Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle [FULL ALBUM STREAM]

Wow what an underrated band! Now I dig their music.

Fan since Jan 2019

I love this album. Love it.

Lyrics chain?

finger picking arpeggios shredding wheat

Wait, is Doug Martsch playing guitar on this album? I'm hearing Built To Spill guitar with Sam Beam vocals on this one.

Neverending winter but a warm blanket makes it all right <3

Beautiful melancholy

My son sent “Upwards and over the Mountain” to me when he was 18 and went to study abroad. He died 6 years later from OxyContin. It brought tears to my eyes then and as I read it now, it was almost like a premonition. “Mother forget me”. God I miss him so much. And the line “Mother remember the blink of an eye when I breathed through your body?” It always rips my heart out. Thank you, Andrew. Will you ever know how very much you are missed?

Please become Catholic Sam.

Angry Blade is my favorite!

Don Olson, why would you consider writing what you did ok?

Oh man, Faded from the Winter just kills me. As a man with a daughter, "daddy's Ghost". Sam Beam just ruins me after a few cups.

2 Kings, Jezebel, Wikipedia, Iron and Wine cite , The Creek Drank the Cradle. What a wonderful reward this music is! Great.

Does anyonne have any clue on the cover artist? That drawing is outstanding

Came across Iron & Wine thanks to a track on Longmire. Recently went and listened to a lot more - just wonderful, wonderful songwriting.

Sam at his best

Listened to this album on repeat when I was a bit younger. Had to give it a break, because, you know how music can make you feel sometimes. Now I'm at a stage in my life where I can listen again, and wow. Promising Life reminds me of my first relationship and I used to feel pain about that, and now I feel ... well, not pain. Thank you Sam.

so may the sunrise bring hope where it once was forgotten, songs are like birds flying upwards over the mountain.

Promising light is so underrated.

'Weary Memory' is one of my favorite songs of any Artist. Well done, Sam. And, thank you.

I truly believe this is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. The pinnacle of the indie folk genre.

love is a scene i render when you catch me wide awake

Years later... Never gets old...

first time

I was listening to this album by accident cause i’m half asleep, but this album perfectly matches my dream and it was beautiful

lions mane can only be listen when you’re abou to sleep

so shooting

Paul Simon, is you?

mother don't worry i killed the last snake in the creek bed
mother forget me now that the creek drank the cradle you sang to
mother forgive me i sold your car for the shoes that i gave you
I was just listening to random songs and then this one got my attention , and the mentioned lyrics are the ones that got my attention , and then holy shit i found out its how he named the album

whisper

Can anyone else hear some Alice in Chains in Rooster Moans? Similar harmonies, I think

the saddest I&W album

I love this album so much.

Home recording at it's best

Home recording at it's best

Graciously, Iron and Wine was my last great musical discovery in 2015...it joined IAMX, Brandi Carlile, MGMT, Bright Eyes, Sigur Ros, and my ultimate number one, spontaneously and easily confirmed over and over until solidly undeniable, Modest Mouse.

In wondering what is it that all of these bands have in common, causing my feelings for them...I don't know...I'll have to think further.

...well, there IS something...because of the quality of their work, it would NOT be easy, or maybe even possible, to pick a favorite song by these bands...or even a top 3...or 5.

To do so would cause unease, a feeling of, "wait, but this song, and this one... ...and THIS ONE!!"

And even choosing a favorite album would be tough too.

But I can zero in on a favorite song of all time...and funnily enough, it's a song that I at first very much underappreciated, not recognizing it for what it was. It's:

Life Like Weeds by Modest Mouse.

incredible

This is folk music

Beautiful.

Fun fact. These are all home demos

incredible music, theres something special about it. this really takes me back to a better chapter of my life when i was living a care free mountain life and before i was diagnosed with cancer. listening to it meow makes me feel nostalgic . wanting to recreate being 35 again.

Request: CC for those hard of hearing

this album is enough to make a grown man cry rivers (me im that grown man)

Every song on this album brings me back to my mid/late 20s in Austin (im 43 now). Carefree times chillin with my girlfriend Anna.

Mother, don't worry
I killed the last snake that lived in the creek bed
Mother, don't worry
I've got some money I saved for the weekend
Mother, remember being so stern with that girl who was with me?
Mother, remember the blink of an eye when I breathe through your body?
So may the sunrise bring hope
Where it once was forgotten
Sons are like birds, flying upwards over the mountain
Mother, I made it up from the bruise of a floor of this prison
Mother, I lost it, all of the fear of the Lord I was given
Mother, forget me now that the creek drank the cradle you sang to
Mother, forgive me, I sold your car for the shoes that I gave you
So may the sunrise bring hope
Where it once was forgotten
Sons could be birds, taken and broken up to the mountain
Mother, don't worry
I've got a coat and some friends on the corner
Mother, don't worry
She's got a garden we're planting together
Mother, remember the night that the dog had her pups in the pantry?
Blood on the floor and the fleas on their paws
And you cried 'til the morning
So may the sunrise bring hope
Where it once was forgotten
Sons are like birds, flying always over the mountain

2024 and THIS is getting me through a rough afternoon<3

I saw them perform this barefoot.