Your search:
No selection
Filter results:
|
 |
| Details / Tracklist: |
1.1 Introduction1.2 Merrie Land1.3 Gun to the Head1.4 Nineteen Seventeen1.5 The Great Fire1.6 Lady Boston2.1 Drifters ; Trawlers2.2 The Truce of Twilight2.3 Ribbons2.4 The Last Man to Leave2.5 The Poison Tree |
| | Number of discs: |
2 |
| | Description: | 56 page A4 hardback book containing CD, sheet music, lyrics and artwork, heavyweight green vinyl LP, exclusive screen print, postcards & plus bonus tracks November sees the release of MERRIE LAND, the second album from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a band comprising of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong. The Good, The Bad & The Queen began life as the acclaimed 2007 album of the same name, a heartfelt tribute to London described by The Observer in a 5 star review as -"One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn has ever been responsible". The record traced a journey from the English music hall tradition to West Africa and Afrobeat, zigzagging through the West Indies and it's reggae and dub, back to England and London's punk scene, all the while taking in a strand of British beat music from the '50s right through to Britpop. The result was a record specific to a place and mood but with a background that was geographically wide-ranging. Now the four musical storytellers are back with a new studio album titled 'Merrie Land'. Produced by Tony Visconti and The Good, The Bad & The Queen was completed in London and Wales this year, during the current ongoing period in which the UK is preparing to leave the European Union, 'Merrie Land 'is a questioning good-bye letter, a series of observations and reflections on Britishness in 2018. Even though it has been over 10 years since the band last released a record, the timing could not be more apt - there could not be a more perfect band to untangle the optimism, disorientation and confusion in the atmosphere today. With 'Merrie Land', the band taps into a creative symbiosis of past and future, drawing inspiration from their shared glittering musical histories and wrapping the hybrid results in a brilliantly postmodern yet thoroughly British package. The album sees the band's focus move beyond London with a beautiful and hopeful paean to the Britain of today - an inclusive Britain - and the possibilities of the future. In the band's own words, Merrie Land is a ten song lament of Anglo-Saxosentialism marking the reluctant end of a relationship, and about picking up the pieces and seeing what can be salvaged. The band set a beautifully muted palette and lustrous finish to bring out a mood that is bruised yet unapologetically defiant and optimistic, and carries the underlying message: we will survive. In times of metaphysical trauma, the people need to forge ahead and wear armour. Here it is, set to the mood music of a nation about to be broken yet undefeated.Limited edition of 1,000 copies.
Includes copies of the green vinyl variant [r12801704] and CD with hardcover book edition [r12821621] of the album, along with a screen print of Paul Simonon art in a custom envelope, a set of postcards, and a download card* for bonus tracks "St. George And The Blackbird" and "The Imperial". These are all packaged within a custom cloth-textured outer box.
*Download service is confirmed unavailable as of September 2024.
Hype sticker reads:
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN
56 PAGE A4 HARDBACK BOOK CONTAINING CD, SHEET MUSIC, LYRICS AND ARTWORK
HEAVYWEIGHT GREEN VINYL LP
EXCLUSIVE ART PRINT & POSTCARDS BY PAUL SIMONON
PLUS BONUS TRACKS
? &© 2018 Studio 13
Track A1 is not credited on the tracklist.
A1: Introduction (0:13) Sample from 'A Canterbury Tale' by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (ITV Archive)
B1: Sample of Keith Floyd - Floyd On Hangovers, licensed courtesy of BBC Studios.
Cover photograph of Michael Redgrave 'Dead Of Night'. Courtesy of Ronald Grant Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library, C. Studio Canal Film Archive
Front and back cover photography of 'The Blitz' by Herbert Mason / Daily Mail / Solo Syndication
'The Piper' Lithograph by Théodore Géricault C. The Trustees of the British Museum
Comment:
the black-white photo comes from the movie "Dead of Night" from 1945
| | | No. of tracks: |
11 |
| | Manufacturer No.: |
9029694166 |
| Product Safety
Responsible Person for the EU:
Warner Music
Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Alter Wandrahm 14, 20457 Hamburg, DE
anfrage@warnermusic.com | |
|
There are currently no product reviews.
|  |
|
|
|
|
Alternative
39.648
