Castaways and Cutouts

Castaways and Cutouts
Studio album by The Decemberists
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	January – February 2002
Genre	Indie rock, indie folk
Length	49:59
Label	Hush
Producer	The Decemberists
The Decemberists chronology
Castaways and Cutouts (2002) Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003)

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Castaways and Cutouts is the first full-length album by The Decemberists, originally released on May 21, 2002, on Hush Records and reissued on May 6, 2003, on Kill Rock Stars. The album's title is taken from a line in the song "California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade".

The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, the long-time girlfriend (and now wife) of Colin Meloy. She has created artwork for each of the band's albums.

This is the band's only full-length release with Ezra Holbrook on drums. (He played drums on the 5 Songs EP and performed backing vocals on The Crane Wife.)

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Meloy.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leslie Anne Levine"	4:12
2.	"Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect"	4:31
3.	"July, July!"	2:51
4.	"A Cautionary Song"	3:08
5.	"Odalisque"	5:20
6.	"Cocoon"	6:48
7.	"Grace Cathedral Hill"	4:28
8.	"The Legionnaire's Lament"	4:44
9.	"Clementine"	4:07
10.	"California One / Youth and Beauty Brigade"	9:50