Crown and Treaty (album)

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Crown and Treaty
Cover art for Crown and Treaty (album).jpg
Studio album by
Released30 April 2012
Genre Alternative rock
Label Luxor Purchase
Producer Tim Elsenburg
Sweet Billy Pilgrim chronology
Twice Born Men
(2009)
Crown and Treaty
(2012)
Motorcade Amnesiacs
(2015)

Crown and Treaty is an album by English band Sweet Billy Pilgrim. It is the follow-up album to Twice Born Men , a Mercury Music Prize album of the year 2009. It is named after the Crown and Treaty pub in Uxbridge, London. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 88/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music (positive) [3]
Consequence of Sound B [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Scotsman Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Crown and Treaty received positive reviews upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 88/100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Joyful Reunion"
  2. "Archaeology"
  3. "Blakefield Gold"
  4. "Arrived at Upside Down"
  5. "Blood Is Big Expense"
  6. "Brugada"
  7. "Kracklite"
  8. "Shadow Captain"
  9. "Blue Sky Falls"

Personnel

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Crown and Treaty by Sweet Billy Pilgrim Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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