Castaways and Cutouts
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The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, the long-time girlfriend (now wife) of frontman Colin Meloy. She has created artwork for each of the band's albums.
ReceptionEdit
Template:Album ratings Castaways and Cutouts received mostly positive reviews. The album ranked number 89 on Under the Radar's Top 200 Albums of the 2000s<ref name="Under The Radar: Best Of The Decade – Top 200 Albums of the Decade">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and number 96 on PitchforkTemplate:'s The 100 Best Albums of 2000–2004.<ref name="Staff Lists: The Top 100 Albums of 2000-04">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Track listingEdit
All songs written by Colin Meloy. Template:Tracklist
PersonnelEdit
According to the liner notes of Castaways and Cutouts.
- Colin Meloy – vocals, guitar, percussion
- Chris Funk – guitar, pedal steel, theremin
- Jenny Conlee – Hammond organ, piano, Rhodes piano, accordion
- Nate Query – upright bass
- Ezra Holbrook – drums, percussion, vocals
ProductionEdit
- Produced by The Decemberists
- Recorded by Simon Widdowson
- Mastered by Ryan Foster
- Design by Third Eyebrow (.com)
- Art direction by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis
- Cover painting and illustrations by Carson Ellis
- Inner-tray photo by Jonathan Gitelson
- Sound clip in "California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade" from Archangel, directed by Guy Maddin.