Green Blade Rising

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Green Blade Rising
Studio album by
Released23 September 2002
RecordedWinter 2001 and spring 2002
GenreFolk rock
Length37:12
LabelEagle
ProducerAlan Scott
Levellers chronology
Hello Pig
(2000)
Green Blade Rising
(2002)
Truth and Lies
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
No Ripcord7/10[2]

Green Blade Rising is the seventh studio album by the Levellers, released in 2002.[3]

Track listing[edit]

  • All band members are given writer's credits on all the tracks except on "Believers" where Stratton (Paddy) is also credited.
  1. "Four Winds" – 3:22[4]
  2. "Falling from the Tree" – 4:07[4]
  3. "Pretty Target" – 3:40[4]
  4. "Come on" - 2:25[4]
  5. "Pour" – 4:16[4]
  6. "Aspects of Spirit" – 3:45[4]
  7. "Wild as Angels" - 2:56[4]
  8. "Believers" – 3:04[4]
  9. "A Chorus line" – 2:48[4]
  10. "Not What We Wanted" – 3:20[4]
  11. "Wake the world" – 3:29[4]

CD Bonus Track

  1. "Galahad" - 2:43

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

  • Mark Chadwick - Singing, guitar, banjo[5]
  • Simon Friend - guitar, vocals
  • Jonathan Sevink - violin, tin whistle
  • Charlie Heather - drums
  • Jeremy Cunningham - bass guitar, artwork
  • Matt Savage - keyboards, backing vocals


  • Rowan Godel - backing vocals
  • Tim O'Leary - whistles
  • Chopper - cello

Technical staff[edit]

  • Alan Scott - production
  • Jake Rousham - engineering
  • Alan Scott and Jon Sevink

References[edit]

  1. ^ link
  2. ^ Mattinson, Peter (8 October 2002). "Album Review - The Levellers - "Green Blade Rising"". No Ripcord. Archived from the original on 1 May 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "The Levellers". Discogs. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Levellers* - Green Blade Rising". Discogs. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ Smith, Nikki. "BBC - Music - Review of The Levellers - Green Blade Rising". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2020.