Song · The Decemberists
“Don't Carry It All” by The Decemberists
From the album The King Is Dead (2011)
“Don't Carry It All” by The Decemberists appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2011 and 2024. It was first released in 2011 on the album The King Is Dead. Its best result is #60 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #546 alternative song of 2011.
"Don't Carry It All" belongs to The King Is Dead, the Decemberists' sixth studio album, which Capitol put out on January 14, 2011. Colin Meloy wrote it alone, and it sits squarely inside the turn he'd described before the album came out: after three records soaked in the British folk revival, he wanted to dig into American traditions instead.
The credits tell the story. Meloy sings and plays acoustic guitar, harmonica, reed organ and tenor guitar; Chris Funk adds bouzouki and pedal steel; Jenny Conlee squeezes the accordion; Annalisa Tornfelt saws at the violin; and Peter Buck drops in on mandolin. Nate Query on bass and John Moen on drums and tambourine keep the wagon rolling, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings sing backup, and Tucker Martine recorded, mixed and co-produced it with the band. It smells of hay bales and woodsmoke.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 | 111 |
| 2011 | 60 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1355 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 700 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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