Levelling the Land
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| Studio album by Levellers | ||||
| Released | 7 October 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 at Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey |
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| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 44:33 | |||
| Label | China | |||
| Producer | Alan Scott | |||
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Levelling the Land was released in 1991 and is the second full-length album by the Brighton folk-punk group The Levellers. The album reached number 14 in the British album charts and has since gained platinum status through ongoing sales. The original album pressing contained ten tracks but following the success of the single "Fifteen Years", 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.
The 2007 re-issue of the album also included the bonus tracks:
A bonus live disc was recorded at Glastonbury in 1992:
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