Slaves' Graves and Ballads

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Slaves' Graves & Ballads
Studio album by Dirty Projectors
Released	2004
Recorded	2002
Genre	Indie
Length	39:33
Label	Western Vinyl
Producer	Dave Longstreth
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) link
Dirty Projectors chronology
Morning Better Last! (2003) Slaves' Graves & Ballads (2004) The Getty Address (2005)

Slaves' Graves & Ballads is the third album by experimental rock band Dirty Projectors. It is a combination of two EPs released in 2004, titled Slaves' Graves and Ballads, hence the name of the LP combination of the two. The two EPs have drastically different sounds, with the first being front man Dave Longstreth singing and playing guitar over a small chamber orchestra called The Orchestral Society for the Preservation of the Orchestra and the second half being just Dave and his guitar. When they were originally released, tracks 1-7 were Slaves' Graves and tracks 8-14 constituted Ballads.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Somberly, Kimberly" - 1:22
2. "On The Beach" - 3:40
3. "(Throw On) The Hazard Lights" - 4:11
4. "Slaves' Graves" - 3:03
5. "Grandfather's Hanging" - 3:31
6. "We Are Swaddled" - 1:25
7. "Hazard Lights (Reprise)" - 2:02
8. "A Labor More Restful" - 3:41
9. "Unmoved" - 3:01
10. "Ladies, You Have Exiled Me" - 2:54
11. "Because Your Light Is Turning Green" - 3:15
12. "Obscure Wisdom" - 1:34
13. "This Weather" - 2:27
14. "Since I Opened" - 3:19

• Tracks 1-7 recorded in Dwight Chapel, New Haven, CT in December 2002.
• Tracks 8-14 recorded at Dub Narcotic Studios, Olympia, WA and Southbury, CT between July and August 2002.
• Tracks 4-6 form one continuous suite of songs.