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Music : Letters from the Underground (2CD)
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Letters from the Underground (2CD) by: The Levellers |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5025425101663 Format: Limited Edition Label: Universal Manufacturer: Universal Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Universal Release Date: August 11, 2008 Studio: Universal Sales Rank: 42339 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: English folk-punk stalwarts the Levellers have come in for their fair share of stick over the last 15 years, with many continuously asserting they wouldn't fancy touching them with a particularly lengthy one. Much of the derision may stem from ugly social bigotry centred on the fact that they look allergic to the idea of a good sponging, but the bulk is of their own making--firstly for scrubbing up to chase radio playlists and sell-out arena tours in a misguided advance on Britpop's commercial bounty (see Zeitgeist and Mouth to Mouth), and secondly by becoming so anaemically middle of the road that fresh road-kill looked more revolutionary (Hello Pig). But with Letters from the Underground they've pulled off the ageing band's prerogative of dropping the artifice in favour of getting back to what they're good at. And they've done it with some real aplomb. It's essentially involved them throwing their classic Levelling the Land breakthrough at a wall, sticking the pieces back together and re-firing over current political blazes. So the fiddle frazzled high-kicking of "Cholera Well" and self-explanatory "Burn, America, Burn" wreak lyrical wrath on post-9/11 aggression, "Pale Rider" taking a post-7/7 UK perspective, while the didgeridoo underpinned (yes, indeed, that icon of crustiness returns too) "Before the End" is more personal, more tender, though no less fraught. They've regained their bite, like imparting these opinions and observations is a calling they have no choice but to answer. And it turns out that's better for us all than you might have thought. --James Berry Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Levellers Back On TopIf you're hesitating about buying this album-Don't.Buy it now.Fantastic return to form.Say no more !!!!! Rating: - Nice!A nice short n sweet review. Letters From The Underground is a return to form for the Lev's. In my opinion up there with their best. Rating:  - Beautiful Days returning???One of the other reviewers suggested people should catch the Levellers live... As it happens, that's just what I've just done. I spent this last weekend (15th - 18th August 2008) at Levellers very own BEAUTIFUL DAYS festival at Escot Park in Devon... I've seen the Levs many times over the years and remain a firm fan despite not having THOROUGHLY enjoyed an album since "Zeitgeist". This isn't a fezzy review though... all I'll say is it was muddy but brilliant, though Levellers themselves were oddly lacklustre considering the festival is their baby... Which leads me on to this new album... Let me say first, to anyone who doesn't really know much about the band... stop reading now and go and buy their first ... Read More: Rating: - A great album from a great band...Think of two great bands together, then all at once. Think The Beatles, The Kinks, The Stones. Then, think The Clash, The Buzzcocks, The Pistols. Now throw `em all together and add a violin with a sprinkling of late 70s'/early 80s' anarcho-punk (Crass, The Mob, Zoundz, Poison Girls, Flux of...). Levellers (there's no definite article) are often vilified by the media for expressing a political message in their songs, as though it's not the `in thing' to do. But, isn't this what great writers do? Blake, Dickens, Shakespeare, Defoe, Heller, Fitzgerald... the best writing embodies the socio-political climate of the time and it's this type of writing we remember. Yeah, there's a love song, but it's `barbed' and the best love song you'll ... Read More: Rating: - Yeah!!!!Not a proper review, as I've only listened to it once. What can I say- stonking tunes, thoughtful lyrics and plenty of fiddle. Got up for a quick jig around the front room a few times, always a sign of a good Levellers track! If you like the Levellers, buy this album. Roll on Dec when they come to Cornwall!!! |
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