Slaves' Graves and Ballads

Infobox Album |
Name = Slaves' Graves & Ballads
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Dirty Projectors
Released = 2004
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Indie
Length = 39:33
Label = Western Vinyl
Producer = Dave Longstreth
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfuxqqald0e link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17228-slaves-graves-and-ballads link]
Last album = "Morning Better Last!"
(2003)
This album = "Slaves' Graves & Ballads"
(2004)
Next album = "The Getty Address"
(2005)

"Slaves' Graves & Ballads" is the third album by experimental rock band Dirty Projectors. It is a combination of two EPs released in 2004, titled "Slaves' Graves" and "Ballads", hence the name of the LP combination of the two. The two EPs have drastically different sounds, with the first being front man Dave Longstreth singing and playing guitar over a small chamber orchestra called The Orchestral Society for the Preservation of the Orchestra and the second half being just Dave and his guitar. When they were originally released, tracks 1-7 were "Slaves' Graves" and tracks 8-14 constituted "Ballads".

Track listing

# "Somberly, Kimberly" - 1:22
# "On The Beach" - 3:40
# "(Throw On) The Hazard Lights" - 4:11
# "Slaves' Graves" - 3:03
# "Grandfather's Hanging" - 3:31
# "We Are Swaddled" - 1:25
# "Hazard Lights (Reprise)" - 2:02
# "A Labor More Restful" - 3:41
# "Unmoved" - 3:01
# "Ladies, You Have Exiled Me" - 2:54
# "Because Your Light Is Turning Green" - 3:15
# "Obscure Wisdom" - 1:34
# "This Weather" - 2:27
# "Since I Opened" - 3:19

*"Tracks 1-7 recorded in Dwight Chapel, New Haven, CT in December 2002."
*"Tracks 8-14 recorded at Dub Narcotic Studios, Olympia, WA and Southbury, CT between July and August 2002."
*"Tracks 4-6 form one continuous suite of songs."