Cripple Crow Explained

Cripple Crow
Type:	studio
Artist:	Devendra Banhart
Cover:	Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow.jpg
Genre:	Indie folk Latin psychedelia
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

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 album cover.

Track listing

All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.

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

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.

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

Charts

The album sold 47,000 copies in the US.^[2] The album has also received an Impala award for 30,000+ copies in Europe.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 24.
2. Web site: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. 15 September 2007. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 8 June 2018. Google Books.
3. Web site: 2006 January-April results : Impala European Music Sales award successes. Impalamusic.org. 9 June 2018. 5 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805060134/http://www.impalamusic.org/docum/04-press/awardsPR0905.pdf. dead.