Ballads of Living and Dying

Infobox Album | Name = "Ballads of Living and Dying"
Type = Album
Artist = Marissa Nadler


Released = 2004
Recorded = 2003-2004
Genre = Folk
Length = 36:41
Label = Eclipse Records
Producer = Myles Baer
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpftxqusldae link]
*Dusted Magazine (Favourable) [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1988 link]
*MusicEmissions.com (4.5/5) [http://www.musicemissions.com/display_review/2762 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20496/Marissa_Nadler_Ballads_of_Living_and_Dying link]
Last album =
This album = "Ballads of Living and Dying"
(2004)
Next album = "The Saga of Mayflower May"
(2005) |

"Ballads of Living and Dying" is Marissa Nadler's first album, released in 2004 on Eclipse Records.

Track listing

# "Fifty Five Falls" – 5:01
# "Hay Tantos Muertos" – 2:51
# "Stallions" – 3:11
# "Undertaker" – 2:17
# "Box of Cedar" – 4:39
# "Bird Song" – 3:07
# "Mayflower May" – 3:21
# "Days of Rum" – 4:20
# "Virginia" – 2:39
# "Annabelle Lee" – 5:15

Album credits

Marissa Nadler
* Vocals on all tracks
* Acoustic guitar on all tracks, except "Days of Rum"
* Keys on "Undertaker" and "Virginia"
* Organ on "Stallions" and "Mayflower May"

Myles Baer
* Accordion on "Hey Tantos Muertos"
* Backing vocals on "Fifty Five Falls"
* E-Bow on "Annabelle Lee"
* Electric guitar on "Fifty Five Falls" and "Annabelle Lee"

Kendra Flowers
* Harmony vocals on "Box of Cedar"

All songs written by Marissa Nadler, except:
* "Hay Tantos Muertos"—words by Pablo Neruda
* "Annabelle Lee"—words by Edgar Allan Poe

Recorded, mixed and produced by Myles Baer at Black Hole Sound Studios, 2003-4.