The Levellers - Levelling the Land

Imagine a punk-rock Waterboys doing a better job of balancing their rock and acoustic incarnations, and you'll have a fix on this raggle-taggle, fiddle-driven U.K. quintet --Jeff Bateman Amazon.com

Better than I had expected

I originally heard one of the songs on Pandora so I ordered the CD and was pleasantly surprised. Great songs, vocals and instrumentation. Nice mix of Irish folk with rock. February 16, 2007

Probably the best post-punk alternative folk rock

The Levellers are huge in Europe but unfortunately not very known in America. Levelling the Land is an awesome album with great lyrics and a very original music approach. The sound is definitely electric, enriched by folk sounds of the accoustic guitar and the fiddle with an edge on hard rock. Songs like One Way of Life, The Boatman, 15 Years, Liberty Song are proof of it, however I would say this album has no bad track. There is anger, passion, love and hope in their music. I have all albums and most of singles and EPs from The Levellers and all are just great, however if you are new to their sound this is the best CD to start with. This is simply good rock, you won't be dissapointed. April 18, 2005

Infectious, in-your-face celtic rock anthems

This is the first LEVELLERS cd I've ever purchased (and I'm a YANK to boot!) and I must say I sure enjoy this group. Here in the states you can usually find their music in cut-out bins, at least 75% off original rate.
They sing about topics very English, but the charm in the music is the way the lyrics extend into all peoples struggles with 'Authority' and 'modernisation'. You could say their heart yearns for a more back-to-nature worldview (in a vague way like Jethro Tull circa Heavy Horses) with a punkish grit.
The music itself varies its rock sound with heavy celtic/irish interplay...makes you wanna sing along, drink your mead, and create a "minor" ruckus. HOOZAH!!! June 22, 2004

my fave levs album

i first listened to this album about 4 years ago and i can simply say its my fave album of all time. Having recently watched them in Norwich (6th Dec 03) I am purchasing another ticket to go and watch them this year. The Levellers are great and so is this album, so GET IT BOUGHT!! January 23, 2004

5 stars all the way.

Quick review. This band is SO under-rated. Zeitgeist and Green Blade Rising have my fave songs on it, but this album may well be my fave (though Hello Pig is perhaps their most innovative). In fact, this band is like others like The Lightning Seeds, The Smiths and REM, amongst others, in that they haven't done ANY bad songs that I can recall. Mark Chadwick and Simon Friend are good songwriters, and this band combines the energy of punk rock, with the subtleties of folk PERFECTLY! In fact, the worst song on here in my opinion is Another Man's Cause, and even that's damn good. Yep, these are a great band. January 10, 2004

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