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Ballad of the Broken Seas

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Released
  
March 2006

Length
  
42:45

Producer
  
Isobel Campbell

Recorded
  
2005

Release date
  
March 2006

Label
  
V2 Records

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Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006)
  
Sunday at Devil Dirt (2008)

Artists
  
Mark Lanegan, Isobel Campbell

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Folk music, Indie pop

Similar
  
Mark Lanegan albums, Indie pop albums

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Ballad of the Broken Seas is an album released by Isobel Campbell and the first collaboration between her and Mark Lanegan. It made the shortlist for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize and was one of NME's top one hundred albums of the decade.

Contents

The Mercury nomination provoked some criticism, as collaborator Mark Lanegan is American and the award is for British and Irish artists only. However Campbell wrote most of the tracks and self-produced the album. Campbell had written the music and some of the lyrics, before sending it to Lanegan.

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Track listing

All songs written by Isobel Campbell except where stated

  1. "Deus Ibi Est" – 2:51
  2. "Black Mountain" – 3:10 (music based in part on the traditional melody "Scarborough Fair")
  3. "The False Husband" – 3:53
  4. "Ballad of the Broken Seas" – 2:42
  5. "Revolver" – 2:40 (Mark Lanegan)
  6. "Ramblin' Man" – 3:29 (Hank Williams)
  7. "(Do You Wanna) Come Walk with Me?" – 3:27
  8. "Saturday's Gone" – 4:37
  9. "It's Hard to Kill a Bad Thing" – 2:53 (Jim McCulloch)
  10. "Honey Child What Can I Do?" – 3:44 (Isobel Campbell/Simon Shaw)
  11. "Dusty Wreath" – 3:44
  12. "The Circus Is Leaving Town" – 5:35

Personnel

  • Mark Lanegan - vocals
  • Isobel Campbell - vocals, piano, cello, harpsichord, tubular bells, glockenspiel
  • Alyn Cosker - drums
  • Jim McCulloch - guitars
  • Ross Hamilton - double bass (1,6-8), bass guitar (4,10,12)
  • David Robertson - bodhran (1), percussion (8), congas (9)
  • Bill Wells - bass guitar (2,3), piano (4), vibraphone (8)
  • John McCusker - solo violin (4)
  • Joshua Blanchard - acoustic guitar (5)
  • Eddi Nappi - bass guitar (5)
  • Norm Block - drums (5)
  • Geoff Allen - whip (6)
  • Claire Campbell - violin (8)
  • Helen Thompson - harp (10)
  • Chris Geddes - Hammond organ (12)
  • Paul Leonard Morgan - string arrangements (3-5,9-10)

    • Songs

    1Deus Ibi Est2:52
    2Black Mountain3:10
    3The False Husband3:54

    References

    Ballad of the Broken Seas Wikipedia
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