Hello Pig

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Hello Pig
Hello Pig.jpg
Studio album by
Released4 September 2000
Genre Rock, alternative rock
Label China
Producer Mark Wallis
Levellers chronology
One Way of Life
(1998)
Hello Pig
(2000)
Green Blade Rising
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Ox-Fanzine Mixed [1]

Hello Pig is the sixth studio album by the Levellers, released in 2000 on China Records. The album was the first by the band to feature Matt Savage.

Levellers (band) English folk rock band

The Levellers are an English folk rock band formed in Brighton, England in 1988, consisting of Mark Chadwick, Jeremy Cunningham, Charlie Heather (drums), Jon Sevink (violin), Simon Friend, and Matt Savage (keyboards). Taking their name from the Levellers political movement, the band released their first EP in 1989 and LP in 1990, with international success following upon signing to China Records and the release of their second album Levelling the Land. The band were once considered the most popular Indie band in Britain, enjoying their greatest period of success in the 1990s, with their popularity culminating in their record breaking headlining act at Glastonbury Festival in 1994, when they performed on The Pyramid Stage to a crowd of 300,000 people, a record which still stands to this day. Self-described as having "a left wing view of politics", they continue to record and tour.

China Records record label

China Records was a record label founded 1 October 1984 by Derek Green. Its top-selling artists were Art of Noise, Morcheeba and The Levellers.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Happy Birthday Revolution"
  2. "Invisible"
  3. "The Weed That Killed Elvis"
  4. "Edge of the World"
  5. "Do It Again Tomorrow"
  6. "Walk Lightly"
  7. "Voices on the Wind"
  8. "Sold England"
  9. "Modern Day Tragedy"
  10. "Dreams"
  11. "61 Minutes of Pleading"
  12. "Red Sun Burns"
  13. "Gold and Silver"

The song "61 Minutes of Pleading" is based on the death of Loraine Whiting, who bled to death over the course of an hour while on the phone to a 999 police call handler after being shot by her husband, who had then shot himself dead and lay next to her. [2] Emergency services personnel outside the property considered it too dangerous to enter, following a recent similar incident in which a gunman had forced his injured hostage to claim he was dead in order to lure emergency crews in, before shooting dead two ambulance crew members and a police officer. [3]

Personnel

Levellers

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References

  1. Pistole, Antek (December 2000 – February 2001). "Reviews: Levellers / Hello Pig CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. Dodd, Vikram (10 April 2000). "Police sued over woman's death during 999 call". The Guardian .
  3. Ayling, Robert (13 April 2001). "letter: Why the police failed Loraine Whiting". The Guardian.