Mermaid Avenue Vol. II

Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
Studio album by Billy Bragg and Wilco
Released	30 May 2000
Recorded	Boston, Chicago, and Dublin
Genre	Folk rock
Length	49:47
Label	Elektra
Producer	Wilco, Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz
Billy Bragg chronology
Reaching to the Converted (1999)Reaching to the Converted1999 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000) England, Half-English (2002)England, Half-English2002
Wilco chronology
Summerteeth (1999) Summerteeth1999 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II2000 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot2002
Billy Bragg & Wilco chronology
Mermaid Avenue (1998) Mermaid Avenue1998 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II2000 Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (2012) Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions2012

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Sun-Times
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−
Entertainment Weekly	B+
The Guardian
Pitchfork	6.3/10
Q
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin	7/10

Mermaid Avenue Vol. II is a 2000 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and American band Wilco. It continues the project originally conceived by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie which resulted in the release of Mermaid Avenue in 1998. Both volumes were collected in a 2012 box set along with volume three as Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions.

Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999.

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