Levelling the Land explained

Levelling the Land
Type:	Album
Artist:	Levellers
Cover:	Levelling_The_Land2.jpg
Alt:	Levelling the land album cover artwork
Released:	7 October 1991
Studio:	Ridge Farm (Surrey, England)
Genre:	Folk rock
Length:	44:33
Label:	China
Producer:	Alan Scott
Prev Title:	A Weapon Called the Word
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Levellers
Next Year:	1993

Levelling the Land is the second full-length album by the Brighton folk-punk group, The Levellers, released in 1991.^[1] The album reached number 14 in the UK album charts^[2] and has since gained platinum status through ongoing sales.^[3] 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,^[4] the song was added as track three to later pressings.

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

• All band members are given writing credits on all the tracks.

1. "One Way" – 4:08
2. "The Game" – 3:28
3. "Fifteen Years" – 3:11 (not on initial pressing^[5])
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

• Mark Chadwick - lead vocals, guitars, harmonica
• Simon Friend - backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 4 and 11, guitars, mandolin, banjo, harmonica
• Jeremy Cunningham - bass guitar, album artwork
• Jonathan Sevink - fiddle
• Charlie Heather - drums/percussion
• Alan Scott - producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discography . Levellers . 28 May 2021.
2. Web site: Official Album Charts for "Levelling the Land" . The Official UK Charts Company . 21 September 2020.
3. Web site: Together All The Way . The Levellers . Levellers . 28 May 2021.
4. Web site: Official Singles Chart for "Fifteen Years" . The Official UK Charts Company . 21 September 2020.
5. Web site: The Levellers – Levelling The Land (1991, Vinyl) . Discogs . Discogs . 28 May 2021.