Cripple Crow

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Cripple Crow
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow.jpg
Studio album by Devendra Banhart
Released September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Genre Indie folk, freak folk, psych folk, folk rock, Latin
Length 75:02
Label XL Recordings
Producer Devendra Banhart, Andy Cabic, Noah Georgeson, Thom Monahan
Devendra Banhart chronology
Niño Rojo
(2004)Niño Rojo2004		 Cripple Crow
(2005)		 Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter
(2005)Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Filter (8.6/10)[2]
Magnet (9/10)[3]
Mojo 4/5 stars[4]
Q 4/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork Media (8.4/10)[6]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[7]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[8]

Cripple Crow is the fifth album by psych folk acoustic rocker Devendra Banhart released on September 13, 2005 on XL Recordings. It his first release on the label XL Recordings. The cover is reminiscent of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[9] and The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter[original research?] album covers.

Track listing

All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.

  1. "Now That I Know" – 4:53
  2. "Santa Maria da Feira" – 4:35
  3. "Heard Somebody Say" – 3:20
  4. "Long Haired Child" – 3:45
  5. "Lazy Butterfly" – 4:00
  6. "Quédate Luna" – 3:07
  7. "Queen Bee" – 2:44
  8. "I Feel Just Like a Child" – 4:46
  9. "Some People Ride the Wave" – 2:27
  10. "The Beatles" – 1:44
  11. "Dragonflys" – 0:59
  12. "Cripple Crow" – 5:58
  13. "Inaniel" – 3:43
  14. "Hey Mama Wolf" – 3:52
  15. "Hows About Tellin a Story" – 1:21
  16. "Chinese Children" – 5:17
  17. "Sawkill River" – 1:52
  18. "I Love That Man" – 2:26
  19. "Luna de Margarita" (Simon Diaz) – 2:07
  20. "Korean Dogwood" – 4:02
  21. "Little Boys" – 5:20
  22. "Canela" – 1:53

The CD release of this album also includes an MP3 bonus track "White Reggae Troll/Africa".[citation needed]

Bonus tracks on double LP

The double LP release of this album includes eight additional tracks, as well as an alternative cover of the normal album cover replaced with photographs of Devendra's own fans.

  1. "There's Always Something Happening"
  2. "La Ley"
  3. "Chicken"
  4. "Stewed Bark of an Old Oak Tree"
  5. "La Pastorcita Perdida" (Atahualpa Yupanqui)
  6. "Lickety Split"
  7. "Ice Rat"
  8. "White Reggae Troll"

Personnel

  • Devendra Banhart – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, producer, mixing, album art direction
  • Emma O'Donnell – fiddle
  • Gus – dog
  • Andy Cabic – producer
  • Noah Georgeson – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Thom Monahan – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Galen Pehrson – album art
  • Alissa Anderson – album art

References

  1. ↑ Cripple Crow at AllMusic
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  6. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ↑ Rolling Stone review
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