Levelling The Land
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| Levelling the Land | ||
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| Studio album by The Levellers | ||
| Released | September 1992 | |
| Recorded | 1991 at Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey |
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| Genre | Folk-Rock | |
| Label | China Records | |
| Producer(s) | Alan Scott | |
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| The Levellers chronology | ||
| A Weapon Called the Word (1989) |
Levelling the Land (1991) |
Levellers (1993) |
Levelling The Land was released in 1991 and is the second full length album release by Brighton folk-punk group the Levellers. The album initially reached number 14 in the British album charts and has since gained platinum status through ongoing sales in the decade since its release. The original album pressing contained ten tracks (lacking Fifteen Years) but following the success of the single Fifteen Years, the song was added as track three to later pressings.
This is the first Levellers album to feature the input of Simon Friend as songwriter, vocalist and musician. Simon replaced Alan Miles who had sung and played guitar and mandolin on the previous album, A Weapon Called the Word.
[edit] Track listing
- All band members are given writer's credits on all the tracks.
- "One Way" – 4:08
- "The Game" – 3:28
- "Fifteen Years" – 3:11
- "The Boatman" – 5:56
- "Liberty Song" – 4:29
- "Far From Home" - 3:22
- "Sell Out" – 4:17
- "Another Man's Cause" – 4:35
- "The Road" – 4:00
- "The Riverflow" – 3:02
- "Battle of the Beanfield" – 3:41
[edit] Personnel
- Mark Chadwick - Lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
- Simon Friend - Backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 4 and 11, guitars, mandolin, banjo, harmonica
- Jeremy Cunningham - Bass guitar, album artwork
- Jonathan Sevink - Fiddle
- Charles Heather - Drums/percussion
- Alan Scott - Producer
