Levelling The Land par Levellers - VitaMusik

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That the band's all-time theme song "One Way" should become a stick to beat the Levellers with by its critics made a certain sense -- experiencing a crowd of fans singing along to "There's only one way of life and that's your own" must have been equivalent to the one scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian, when Brian tries to convince his followers to think for themselves. Give the band this much, though -- another lyric states "the problems of the world/Won't be solved by this guitar." Such situations aside, what comes clear upon listening to Levelling the Land is that the group was neither the salvation of music's conscience nor a sad joke -- they're at heart a less ambitious but still vaguely pleasant Waterboys. Chadwick's singing is of a more strained, higher-pitched Mike Scott -- if not as dramatic, then on the flipside less immediately prone to tripping over his own acrobatics -- while the music aims for the Big and Anthemic crossed with the Authentically Folky. Sevink's fiddle provides most of the latter, adding reasonable enough color on tracks like "Another Man's Cause" and the jaunty "Far from Home." The Mission might as well be another good comparison point, with the vague invocations to a mystic past crossed with a focus on the here and now. A nod or two to then-rampant Madchester semi-funky beats bubble up here and there, while songs like "The Boatman" suggest Sinéad O'Connor's hip-hop revamp of "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" was favored listening in the studio. The Levellers certainly have their heart in the right place -- concluding track "The Battle of the Beanfield" commemorates a notorious Thatcher-era crackdown on a group of travelers -- but on Levelling the Land, they're neither fish nor fowl, not great nor pathetic. They're enjoyable enough and have a way with instant anthems, and that's about it.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo

1. One Way

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

2. The Game

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Cunningham
Friend
Chadwick
Heather
Sevink
Levellers; Compositeur

3. 15 Years

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Arrangeur: Levellers; Compositeur
Compositeur: Heather
Cunningham
Levellers
Sevink
Friend
Chadwick; Compositeur
Parolier: Levellers; Compositeur

4. The Boatman

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

5. Liberty Song

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

6. Far from Home

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Cunningham
Friend
Chadwick
Heather
Sevink
Levellers; Compositeur

7. Sell Out

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

8. Another Man's Cause

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Cunningham
Friend
Chadwick
Heather
Sevink
Levellers; Compositeur

9. The Road

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

10. The Riverflow

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

11. Battle of the Beanfield

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Mark Chadwick
Jeremy Cunningham
Simon Friend
Jon Sevink
Charlie Heather; Compositeur

12. Last Days of Winter

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Heather
Friend
Chadwick
Cunningham
Sevink; Compositeur

13. Dance Before the Storm

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Heather
Friend
Chadwick
Cunningham
Sevink; Compositeur

14. Hard Fight

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Heather
Friend
Chadwick
Cunningham
Sevink; Compositeur

15. The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: Crain
Marshall
Edwards
Hayward
Daniel Sá
Digregorio
The Edwards; Compositeur

16. Plastic Jeezus

Artiste Principal: The Levellers
Levellers; Interprète principal
Compositeur: King; Compositeur

Spécifications techniques

Volume

1 volume uniquement

Titres

16 titres disponibles

Type

ALBUM

Format

Médias numériques

Durée

1 heure, 1 minutes et 23 secondes

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Aucun

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Non disponible

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16bit / 44.1 kHz

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Paroles synchronisées

13/16 titres ont des paroles synchronisées

Genres

Pop/Rock, Alternatif, Mondial, Celtique contemporain, Alternatif pour adultes, Rock celtique

Label

Rhino

Service de distribution de musique

Warner

Pays

Royaume-Uni

Langue

Anglais (États-Unis)

Popularité

Date de sortie

18 mai 1992

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Disponible

Frais de livraison

Gratuit

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85365755758