Tracklist
- The Infanta5:07
- We Both Go Down Together3:04
- Eli, the Barrow Boy4:25
- The Sporting Life4:38
- The Bagman's Gambit7:02
- From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)3:42
- 16 Military Wives4:52
- The Engine Driver4:43
- On the Bus Mall6:04
- The Mariner's Revenge Song8:45
- Of Angels and Angles2:27
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About This Album
Picaresque is the third studio album from The Decemberists. It was released in 2005 on the Kill Rock Stars record label. The word "picaresque" is taken from a form of satirical prose originating in Spain, depicting realistically and often humorously the adventures of a low-born, roguish hero living by his or her wits in a corrupt society. The album was recorded at the Prescott Church in northeast Portland, which the band rented for one month in the summer of 2004. To facilitate the creative process and avoid creative block, band members filled a used bike helmet with slips paper listing strategies and ideas to try out. Non-traditional rock instruments used in the album's recording included an accordion and a hurdy-gurdy. The album was produced by Chris Walla, also the guitarist for the band Death Cab for Cutie.