The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife" label_Brick Records Bob Cranshaw's reassuring upright bass

Bob Cranshaw's reassuring upright bass

Jermaine Dupri

Produced by bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor

One of the truly timeless albums in soul music history and the one that launched the career of Isaac Hayes

Matt Kirksey and Nicholas Ley) were accompanied by a 69-piece orchestra and 56-strong Chorus

The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife" label_Brick Records Bob Cranshaw's reassuring upright bassThe Decemberists' album, "The Crane Wife," is thematically based on a tragic Japanese folk tale, but band leader Colin Meloy promises a fair dose of rock n' roll, rape, murder and violence as well. The set is the five some's fourth full length and their first since moving over to a major label from Kill Rock Stars. Recruiting Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Seattle mainstay Tucker Martine to man the decks