Mermaid Avenue Vol. II

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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
All Music Guide link The A.V. Club (Favourable) link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone RS 843
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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Airline to Heaven" – 4:50
   • Words: Woody Guthrie 1939. Music: Jay Bennett and Jeff Tweedy 1997.
2. "My Flying Saucer" – 1:45
   • Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Billy Bragg 1995.
3. "Feed of Man" – 4:08
   • Words: Guthrie. Music: Tweedy 1998
4. "Hot Rod Hotel" – 3:17
   • Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1996.
5. "I Was Born" – 1:50
   • Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1996.
6. "Secrets of the Sea" – 2:42
   • Words: Guthrie 1939. Music: Bennett/Tweedy 1999.
7. "Stetson Kennedy" – 2:39
   • Words: Guthrie 1950. Music: Bragg 1997.
8. "Remember the Mountain Bed" – 6:26
   • Words: Guthrie 1944. Music: Tweedy/Bennett 1999.
9. "Blood of the Lamb" – 4:16
   • Words: Guthrie 1955. Music: Tweedy/Bennett 1999.
10. "Against the Law" – 3:03
    • Words: Guthrie 1947. Music: Bragg 1995.
11. "All You Fascists" – 2:43
    • Words: Guthrie 1942. Music: Bragg 1997.
12. "Joe DiMaggio Done It Again" – 2:31
    • Words: Guthrie 1949. Music: Bragg 1995.
13. "Meanest Man" – 3:46
    • Words: Guthrie 1945. Music: Bragg 1997.
14. "Black Wind Blowing" – 3:00
    • Words: Guthrie. Music: Bragg 1997.
15. "Someday Some Morning Sometime" – 2:53
    • Words: Guthrie 1948. Music: Tweedy 2000.

[edit] External links

• Nora Guthrie interview

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