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Ballad of the Broken Seas | 
| Artist: Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan
Label: V2
Category: Music
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1843
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
EAN: 5033197358222
ASIN: B000CNEQ64
Release Date: January 30, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Deus Ibi Est | | • | Black Mountain | | • | The False Husband | | • | Ballad Of The Broken Seas | | • | Revolver | | • | Ramblin' Man | | • | (Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me? | | • | Saturday's Gone | | • | It's Hard To Kill A Bad Thing | | • | Honey Child What Can I Do? | | • | Dusty Wreath | | • | The Circus Is Leaving Town |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
At first glance, it's a bizarre pairing: Isobel Campbell, formerly of Scots twee-popstrels Belle and Sebastian, and Mark Lanegan, the giant redwood who towered at the microphone of Seattle's Americana demi-legends Screaming Trees. But on Ballad Of The Broken Seas, we see not only many points of conciliation between these two diverse vocalists, but learn a little more about each in the process. Lanegan's last few albums have been dour, zombified affairs, but on "(Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me" his rich, lightning-scarred vocal sounds warm, revitalised--romantic, even. Campbell, meanwhile, is anything but a wallflower: it's her understated, siren-like vocals that define numbers like "The False Husband" and "Black Mountain", fragile, tremulous but exquisitely orchestrated numbers that hark back to classic British folk touchstones like Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake. Most importantly, however, when they sing together, there's genuine chemistry: see the magical "Revolver" or a cover of Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man", which mark out Lanegan and Campbell as something of a Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra for the modern freak-folk set. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Belle's best yet March 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can only agree with the earlier reviewer, the pairing of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan is a match made in heaven. Some unkindly dismiss Belle as the 'princess of twee' but not here, that's for certain. There's a strong sense of rhythm dominating much of the music, and wonderful arrangements; False Husband has a terrific Morricone 'spagetti western' sound, a lone guitar with reverb disappearing into some deep well, and then those sonorous tubular bells.
There's a good range of material, nearly all composed by Isobel, who also produces as well as singing and playing quite a variety of instruments. While the singing voice of the album is Lanegan's, it's definitely her project, and one that has real substance.
As the previous reviewer said, the sound from vinyl is spectacular, for me it leaves the CD for dead. Recommended without hesitation.
 Nu folk-ish melodies with lovely voices July 2, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Ballad of the Broken Seas is a collaboration between American Mark Lanegan and Scotswomen Isobel Campbell (of Belle and Sebastian).
I bought it because I read a review that said that their voices sounded the way you always wanted Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue to sound together.
To an extent that is true: their voices compliment each other beautifully and have that mix of gruff darkness and sweet lightness. The songs, whilst not ground-breaking, have decent melodies and thoughtful lyrics.
Dark brilliance March 12, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Mark Lanegan has already proved his worth collaborating with QOTSA on one of the standout tracks on their 'Lullabies' album and on the rather excellent solo album 'Bubblegum', so joining forces with Belle And Sebastien's Isobel Campbell might have come as a bit of a surprise. The results however are really, REALLY good...sometimes breathtaking! As soon as first track Dues Ibi Est begins you know you're in for something special. Mark Lanegan's growl is used to perfect effect in a Cohen-esque rumbling. Although a handful of the tracks utilise the difference in vocal tones between the two singers to great effect, none-so-better than The False Husband. This is a very special album indeed.
a rant January 17, 2007
5 out of 17 found this review helpful
1st of this is for "andrew".yes you are very right,don't buy this album expecting pretty belle and sebastian sounds,it's not anything like them.incase you didn't notice at 1st look MR MARK LANEGAN is on it aswell,who is miles and miles away from b&s purely because his music (be it with screaming tree's,himself,or qotsa)is far better! my second point is to the supposed "music fan".i don't even think your opinion on this should count,as you clearly don't know who the genius MARK LANEGAN is (a man formerly of heavy metal band? qotsa) qotsa aint heavy metal mate,and MR LANEGAN featured on one album and one album only.try looking up SCREAMING TREES or MARK LANEGAN and you'll see how he's writing music that qotsa dream about writing! this album is great because for me it merged two worlds of music,two very different people,and very differant feelings onto one amazing cd.i'm going to see them play glasgow ABC on sunday,can't wait.
mark lanegan rules,and should be shown respect by a real music fan.not just cast of as some guy that did some album with a crappy band.
that's me done,rant over
One of THE albums of 2006 December 10, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ok...so being ignorant I had no idea who Isobel Campbell was until I delved into her past. The Screaming Trees "Dust" was a fantastic release but I had always found Mark Lanegan solo albums to be a little too depressing. However, this CD is fantastic. The two different vocal styles blend perfectly together to create something quite unique. It is a great headphone listen and works best in the dark as it is often quiet.
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