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Albion: An Anthology

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Albion: An Anthology
Compilation album by
Released29 June 2009
GenreFolk/Traditional
LabelNavigator Records
Chris Wood chronology
Trespasser
(2008)
Albion: An Anthology
(2009)
Handmade Life
(2010)

Albion: An Anthology is a 2009 compilation album by the English folk musician and composer Chris Wood and released on the Navigator Records label. The album features selections from many of Wood's solo contributions, each track remastered and personally chosen by Wood himself.

CD Track Listing

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Shouter" (from Half as happy as we, 1999)Chris Wood3:47
2."I Feel a smile coming on" (from Half as happy as we, 1999)Chris Wood5:38
3."The Colour of Amber" (from Ghosts, 2004)traditional3:00
4."Albion" (from The Lark Descending, 2005)Chris Wood5:45
5."Down The Wagon Way / Sweet Jayne / The North Downs Way" (from Knock John, 1999)traditional / traditional / Chris Wood11:33
6."Summerfield Avenue" (from Trespasser, 2008)Chris Wood4:17
7."Lusignac" (from Lusignac, 1995)Chris Wood3:15
8."One in a Million" (from The Lark Descending, 2005)Hugh Lupton9:51
9."Hares on the Mountain / Elizabeth Clare" (from Lusignac, 1995)Chris Wood / Chris Wood5:27
10."The Farmer" (previously unreleased, 2009)traditional6:30
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cold Haily Rainy Night" (from The Imagined Village, 2007)traditional6:14
2."The Land: when the land is white with snow" (from May Monday, 2001)Chris Wood6:14
3."Mad John" (from Trespasser, 2008)Chris Wood6:15
4."The Mari Llwyd" (from Ghosts, 2004)Hugh Lupton5:19
5."Valtz Efter Tor Lohne / Retour de Montaignac / Waltz Harry Lane" (from Lisa, 1993)traditional / Frederic Paris / Andy Cutting11:03
6."The Taoist Tale" (from Wood, Wilson, Carthy, 1998)Tucker Zimmerman4:49
7."John Ball" (from Trespasser, 2008)Sydney Carter7:26
8."Copernicus" (from Ghosts, 2004)Robert Harbron4:40
9."The History Man / Roseville Fair" (from Chris Wood & Andy Cutting, 1990)Andy Cutting / Bill Staines6:46
10."Pace Egging / Ribatz" (Crossing, 1999)traditional5:20
11."Walk this World with Music" (from The Lark Descending, 2009)Chris Wood6:31

Personnel

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