Zeitgeist & Expanded - Levellers

As a young Levellers fan, I remember in 1995 the excitement of waiting for this album to be released and then buying it from Woolworths, before opening it just outside the store and poring over the highly-coloured sleeve artwork by Jeremy Leveller. I ran all the way home and put it on my new CD player -now I think about it, it might well have been one of my first Levellers albums not purchased on vinyl or tape! While it's not quite up there with the best Levellers albums, this deservedly reached number one in the album charts, for once rewarding this talented band with some of the commercial success they've long merited. Stand out tracks for me are Exodus, ...  Read the complete review

I recently got this on tape, having being a mild fan of the band for some time. I was familiar with about half of the songs, having heard live versions, and songs from other albums. I have to say that I preferred the louder, higher tempo live versions of "Hope Street" and "Men-a-tol" that appear on "Headlights, White lines, and black tar Rivers". Apart from that slight gripe, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed tracks both new and old to me, the spirit of the band really showed through... Not the best of their albums I own, but pretigud nevertheless :) ...  Read the complete review

After listening to the first god knows how many albums this brill band had brought out, i went to the music shop and handed over my hard earned cash. Took the CD home and as soon as i was through the front door wacked it on the sterio, oh dear, i thought, i'm not sure on the first song, maybe the next one will be better, no, next one, no... I left the CD in the sterio thinking that the best band in the planet had gone bad.... but i must have been having a really bad day, because when i turned up this beauty, i could then appreciate(?) the album better. everybody knows "hope street" and that's why i don't enjoy it now, but ...  Read the complete review