Levellers / Static On The Airwaves
| Album: | Static On The Airwaves | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Levellers | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | On The Fiddle Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-04-14 | Pull Date: | 2013-06-16 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 16 | Jun 2 | May 26 | May 19 | May 12 | May 5 | Apr 28 | Apr 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 09, 2020: | Alphabet Soup
Truth Is |
4. | May 25, 2013: | The Iron Skillet
After The Hurricane |
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| 2. | Jun 15, 2013: | The Iron Skillet
Raft Of The Medusa |
5. | May 24, 2013: | Time Traveler
Truth Is |
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| 3. | Jun 01, 2013: | The Iron Skillet
We Are All Gunmen |
6. | May 17, 2013: | Time Traveler
Truth Is |
Album Review
Joseph
Reviewed 2013-04-06
Reviewed 2013-04-06
Levellers
“Static on the Airwaves”
Label: On the Fiddle Recordings
Joe Hnilo
Reviewed 4/6/13
Very good new album from the Levellers, the English rock band founded in 1988 and
based in Brighton, England. Celtic rock and ballads reminiscent of the Waterboys
and the Pogues.
No FCCs detected
*= favorite cuts
1 – (0:49) Static On The Airwaves static intro to track 2
2 – (4:39) We Are All Gunmen* mid-fast tempo, Celtic flavor with uillean pipes, fiddle
3 – (3:12) Truth Is upbeat, fiddle & pipes on this rocker
4 – (4:13) After The Hurricane* mid-tempo ballad, nice fiddle & banjo combined with orchestral strings
5 – (2:06) Our Forgotten Towns* urgent, driving twin fiddles propel this song,mid-fast tempo
6 – (4:25) No Barriers mid-tempo, forceful rocker
7 – (3:43) Alone In This Darkness plaintive fiddle intro, acoustic guitar ballad
8 – (3:48) Raft Of The Medusa* mid-fast Celtic rock, pretty pipes
9 – (3:30) Mutiny mid-fast tempo, good vocals
10 – (3:54) Traveller* pretty acoustic love ballad, embellished with strings
11 – (3:49) Second Life* upbeat rocker, fiddle & banjo propelling the music
12 – (3:53) The Recruiting Sergeant* fade-in intro, upbeat, funny & cynical take on Afghan War
“Static on the Airwaves”
Label: On the Fiddle Recordings
Joe Hnilo
Reviewed 4/6/13
Very good new album from the Levellers, the English rock band founded in 1988 and
based in Brighton, England. Celtic rock and ballads reminiscent of the Waterboys
and the Pogues.
No FCCs detected
*= favorite cuts
1 – (0:49) Static On The Airwaves static intro to track 2
2 – (4:39) We Are All Gunmen* mid-fast tempo, Celtic flavor with uillean pipes, fiddle
3 – (3:12) Truth Is upbeat, fiddle & pipes on this rocker
4 – (4:13) After The Hurricane* mid-tempo ballad, nice fiddle & banjo combined with orchestral strings
5 – (2:06) Our Forgotten Towns* urgent, driving twin fiddles propel this song,mid-fast tempo
6 – (4:25) No Barriers mid-tempo, forceful rocker
7 – (3:43) Alone In This Darkness plaintive fiddle intro, acoustic guitar ballad
8 – (3:48) Raft Of The Medusa* mid-fast Celtic rock, pretty pipes
9 – (3:30) Mutiny mid-fast tempo, good vocals
10 – (3:54) Traveller* pretty acoustic love ballad, embellished with strings
11 – (3:49) Second Life* upbeat rocker, fiddle & banjo propelling the music
12 – (3:53) The Recruiting Sergeant* fade-in intro, upbeat, funny & cynical take on Afghan War
Track Listing
| 1. | Static On The Airwaves | 7. | Alone In This Darkness | |||
| 2. | We Are All Gunmen | 8. | Raft Of The Medusa | |||
| 3. | Truth Is | 9. | Mutiny | |||
| 4. | After The Hurricane | 10. | Traveller | |||
| 5. | Our Forgotten Towns | 11. | Second Life | |||
| 6. | No Barriers | 12. | The Recruiting Sergeant |