Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | ||||
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Studio album by
Billy Bragg and
Wilco | ||||
Released | 30 May 2000 | |||
Recorded | Boston, Chicago, and Dublin | |||
Genre | Folk rock [1] | |||
Length | 49:47 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Wilco, Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz | |||
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Billy Bragg & Wilco chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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Christgau's Consumer Guide | A− [5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [1] |
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Pitchfork | 6.3/10 [7] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | 7/10 [11] |
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 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. Both volumes were collected in a 2012 box set along with volume three as Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions.
Track 9 "Blood of the Lamb" is Woody's overhaul of an 1878 gospel music standard "Are You Washed in the Blood?" written by Elisha A. Hoffman. [12]
Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999.
All lyrics are written by Woody Guthrie
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Airline to Heaven" (Words: 1939; Music: 1997) | Jay Bennett/ Jeff Tweedy | 4:50 |
2. | "My Flying Saucer" (Words: 1950; Music: 1995) | Billy Bragg | 1:45 |
3. | "Feed of Man" (Music: 1998) | Tweedy | 4:08 |
4. | "Hot Rod Hotel" (Words: 1949; Music: 1996) | Bragg | 3:17 |
5. | "I Was Born" (Words: 1950; Music: 1996) | Bragg | 1:50 |
6. | "Secret of the Sea" (Words: 1939; Music: 1999) | Bennett/Tweedy | 2:42 |
7. | " Stetson Kennedy" (Words: 1950; Music: 1997) | Bragg | 2:39 |
8. | "Remember the Mountain Bed" (Words: 1944; Music: 1999) | Tweedy/Bennett | 6:26 |
9. | "Blood of the Lamb" (Words: 1955; Music: 1997) | Bennett/Tweedy | 4:16 |
10. | "Aginst th' Law" (Words: 1947; Music: 1995) | Bragg | 3:03 |
11. | "All You Fascists" (Words: 1942; Music: 1997) | Bragg | 2:43 |
12. | " Joe DiMaggio Done It Again" (Words: 1949; Music: 1995) | Bragg | 2:31 |
13. | "Meanest Man" (Words: 1945; Music: 1997) | Bragg | 3:46 |
14. | "Black Wind Blowing" (Music: 1997) | Bragg | 3:00 |
15. | "Someday Some Morning Sometime" (Words: 1948; Music: 2000) | Tweedy | 2:53 |
Additional musicians
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [13] | 45 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [14] | 61 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 88 |