Slaves' Graves and Ballads

Slaves' Graves & Ballads
Studio album by Dirty Projectors
Released 2004
Recorded 2002
Genre Indie rock
Length 39:33
Label Western Vinyl
Producer Dave Longstreth
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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.

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