Merrie Land

by The Good, the Bad & the Queen

Merrie Land cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 November 2018
  • Label: Studio 13
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 36:56
  • Community rating: 3.21/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving over a decade after their debut, the British supergroup spearheaded by Damon Albarn reunites to deliver a deeply melancholic, highly cynical autopsy of Brexit-era Britain. Produced by Tony Visconti, the incredibly dense, theatrical record utilizes vintage organs, gothic choirs, and Paul Simonon's dub-heavy basslines to construct a somber, carnival-esque atmosphere. It serves as a beautiful, highly pessimistic elegy for a fractured national identity.

Genres

Descriptors: political, conscious, conceptual, british, folk

Tracklist

  1. Merrie Land (4:46)
  2. Gun To The Head (4:18)
  3. Nineteen Seventeen (3:40)
  4. The Great Fire (3:54)
  5. Lady Boston (4:18)
  6. Drifters & Trawlers (2:32)
  7. The Truce Of Twilight (4:21)
  8. Ribbons (2:51)
  9. The Last Man To Leave (2:37)
  10. The Poison Tree (3:39)

Credits

  • Michael Redgrave - cover [man]
  • Paul Simonon - creative director, artwork, bass, bass, vocals [additional vocals], bass, vocals [additional vocals], percussion
  • Th茅odore G茅ricault - lithography ["the piper"]
  • Aled Williams - voice [of c么r y penrhyn bethesda]
  • Alun Davies - voice [of c么r y penrhyn bethesda]
  • Arfon Davies - voice [of c么r y penrhyn bethesda]
  • Arwel Owen - voice [of c么r y penrhyn bethesda]
  • Barry Davies - voice [of c么r y penrhyn bethesda]

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