The DecemberistsBest The Decemberists Albums Ranked
7.8
Avg Score
42
Opinions
21
Albums
13
Reviewers
Summary from 42 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Decemberists’s catalog across 21 albums from 42 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated The Decemberists album is The Crane Wife (2006) with a 9.7/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Picaresque and Castaways and Cutouts. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2003 to 2024. The Crane Wife 3 ranks as the highest-rated The Decemberists song on Rate.fm with a 8.7/10 average.
The Crane Wife
“Colin Meloy's theatrical and hyperliterate band makes an unexpected move to Capitol Records, and delivers a record that matches the ambition of its new imprint.”
Picaresque
“The Decemberists may have built their rep on historical backdrops and quaint theatricality, but their third full-length trades much of that in for more ambitious narratives and dynamic playing. Picaresque captures the band in peak form, packing in exotic instrumentation that creates a lush and evocative backdrop to Colin Meloy's story-songs, which here are more colorful-- and more topical-- than ever.”
Her Majesty the Decemberists
“There's a crash and a scream, and the groaning sound of a warship come to rape the harbor: That's right, The Decemberists have another song about pirates. "Tell your daughters do not walk the streets alone tonight!" cries Colin Meloy with nasal urgency, and the band gives it more drama than ever before, lunging into an aesthetic that's half Dickens, half 1950s adventure comic book. You can almost ”
