A Weapon Called the Word

About A Weapon Called the Word

A Weapon Called the Word was the debut full-length album by the Levellers, released in April 1990. The album contains re-recorded tracks from the band's first two E. P. recordings: Carry Me E. P. (upon which the tracks "Carry Me" and "England My Home" were originally released) and Outside/Inside E. P. (which contained "Outside/Inside", "Barrel of the Gun" and "I Have No Answers"). The band did not re-record the track "The Last Days Of Winter" from the Carry Me E. P. despite the fact the album's title A Weapon Called The Word is taken from that song. Two versions of the album exist: the original 1990 release which has 12 tracks (the first twelve listed below) and a 1996 re-release by Musidisc which added two live recordings of the band's guitarist/vocalists Mark Chadwick and Simon Friend plus a remix of the track "Three Friends" to the end of the album. This album is noteworthy in the Levellers' catalogue for being the only full-length album to feature the musical input of Alan Miles, who played guitar, harmonica and mandolin and supplied backing vocals as well as contributing musical arrangements. He was subsequently replaced by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Simon Friend. more »