Levelling the Land

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Levelling the Land
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Studio album by
Levellers
Released7 October 1991
StudioRidge Farm (Surrey, England)
Genre Folk rock
Length44:33
Label China
Producer Alan Scott
Levellers chronology
A Weapon Called the Word
(1990)		Levelling the Land
(1991)		 Levellers
(1993)
Singles from Levelling the Land
  1. "One Way"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Far from Home"
    Released: 25 November 1991 [1]
  3. "15 Years EP"
    Released: 11 May 1992 [2]
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Levelling the Land is the second full-length album by the Brighton folk-punk group, The Levellers, released in 1991. [3] The album reached number 14 in the UK album charts [4] and has since gained platinum status through ongoing sales. [5] The original album pressing contained ten tracks but following the success of the single "Fifteen Years", which peaked at #11 on the UK charts in May 1992, [6] the song was added as track three to later pressings.

Contents

This was the first Levellers album to feature the input of Simon Friend as songwriter, vocalist and musician. He replaced Alan Miles, who had sung and played guitar and mandolin on the previous album, A Weapon Called the Word. "Liberty Song" on this album was co-written by Miles.

Track listing

  1. "One Way" – 4:08
  2. "The Game" – 3:28
  3. "Fifteen Years" – 3:11 (not on initial pressing [7] )
  4. "The Boatman" – 5:56
  5. "Liberty Song" – 4:29 (co-written by original member Alan Miles)
  6. "Far From Home" - 3:22
  7. "Sell Out" – 4:17
  8. "Another Man's Cause" – 4:35
  9. "The Road" – 4:00
  10. "The Riverflow" – 3:02
  11. "Battle of the Beanfield" – 3:41

The 2007 re-issue of the album also included the bonus tracks:

  1. "Last Days of Winter"
  2. "Dance Before the Storm"
  3. "Hard Fight"
  4. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
  5. "Plastic Jeezus"

A bonus live disc was recorded at Glastonbury in 1992:

  1. "The Game"
  2. "World Freak Show" (co-written by original member Alan Miles)
  3. "Dance Before the Storm"
  4. "The Boatman"
  5. "Far From Home"
  6. "Sell Out"
  7. "The Riverflow"
  8. "Battle of the Beanfield"
  9. "Jig/Three Friends"
  10. "Liberty Song"
  11. "One Way"
  12. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 23 November 1991. p. 21.
  2. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 9 May 1992. p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Discography". Levellers. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Official Album Charts for "Levelling the Land"". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Together All The Way". The Levellers. Levellers. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Official Singles Chart for "Fifteen Years"". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Levellers – Levelling The Land (1991, Vinyl)". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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