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Cripple Crow
Studio album by Devendra Banhart
Released	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)
Genre	Indie folk Latin psychedelia
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
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	A−
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
Mojo
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	8.4/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	C+

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. The album has also received an Impala award for 30,000+ copies in Europe.

References

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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.

• 2005 albums
• Devendra Banhart albums
• XL Recordings albums