Decemberists Her Majesty White Vinyl Limited Numbered Colin Meloy Death Cab

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Used copy of The Decemberists’ Her Majesty LP from Jealous Butcher Records.  This is the limited edition white vinyl copy that was part of the limited first pressing of exactly 523 copies. The first 200 copies are on white vinyl. The copies are hand-numbered in the lower right corner of the back cover. This one is numbered 131/523.  Each cover is hand-screened and includes an insert with story, lyrics, and credits. There is no barcode on the cover. There is normal wear around the edges and corners and has browning as mentioned below. 

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Release Date:  September 9, 2003

Track List:

A1                   Shanty For The Arethusa       

A2                   Billy Liar

A3                   Los Angeles, I'm Yours

A4                   The Gymnast, High Above The Ground

A5                   The Bachelor And The Bride            

B1                   Song For Myla Goldberg

B2                   The Soldiering Life    

B3                   Red Right Ankle                    

B4                   The Chimbley Sweep            

B5                   I Was Meant For The Stage

B6                   As I Rise

Review from allmusic.com:

On Her Majesty, the Decemberists' follow-up to their excellent debut, Castaways and Cutouts, the group cements its reputation as a seafaring Belle & Sebastian or a more grounded Neutral Milk Hotel. Tying together sweet symphonic pop with a ragtag theatricality, this album is more ambitious and more scattered than Castaways and Cutouts, making it an initially less accessible and more difficult listen. However, many of Her Majesty's most indulgent moments are among its best, including the high drama of the album opener, "Shanty for the Aretheusa," an epic that runs with the dark beauty that haunted the corners of the Decemberists' debut and gives it a wild, rambling edge. Likewise, "The Gymnast, High Above the Ground" also displays the band's expertise at creating subtle but palpable drama and swooning romanticism with just a few musical brush strokes. The wonderfully named "I Was Meant for the Stage," a triumphantly bittersweet song for the inner drama queen in everyone, shows off Colin Meloy's uniquely expressive voice: at one moment he's lispingly fey; the next, he's sneering self-deprecatingly. These beautiful, challenging songs make the band's occasional dips into treacle, such as the cloying "Billy Liar," forgivable, but what makes Her Majesty such a solid album is the consistent quality of the songs pitched between its high and low points. "Los Angeles, I'm Yours" flirts with soft rock, coming across as a latter-day single from Al Stewart; "Your Red Right Ankle" is an intimately and creatively detailed love song; and "Song for Myla Goldberg" has a sunny, winning appeal. Even though Her Majesty isn't quite as striking and full-formed as Castaways and Cutouts, it's still a consistently charming album that finds the band coming into its own.