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| Songs from the Floodplain | ||||
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| Released | 2 March 2009 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 48:25 | |||
| Label | Navigator Records | |||
| Producer | Jon Boden and Keith Angel | |||
| Jon Boden chronology | ||||
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Songs from the Floodplain is Jon Boden's second solo album. The folk songs are set in a future, post-apocalyptic United Kingdom. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "We Do What We Can" | Boden | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Going Down The Wasteland" | Boden | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Days Gone By" | Boden | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Penny for the Preacher" | Boden | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Dancing in the Factory" | Melody Trad., lyrics Boden | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Beating The Bounds" | Boden | 4:31 |
| 7. | "The Pilgrims Way" | Boden | 2:27 |
| 8. | "April Queen" | Boden | 3:40 |
| 9. | "When The Walls Come Tumbling Down" | Boden | 5:09 |
| 10. | "Don't Wake Me 'Til Tomorrow" | Boden | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Under Their Breath" | Boden | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Has Been Cavalry" | Boden | 5:36 |
| Total length: | 48:25 | ||
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