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THE LEVELLERS - HEADLIGHTS, WHITE LINES , BLACK TAR RIVERS (BEST LIVE -1996)




[SIZE=2]I'm on a little Live album kick lately. I discovered this one at my favorite cd store ( CD Heaven) and I am very very glad I did !!!!

The Levellers are dynamite to listen to in this live setting featuring tracks from their 1995-96 European Tour. Jon Kelly (executive producer) and the band themselves deserve tremendous praise for one of the best produced live albums I've heard in years !

The sound is clean and crisp similar to a studio album. Rock, alternative rock, English folk, folky punk...it's all here in a highly entertaining uptempo album.

Track Listing:

1. "Sell Out" – 4:57 **
   
2. "Hope St" – 4:24 ****
   
3. "Fifteen Years" – 3:19 ***
   
4. "Exodus" – 4:08 ****
   
5. "Carry Me" – 4:42 *
   
6. "Boatman" – 4:20 **
   
7. "Three Friends" – 4:07 *
   
8. "Men-An-Tol" - 4:43 ****
   
9. "The Road" – 4:01 **
   
10. "One Way" – 6:17 **
    
11. "England My Home" – 3:57 *
    
12. "Battle of the Beanfield" – 3:19 **
    
13. "Liberty" – 4:57 **
    
14. "Riverflow" – 3:28 **
    

Total time: 65:38

THE LEVELLERS from Brighton, England ( England band again !!! ???)

• Mark Chadwick (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
  
• Simon Friend (1990 to present: guitar, banjo, vocals, mandolin, harmonica)
  
• Jeremy Cunningham (bass guitar, vocals)
  
• Charlie Heather (drums)
  
• Jonathan Sevink (fiddle)
  
• Matt Savage (2003 to present: keyboards, backing vocals)
  

Sometimes supported by Stephen Boakes (didgeridoo).

ALLMUSIC rating - 4/5 I LOVE THIS ALBUM - 5/5


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