- Artist:
- Billy Bragg, Wilco
Mermaid Avenue Vol. II: Gatefold Vinyl 2LP
£35.99
Release date: 11 December, 2026
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- Cat No:
- 7279109
- Label:
- Craft Recordings
- Formats:
- Vinyl 2LP
The Mermaid Avenue series is one of the most successful and unusual folk-rock collaborations of the last few decades. At its core, the project took previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics and set them to entirely new music composed and performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco. Celebrated for honoring Guthrie's spirit while creating something entirely new, the Mermaid Avenue recordings remain a landmark achievement in folk and Americana music. The releases comprise:
Mermaid Avenue
The first volume is generally considered the centerpiece of the series. It blends Bragg's folk and political sensibilities with Wilco's emerging alt-country sound. Songs like "California Stars," "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key," and "Ingrid Bergman" became modern folk standards. The album earned a GRAMMY nomination and received widespread critical acclaim.
Tracklisting:
- Airline to Heaven
- My Flying Saucer
- Feed of Man
- Hot Rod Hotel
- I Was Born
- Secret of the Sea
- Stetson Kennedy
- Remember the Mountain Bed
- Blood of the Lamb
- Aginst Th' Law
- All You Fascists
- Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
- Meanest Man
- Black Wind Blowing
- Someday Some Morning Sometime