Levellers (album) explained

Levellers
Type:	Album
Artist:	Levellers
Cover:	Levellers_levellers(1993).jpg
Released:	23 August 1993
Studio:	Real World, Box, Wiltshire
Genre:	Folk punk
Length:	43:24
Label:	China
Producer:	Markus Dravs
Prev Title:	Levelling the Land
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Zeitgeist
Next Year:	1995

Levellers is the third full-length release by Brighton-based folk punk band the Levellers.^{[1] [2]} The record charted at number two in the British album charts.^[3] It contains the singles "Belaruse," "This Garden," and "Julie."^[4]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Levellers "a harder-rocking, less distinctive and personable album," writing that "the disastrous 'This Garden' slaps didgeridoo onto dance rhythms and an attempted rap vocal."^[5]

Track listing

• All band members are given writing credits on all the tracks apart from "Dirty Davey," which is credited to Nick Burbridge (of McDermott's Two Hours), and "The Flowers of the Forest/The Crags of Stirling," which are traditional arrangements. The re-release of the album in 2007 contains a cover of "Subvert" by Zounds and a cover of The Clash's "English Civil War."

1. "Warning" – 5:00
2. "100 Years of Solitude" – 3:58
3. "The Likes of You and I" – 4:50
4. "Is This Art?" – 3:12
5. "Dirty Davey" – 4:29
6. "This Garden" - 5:28
7. "Broken Circles" – 3:15
8. "Julie" (plus "The Flowers of the Forest"/"The Crags of Stirling" instrumentals) – 6:12
9. "The Player" – 4:00
10. "Belaruse" – 3:00

(a short secret track follows "Belaruse")

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

1. "The Lowlands of Holland"
2. "English Civil War"
3. "Subvert"
4. "Belaruse Return"

Personnel

Musicians

• Mark Chadwick - guitars, vocals
• Charlie Heather - drums/percussion
• Jeremy Cunningham - bass guitar, artwork
• Simon Friend - guitars, vocals, mandolin
• Jonathan Sevink - fiddle
• Steve Boakes - didgeridoo
• Jem Finer - hurdy-gurdy
• Callum Williams - bagpipes
• The Kick Horns - brass instruments
• Richard Evans - tin whistle
• Jacinda Jones - backing vocals

Technical staff

• Markus Dravs - production and sound engineering
• Ben Findlay - additional engineering

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)!scope="col"

Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	80

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Levellers | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. 2 November 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
3. Web site: LEVELLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
4. Web site: LEVELLERS biography. The Great Rock Bible.
5. Web site: Levellers . Trouser Press . 2 November 2020.
6. Top 100 Albums 1993. Music Week. 15 January 1994. 25. 20 April 2022.