Levellers (album)
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This untitled/eponymous album was the third full-length release by Brighton
-based folk punk
band The Levellers. The record charted at number two in the British album charts and contained the singles "Belaruse", "This Garden" and "Julie".
The 2007 re-issue of this album also contained the bonus tracks:
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
-based folk punk
Folk punk
Folk punk , is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was pioneered in the late 1970s and early 1980s by The Pogues in Britain and Violent Femmes in America. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in that decade...
band The Levellers. The record charted at number two in the British album charts and contained the singles "Belaruse", "This Garden" and "Julie".
Track listing
- All band members are given writer's credits on all the tracks apart from "Dirty Davey," which is credited to Nick Burbridge (of McDermott's 2 Hours), and "The Flowers of the Forest/The Crags of Stirling," which are traditional arrangements. The re-release of the album in 2007 contains a cover of 'Subvert' by Zounds, (a rare opportunity to hear the Levellers playing ska-punk) and a cover of The ClashThe ClashThe Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
's "English Civil War."
- "Warning" – 5:00
- "100 Years of Solitude" – 3:58
- "The Likes of You and I" – 4:50
- "Is This Art?" – 3:12
- "Dirty Davey" – 4:29
- "This Garden" - 5:28
- "Broken Circles" – 3:15
- "Julie" (plus "The Flowers of the Forest"/"The Crags of Stirling" instrumentals) – 6:12
- "The Player" – 4:00
- "Belaruse" – 3:00"
The 2007 re-issue of this album also contained the bonus tracks:
- "The Lowlands of Holland"
- "English Civil War"
- "Subvert"
- "Belaruse Return"
Musicians
- Charlie Heather - Drums/percussion
- Jeremy Cunningham - Bass guitar, artwork
- Simon Friend - Guitars, vocals, mandolin
- Mark Chadwick - Guitars, vocals
- Jonathan Sevink - Fiddle
- Steve Boakes - DidgeridooDidgeridooThe didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
- Jem Finer - Hurdy GurdyHurdy gurdyThe hurdy gurdy or hurdy-gurdy is a stringed musical instrument that produces sound by a crank-turned rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to a violin...
- Callum Williams - Bagpipes
- The Kick Horns - Brass instruments
- Richard Evans - Tin whistle
- Jacinda Jones - Backing vocals
Technical Staff
- Markus Dravs - Production and sound engineering
- Ben Findlay - Additional engineering