Mermaid Avenue

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Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg Mermaid Avenue.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)
Studio
Genre
Length49:20
Label Elektra
Producer Wilco, Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz
Billy Bragg chronology
Bloke on Bloke
(1997)
Mermaid Avenue
(1998)
Reaching to the Converted
(1999)
Wilco chronology
Being There
(1996)
Mermaid Avenue
(1998)
Summerteeth
(1999)
Mermaid Avenue track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Walt Whitman's Niece" (Words: 1946; Music: 1997) Billy Bragg 3:53
2."California Stars" (Music: 1997) Jay Bennett/Jeff Tweedy 4:57
3."Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (Words: 1946; Music: 1997)Bragg4:06
4."Birds and Ships" (Music: 1997)Bragg2:13
5."Hoodoo Voodoo" Wilco (Tweedy/Bennett/John Stirratt/Ken Coomer)/Bragg/Corey Harris 3:12
6."She Came Along to Me" (Words: 1942; Music: 1998)Bragg/Tweedy/Bennett3:26
7."At My Window Sad and Lonely" (Words: 1939; Music: 1997)Tweedy3:27
8."Ingrid Bergman" (Words: 1950; Music: 1996)Bragg1:50
9."Christ for President" (Music: 1997)Tweedy/Bennett2:39
10."I Guess I Planted" (Music: 1997)Bragg3:32
11."One by One" (Words: 1939; Music: 1997)Tweedy3:22
12."Eisler on the Go" (Music: 1997)Bragg2:56
13."Hesitating Beauty" (Words: 1949; Music: 1997)Tweedy3:04
14."Another Man's Done Gone" (Music: 1998)Bragg1:34
15."The Unwelcome Guest" (Words: 1940; Music: 1996)Bragg5:09

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Mermaid Avenue
Chart (1998–1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 34
US Billboard 200 [19] 90
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] 67

Certifications

Certifications for Mermaid Avenue
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [21] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Silver60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

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