Her Majesty (Decemberists album)

Infobox Album | Name = Her Majesty
Type = Album
Artist = The Decemberists


Released = September 9, 2003
Recorded =February 2003 –March 2003
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 50:30
Label = Kill Rock Stars
Producer = Larry Crane
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:av63trptklmx~T0 link]
*Pitchfork (8.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16934/Decemberists_Her_Majesty_The_Decemberists link] | Last album = "Castaways and Cutouts" (2002)
This album = "Her Majesty" (2003)
Next album = "Picaresque" (2005)

"Her Majesty" is the second full-length album by The Decemberists, released September 9, 2003 by Kill Rock Stars. The song "Song for Myla Goldberg" was written years earlier, after Colin Meloy had been a media escort for novelist Myla Goldberg during a tour following the publication of her first book, "Bee Season". "The Bachelor and the Bride" has the words "stripped bare" in the chorus, and appears to be a reference to Marcel Duchamp's piece "The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even".Fact|date=August 2008

The album cover was made by Portland artist Carson Ellis, long-time girlfriend (and now wife) of Colin Meloy, who has created artwork for each of their albums.

Track listing

#"Shanty for the Arethusa" – 5:37
#"Billy Liar" – 4:08
#"Los Angeles, I'm Yours" – 4:17
#"The Gymnast, High Above the Ground" – 7:13
#"The Bachelor and the Bride" – 4:13
#"Song for Myla Goldberg" – 3:33
#"The Soldiering Life" – 3:48
#"Red Right Ankle" – 3:29
#"The Chimbley Sweep" – 2:53
#"I Was Meant for the Stage" – 7:02
#"As I Rise" – 2:14

Note: On some editions, the track list printed on the actual disc is missing the song "The Chimbley Sweep", though the song is listed on the back of the CD jacket and in the liner notes.

External links

* [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/decemberists/hermajestythedecemberists Reviews] at Metacritic