Levelling The Land - Levellers

Levelling the Land ~ The Levellers. This the difficult 2nd album from the Brighton based punky, Celtic festival following band. The original vocalist (Alan Miles) left before this album but is credited with co writing one or more songs. This album is interesting in that it seems more 'measured' than the first with a clear desire to get their thoughts across in a 'story telling' way with lyrics. *******The band line up******* Mark Chadwick - Guitars, vocals Charlie Heather - Drums/percussion Jonathan Sevink - Fiddle Jeremy Cunningham - Bass guitar, artwork Simon Friend - Guitars, vocals, mandolin ~~~~~~~The ...  Read the complete review

We are going back a bit with this one. Back to September 1991. Back into the history of one of the biggest bands of their musical genre. What musical genre would that be? Mmm difficult question the Levellers are a very difficult band to pigeonhole. Folk rock, folk punk, both have been used to describe them and in some ways I suppose apt, but neither really do justice to the Levellers unique sound. I would say that on this album they sound partially like a folk band you wouldn't be surprised to hear in an Irish pub on a Saturday night. Even closer maybe would possibly would be gypsies singing around a Romany campfire on a summers evening considering the ...  Read the complete review

and that's your own! Well this sums up the band and the whole idea behind the Levellers to a tee, this band needs to be listened to again and again............ The band are folkish, rockish, celticish, australianish (well, they do use a didgeridoo!) However, back to the review :-) This album goes from the anthem 'One way' to the jiggy 'The Game' to the next anthem 'fifteen years' 'The Boatman' is a corker and then 'Far from home' comes on .... well, lets just say that this album is the best one to buy if you've never heard them before, but want to give them a try. This music just stirs ...  Read the complete review

I bought this on a whim some years ago when it first came out because I liked the song, "One way of Life" and was quickly surprised and pleased by other songs that keep a traditional and passionate style of music,lyric and melody: Such as;"The Boatman",Far from Home,Another Man's Cause,The Riverflow and Battle of the Beanfield". Great political themes and I think even if you aren't "political" you will like this music! If you like this kind of music check out Delaney's Donkey I heard them on the Net and they have a nice sound... Cheers all ...  Read the complete review

Levelling the Land is the second Levellers album and for me is THE album of the 90s. In fact, it's the soundtrack to my whole life. Every tune on this album is a work of genius in its own right, from the political lyrics - still resonant today (check out the lyrics for Sell Out and Another Man's Cause which are more relevant today than they were during Thatcher's era). And though it may be nearly 20 years old, none of these folk classics sounds dated. It has the power to make me dance, to make me cry, to make me angry and to make me deliriously happy. A must-have for every music fan. This version is even better value, making it officially the most value for money ...  Read the complete review