Cripple Crow

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Cripple Crow
Studio album by Devendra Banhart
Released	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Folk rock, acoustic, freak folk
Label	XL
Producer	Devendra Banhart, Andy Cabic, Noah Georgeson, Thom Monahan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Filter (8.6/10) #17, p.96 Magnet (9/10) #69, p.87 Mojo #110 Oct 2005 Q #119 Oct 2005 Pitchfork (8.4/10) 9/13/2005 Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 9/22/2005 The Guardian Sept 2005
Devendra Banhart chronology
Niño Rojo (2004) Cripple Crow (2005) Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter (2005)

Cripple Crow was released on XL Recordings on September 13, 2005. It is the sixth album by psych folk acoustic rocker Devendra Banhart and his first for the label XL Recordings.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Now That I Know" – 4:53
2. "Santa Maria De Feira" – 4:35
3. "Heard Somebody Say" – 3:20
4. "Long Haired Child" – 3:45
5. "Lazy Butterfly" – 4:00
6. "Quedate 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. "Saw Kill River" – 1:52
18. "I Love That Man" – 2:26
19. "Luna de Margarita" – 2:07
20. "Korean Dogwood" – 4:02
21. "Little Boys" – 5:20
22. "Canela" – 4:27

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

[edit] Bonus tracks on double LP

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

23. "There's Always Something Happening"
24. "La Ley"
25. "Chicken"
26. "Stewed Bark of an Old Oak Tree"
27. "La Pastorcita Perdida"
28. "Likety Split"
29. "Ice Rat"
30. "White Reggae Troll"

[edit] 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

v • d • e Devendra Banhart Studio albums The Charles C. Leary · Oh Me Oh My · The Black Babies · Rejoicing in the Hands  · Niño Rojo · Cripple Crow · Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter · Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon Other discography The Golden Apples of the Sun Associated acts CocoRosie · Vetiver