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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Cripple Crow
| name = Cripple Crow
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Devendra Banhart]]
| artist = [[Devendra Banhart]]
| Cover = DB-CrippleCrow.jpg
| cover = Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow.jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{start date|2005|9|13}}
| released = {{start date|2005|9|13}}
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Indie folk]], [[freak folk]], [[psych folk]], [[folk rock]], [[Latin American music|Latin]]
| Length = 75:02
| venue =
| Label = [[XL Recordings]]
| studio =
| genre =
| Producer = Devendra Banhart, [[Andy Cabic]], [[Noah Georgeson]], Thom Monahan
* [[Indie folk]]
| Last album = ''[[Niño Rojo]]''<br />(2004)
* [[Latin American music|Latin]]
| This album = '''''Cripple Crow'''''<br />(2005)
* [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref name = Pitchfork />
| Next album = ''[[Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter]]''<br />(2005)
| length = 74:11
| label = [[XL Recordings]]
| producer = Devendra Banhart, [[Andy Cabic]], [[Noah Georgeson]], [[Thom Monahan]]
| prev_title = [[Niño Rojo]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| MC = 79/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/cripple-crow/devendra-banhart|title=Reviews for Cripple Crow by Devendra Banhart|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r789558}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Jurek|first=Thom|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cripple-crow-mw0000723490|title=Cripple Crow – Devendra Banhart|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=January 10, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Filter (magazine)|Filter]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2Score = (8.6/10)<ref>{{cite journal | title = Cripple Crow | journal = Filter | issue = 17 | pages = 96| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>
| rev2Score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|title=Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 16, 2005|page=85}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]''
| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev3Score = (9/10)<ref>{{cite journal | title = Cripple Crow | journal = Magnet | issue = 69 | pages = 87| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Simmons|first=Sylvie|author-link=Sylvie Simmons|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/16/popandrock.shopping3|title=Devendra Banhart, Cripple Crow|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=September 16, 2005|accessdate=January 10, 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal | title = Cripple Crow | journal = Mojo | date = 2005-10-01 | issue = 110| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Cromelin|first=Richard|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-09-ca-rack9.4-story.html|title=Folkie offers more access, less excess|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 9, 2005|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal | title = Cripple Crow | journal = Q | date = 2005-10-01 | issue = 119| id = | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow|journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=143|date=October 2005|page=110}}</ref>
| rev6 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6Score = (8.4/10)<ref>[http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15298/Devendra_Banhart_Cripple_Crow Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
| rev6Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Budgen|first=Simon Hayes|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-devendra-banhart-7775|title=Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow|journal=[[NME]]|date=September 19, 2005|accessdate=November 11, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308065938/http://www.nme.com/reviews/devendra-banhart/7775|archivedate=March 8, 2016}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/7568285/cripple_crow Rolling Stone review]</ref>
| rev7Score = 8.4/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Stosuy|first=Brandon|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/553-cripple-crow/|title=Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=September 12, 2005|accessdate=January 10, 2012}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news | title = Cripple Crow | date = September 2005 | work = The Guardian | accessdate = 2012-01-10}}</ref>
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=233|date=October 2005|page=119}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hoard|first=Christian|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/cripple-crow-20050922|title=Cripple Crow|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 22, 2005|accessdate=January 10, 2012}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10Score = C+<ref>{{cite journal|last=Catucci|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6u53go_Q1oC&pg=PA104|title=Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=21|issue=9|date=September 2005|accessdate=November 11, 2016|page=104}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''Cripple Crow''' was released on [[XL Recordings]] on September 13, 2005. It is the fifth album by [[psych folk]] acoustic rocker [[Devendra Banhart]] and his first for the label [[XL Recordings]]. The cover is reminiscent of the ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/553-cripple-crow/|accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> and ''[[The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter]]''{{or|date=October 2012}} album covers.
'''''Cripple Crow''''' is the fifth album by American-Venezuelan [[psychedelic folk]] musician [[Devendra Banhart]] released on September 13, 2005 on [[XL Recordings]]. It was his first release on the label [[XL Recordings]]. The cover references the ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''<ref name="Pitchfork"/> album cover.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.
All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.
{{Track list

# "Now That I Know" – 4:53
|title1 = Now That I Know
|length1 = 4:53
# "Santa Maria da Feira" – 4:35
|title2 = Santa Maria da Feira
# "Heard Somebody Say" – 3:20
|length2 = 4:35
# "Long Haired Child" – 3:45
|title3 = Heard Somebody Say
# "Lazy Butterfly" – 4:00
|length3 = 3:20
# "Quédate Luna" – 3:07
|title4 = Long Haired Child
# "Queen Bee" – 2:44
|length4 = 3:45
# "I Feel Just Like a Child" – 4:46
|title5 = Lazy Butterfly
# "Some People Ride the Wave" – 2:27
|length5 = 4:00
# "The Beatles" – 1:44
|title6 = Quédate Luna
# "Dragonflys" – 0:59
|length6 = 3:07
# "Cripple Crow" – 5:58
|title7 = Queen Bee
# "Inaniel" – 3:43
|length7 = 2:44
# "Hey Mama Wolf" – 3:52
|title8 = I Feel Just Like a Child
# "Hows About Tellin a Story" – 1:21
|length8 = 4:46
# "Chinese Children" – 5:17
|title9 = Some People Ride the Wave
# "Sawkill River" – 1:52
|length9 = 2:27
# "I Love That Man" – 2:26
|title10 = The Beatles
# "Luna de Margarita" ([[Simon Diaz]]) – 2:07
|length10 = 1:44
# "Korean Dogwood" – 4:02
|title11 = Dragonflys
# "Little Boys" – 5:20
|length11 = 0:59
# "Canela" – 1:53
|title12 = Cripple Crow
|length12 = 5:58
|title13 = Inaniel
|length13 = 3:43
|title14 = Hey Mama Wolf
|length14 = 3:52
|title15 = How's About Tellin' a Story
|length15 = 1:21
|title16 = Chinese Children
|length16 = 5:17
|title17 = Sawkill River
|length17 = 1:52
|title18 = I Love That Man
|length18 = 2:26
|title19 = Luna de Margarita
|writer19 = [[Simon Diaz]]
|length19 = 2:07
|title20 = Korean Dogwood
|length20 = 4:02
|title21 = Little Boys
|length21 = 5:20
|title22 = Canela
|length22 = 1:53
}}


The CD release of this album also includes an [[MP3]] bonus track "White Reggae Troll/Africa".{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
The CD release of this album also includes an [[MP3]] bonus track "White Reggae Troll/Africa".{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
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===Bonus tracks on double LP===
===Bonus tracks on double LP===
The double LP release of this album includes eight additional tracks, as well as an alternative cover of the normal album cover replaced with photographs of Devendra's own fans.
The double LP release of this album includes eight additional tracks, as well as an alternative cover of the normal album cover replaced with photographs of Devendra's own fans.
{{Track list
#<li value=23> "There's Always Something Happening"
|title1 = There's Always Something Happening
# "La Ley"
|length1 = 4:58
# "Chicken"
|title2 = La Ley
# "Stewed Bark of an Old Oak Tree"
|length2 = 1:06
# "La Pastorcita Perdida" (Atahualpa Yupanqui)
|title3 = Chicken
# "Likety Split"
|length3 = 3:10
# "Ice Rat"
|title4 = Stewed Bark of an Old Oak Tree
# "[[White Reggae Troll]]"
|length4 = 1:38
|title5 = La Pastorcita Perdida
|note5 = (Atahualpa Yupanqui)
|length5 = 4:22
|title6 = Lickety Split
|length6 = 1:31
|title7 = Ice Rat
|length7 = 2:03
|title8 = [[White Reggae Troll]]
|length8 = 9:45
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Galen Pehrson – album art
*Galen Pehrson – album art
*Alissa Anderson – album art
*Alissa Anderson – album art

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (2005)
! Peak<br>position
|-
| scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=24}}</ref>
| 72
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|84|artist=Devendra Banhart|album=Cripple Crow}}
|-
{{album chart|France|42|artist=Devendra Banhart|album=Cripple Crow}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|61|artist=Devendra Banhart|album=Cripple Crow}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|69|artist=Devendra Banhart}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|115|artist=Devendra Banhart}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|36|artist=Devendra Banhart}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|11|artist=Devendra Banhart}}
|-
|}

The album sold 47,000 copies in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EikEAAAAMBAJ&q=devendra+banhart+cripple+crow+nielsen+soundscan&pg=PA105|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=15 September 2007|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=8 June 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> The album has also received an Impala award for 30,000+ copies in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/docum/04-press/awardsPR0905.pdf|title=2006 January-April results : Impala European Music Sales award successes|website=Impalamusic.org|accessdate=9 June 2018|archive-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805060134/http://www.impalamusic.org/docum/04-press/awardsPR0905.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{Devendra Banhart}}
{{Devendra Banhart}}

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[[Category:2005 albums]]
[[Category:2005 albums]]

Latest revision as of 03:35, 14 August 2024

Cripple Crow
Studio album by
Devendra Banhart
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Genre
Length74:11
LabelXL Recordings
ProducerDevendra Banhart, Andy Cabic, Noah Georgeson, Thom Monahan
Devendra Banhart chronology
Niño Rojo
(2004) 		Cripple Crow
(2005) 		Devendra Banhart/Jana Hunter
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
The Guardian[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork8.4/10[1]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
SpinC+[11]

Cripple Crow is the fifth album by American-Venezuelan psychedelic folk musician Devendra Banhart released on September 13, 2005 on XL Recordings. It was his first release on the label XL Recordings. The cover references the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[1] album cover.

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now That I Know" 4:53
2."Santa Maria da Feira" 4:35
3."Heard Somebody Say" 3:20
4."Long Haired Child" 3:45
5."Lazy Butterfly" 4:00
6."Quédate 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."How's About Tellin' a Story" 1:21
16."Chinese Children" 5:17
17."Sawkill River" 1:52
18."I Love That Man" 2:26
19."Luna de Margarita"Simon Diaz2:07
20."Korean Dogwood" 4:02
21."Little Boys" 5:20
22."Canela" 1:53

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

Bonus tracks on double LP

[edit]

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

No.TitleLength
1."There's Always Something Happening"4:58
2."La Ley"1:06
3."Chicken"3:10
4."Stewed Bark of an Old Oak Tree"1:38
5."La Pastorcita Perdida" ((Atahualpa Yupanqui))4:22
6."Lickety Split"1:31
7."Ice Rat"2:03
8."White Reggae Troll"9:45

Personnel

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  • 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

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[12] 72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 84
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 42
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 61
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 69
US Billboard 200[17] 115
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18] 36
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[19] 11

The album sold 47,000 copies in the US.[20] The album has also received an Impala award for 30,000+ copies in Europe.[21]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Stosuy, Brandon (September 12, 2005). "Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Cripple Crow by Devendra Banhart". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Cripple Crow – Devendra Banhart". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Dombal, Ryan (September 16, 2005). "Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow". Entertainment Weekly. p. 85.
  5. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (September 16, 2005). "Devendra Banhart, Cripple Crow". The Guardian. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  6. ^ Cromelin, Richard (October 9, 2005). "Folkie offers more access, less excess". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  7. ^ "Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow". Mojo (143): 110. October 2005.
  8. ^ Budgen, Simon Hayes (September 19, 2005). "Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow". NME. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow". Q (233): 119. October 2005.
  10. ^ Hoard, Christian (September 22, 2005). "Cripple Crow". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  11. ^ Catucci, Nick (September 2005). "Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow". Spin. 21 (9): 104. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  12. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 24.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow" (in French). Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Lescharts.com – Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow". Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow". Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "Devendra Banhart | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  17. ^ "Devendra Banhart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Devendra Banhart Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Devendra Banhart Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
  20. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (15 September 2007). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 8 June 2018 – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  21. ^ "2006 January-April results : Impala European Music Sales award successes" (PDF). Impalamusic.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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