Folkémon

Infobox Album |
Name = Folkémon
Type = studio
Artist = Skyclad


Released = January 23, 2001
Recorded =
Genre = Folk metal
Length = 47:37 (original release)
50:24 (digipak)
Label = Nuclear Blast
Producer = Kevin Ridley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4mcyxd0b3old link]
Last album = "Vintage Whine"
(1999)
This album = "Folkémon"
(2001)
Next album = "History Lessens"
(2002)

"Folkémon" is the tenth studio album by the British folk metal band Skyclad. It is the last album the band recorded with Martin Walkyier as vocalist. As is normal with the bands works under Walkyier, the album deals lyrically with themes of politics, environmentalism, spirituality and personal themes.

Track listing

#"The Great Brain Robbery" - 4:34
#"Think Back and Lie of England" - 4:59
#"Polkageist" - 4:01
#"Crux of the Message" - 4:52
#"The Disenchanted Forest" - 7:10
#"The Antibody Politic" - 3:18
#"When God Logs Off" - 3:09
#"You Lost My Memory" - 5:57
#"Deja-Vu Ain't What It Used to Be" - 5:45
#"Any Old Irony?" - 3:52
#"Swords of a Thousand Men" (Bonus Track) - 2:47

"Swords of a Thousand Men" is a cover of an original song by Tenpole Tudor.

Miscellanea

The album's rather unusual title was thought up after one of the band members read in a newspaper that according to a survey more children recognised the Pokémon character Pikachu than the current Prime Minister. The theme is continued in the liner notes, with the band members listed, for example, as 'Folkémon trainers'.

References

* [http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=938 Folkémon by Skyclad @ Encyclopaedia Metallum]