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Ballad of the Broken Seas

Ballad of the Broken Seas is an album by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, their first collaboration. It made the shortlist for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize and was one of NME's top one hundred albums of the decade.[5]

Ballad of the Broken Seas
Studio album by
Released7 March 2006
Recorded2005
GenreFolk rock
Length42:45
LabelV2
ProducerIsobel Campbell, Dave Paterson
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan chronology
Ballad of the Broken Seas
(2006)
Sunday at Devil Dirt
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound[2]
Pitchfork Media(7.2/10)[3]
Tiny Mix Tapes[4]

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

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Isobel Campbell except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Deus Ibi Est"2:51
2."Black Mountain" (music based in part on the traditional melody "Scarborough Fair")3:10
3."The False Husband"3:53
4."Ballad of the Broken Seas"2:42
5."Revolver" (Mark Lanegan)2:40
6."Ramblin' Man" (Hank Williams)3:29
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" (Jim McCulloch)2:53
10."Honey Child What Can I Do?" (Campbell, Simon Shaw)3:44
11."Dusty Wreath"3:44
12."The Circus Is Leaving Town"5:35

Personnel edit

  • 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)

References edit

  1. ^ "Ballad of the Broken Seas - Isobel Campbell". Allmusic.
  2. ^ . DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Ballad of the Broken Seas". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ "Music Review: Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas (with Isobel Campbell)". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  5. ^ "The Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade". NME.com. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2013.


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