Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect

About Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect

Frontman Colin Meloy picked this as one of The Decemberists' best songs in an interview, saying: “It was really groundbreaking for me at the time. I felt like it was a concise, Fleetwood Mac–y pop song. You set out to write songs, and sometimes you hit the mark and sometimes you don’t. On this one, I hit as close to a mark as ever I’d set for myself. It’s got a nice, meandering verse-melody but a simple chorus. The whole thing has got two chords, which I think is cool. .

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About this song

Credited to

The Decemberists

Album

Castaways and Cutouts · Track 2 of 10

Released

January 1, 1970

Duration

4:29

Ranking

#8 most played The Decemberists track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

321,485 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Castaways and Cutouts