 The Island

03 We Both Go Down Together

04 The Gymnast, High Above the Ground

05 The Perfect Crime #2

06 Shankill Butchers

07 Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect

08 O Valencia!

09 The Legionnaire’s Lament

10 16 Military Wives

11 The Crane Wife 1 & 2

12 Sons & Daughters

13 Red Right Ankle

14 Culling of the Fold

15 I Was Meant for the Stage