Hedonism (album)

Hedonism
Studio album by Bellowhead
Released	4 October 2010
Recorded	2010 at Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	English folk, folk jazz, electric folk
Length	48:46
Label	Navigator Records
Bellowhead chronology
Matachin (2008) Hedonism (2010) Broadside (2012)

Hedonism is the third album by Bellowhead, released on 4 October 2010.^[1] It was recorded in Abbey Road Studios and was produced by John Leckie.^[2] The band also developed a new ale named after the album. Some of the band members took part in the brewing process.^[3]

The album sold 60,000 copies, becoming the best-selling independent folk LP of all time.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"New York Girls"	Trad arr. Boden & Spiers	4:32
2.	"A-Begging I Will Go"	Trad arr. Boden	4:29
3.	"Cross-Eyed and Chinless"	Trad arr. Flood	3:51
4.	"Broomfield Hill"	Trad arr. Boden	5:29
5.	"The Hand Weaver and the Factory Maid"	Trad arr. Flood	4:42
6.	"Captain Wedderburn"	Trad arr. Boden	6:01
7.	"Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel cover)	Jacques Brel / Translation by Mort Shuman / arr. Kelly	4:12
8.	"Cold Blows the Wind"	Trad arr. Flood	4:19
9.	"Parson's Farewell"	Sam Sweeney / Trad arr. Sweeney & Kelly	4:10
10.	"Little Sally Racket"	Trad arr. Boden	3:13
11.	"Yarmouth Town"	Trad arr. Boden	3:50
Total length:			48:46

Bonus track (iTunes exclusive)

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Two Magicians"	3:44

Personnel

• Jon Boden - lead vocals, fiddle, saw
• Benji Kirkpatrick - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
• John Spiers - melodeon, Anglo-concertina
• Andy Mellon - trumpet
• Justin Thurgur - trombone
• Brendan Kelly - saxophone, bass clarinet
• Ed Neuhauser - Helicon, Tuba
• Pete Flood - percussion
• Rachael McShane - cello, fiddle, backing vocals
• Paul Sartin - fiddle, oboe
• Sam Sweeney - fiddle, pipes

References

1. White, Chris (21 September 2010). "Bellowhead Hedonism Review". BBC. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
2. Lewis, John (4 October 2010). "Bellowhead's Sam on recording at Abbey Road". BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
3. Smith, Casper Llewellyn (2010-09-26). "Bellowhead: 'We're a party band with serious intellectual pretensions'". The Observer. The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
4. "BBC - Music - Review of Bellowhead - Broadside". BBC. Retrieved 2012-10-30.