Cripple Crow

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.

Cripple Crow
Studio album by Devendra Banhart
Released	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Genre	Indie folk Latin psychedelia[1]
Length	74:11
Label	XL Recordings
Producer	Devendra 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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[1]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	C+[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(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 Diaz	2:07
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

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.	Title	Length
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

• 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

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]