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Mermaid Avenue Vol. II Studio album by Billy Bragg and Wilco Released May 30, 2000 Genre Folk rock Length 49:47 Label Elektra Producer Billy Bragg & Wilco Professional reviews The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
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Billy Bragg chronology Reaching to the Converted
(1999)Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000)England, Half English
(2002)Wilco chronology Summerteeth
(1999)Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000)Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
(2002)Mermaid Avenue Vol. II is a 2000 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco. It continues the project originally conceived by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie which resulted in the release of Mermaid Avenue in 1998.
Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999.
Track listing
- "Airline to Heaven" – 4:50
- Words: Woody Guthrie 1939. Music: Jay Bennett and Jeff Tweedy 1997.
- "My Flying Saucer" – 1:45
- Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Billy Bragg 1995.
- "Feed of Man" – 4:08
- Words: Guthrie. Music: Tweedy 1998
- "Hot Rod Hotel" – 3:17
- Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1996.
- "I Was Born" – 1:50
- Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1996.
- "Secret of the Sea" – 2:42
- Words: Guthrie 1939. Music: Bennett/Tweedy 1999.
- "Stetson Kennedy" – 2:39
- Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1997.
- "Remember the Mountain Bed" – 6:26
- Words: Guthrie 1944. Music: Tweedy/Bennett 1999.
- "Blood of the Lamb" – 4:16
- Words: Guthrie 1955. Music: Tweedy/Bennett 1999.
- "Aginst th' Law" – 3:03
- Words: Guthrie 1947. Music: Bragg 1995.
- "All You Fascists" – 2:43
- Words: Guthrie 1942. Music: Bragg 1997.
- "Joe DiMaggio Done It Again" – 2:31
- Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1995.
- "Meanest Man" – 3:46
- Words: Guthrie 1945. Music: Bragg 1997.
- "Black Wind Blowing" – 3:00
- Words: Guthrie. Music: Bragg 1997.
- "Someday Some Morning Sometime" – 2:53
- Words: Guthrie 1948. Music: Tweedy 2000.
External links
Billy Bragg Studio albums Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy · Brewing Up with Billy Bragg · Talking with the Taxman about Poetry · Workers Playtime · The Internationale · Don't Try This at Home · William Bloke · Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) · Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) · England, Half-English · Mr Love & Justice
Compilations,
and boxsetsBack to Basics · The Peel Sessions Album · Victim of Geography · Life's a Riot Between the Wars · Bloke on Bloke · Reaching to the Converted · Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg · Volume 1 · Volume 2
Singles and EPs "Between the Wars EP" · "Days Like These" · "Levi Stubbs' Tears" · "Greetings to the New Brunette" · "She's Leaving Home" · "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" · "She's Got a New Spell" · "Won't Talk About It" · "Sexuality" · "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" · "Accident Waiting to Happen EP" · "Upfield" · "The Boy Done Good" / "Sugardaddy" · "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) · "She Came Along to Me EP" (with Wilco) · "England Half English" / "St Monday" (with The Blokes) · "Take Down the Union Jack" (with The Blokes) · "We Laughed" (Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg) · "I Keep Faith" · "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" · "Never Buy The Sun"
Live albums "Help Save the Youth of America" · "No Pop, No Style, Strictly Roots" · "Mermaid Avenue Tour" · "Going to a Party Way Down South" · "Live at the Barbican"
Related articles Wilco · Discography · Red Wedge · "A New England"
Studio albums A.M. · Being There · Summerteeth · Yankee Hotel Foxtrot · A Ghost Is Born · Sky Blue Sky · Wilco (The Album) · The Whole LoveOther albums Mermaid Avenue · Mermaid Avenue Vol. II · More Like the Moon · Kicking Television: Live in Chicago · 07-13-09 - Keyspan Park - Brooklyn, NY · 11-04-09 - HMV Forum - London, UKSingles "Box Full of Letters" · "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" · "Can't Stand It" · "A Shot in the Arm" · "War on War" · "I'm a Wheel" · "What Light" · "You Never Know" · "You and I" · "I Might"DVDs Related articles Discography · Billy Bragg · Down with Wilco · At the Organ · Golden Smog · Jeff Tweedy discography · Loose Fur · Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest · Uncle Tupelo · The Wilco Book · Wilco: Learning How to Die · Record ClubCategories:- Wilco albums
- Billy Bragg albums
- 2000 albums
- Tribute albums
- Folk revival albums
- Elektra Records albums
- Collaborative albums
- Woody Guthrie tribute albums
- English-language albums
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