Levelling the Land

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{{Infobox album

| name = Levelling the Land

| type = Album

| artist = Levellers

| cover = Levelling_The_Land2.jpg

| alt = Levelling the land album cover artwork

| released = 7 October 1991

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Ridge Farm (Surrey, England)

| genre = Folk rock

| length = 44:33

| label = China

| producer = Alan Scott

| prev_title = A Weapon Called the Word

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Levellers

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Levelling the Land

| type = studio

| single1 = One Way

| single1date = 1991

| single2 = Far from Home

| single2date = 25 November 1991{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=23 November 1991}}

| single3 = 15 Years EP

| single3date = 11 May 1992{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=9 May 1992}}

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r321328|pure_url=yes}} link] |

}}

Levelling the Land is the second full-length album by the Brighton folk-punk group, The Levellers, released in 1991.{{cite web |title=Discography |url=https://www.levellers.co.uk/discography |publisher=Levellers |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513221901/https://www.levellers.co.uk/discography |url-status=live }} The album reached number 14 in the UK album charts{{cite web |title=Official Album Charts for "Levelling the Land" |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/levelling-the-land/ |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=21 September 2020 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501184619/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/levelling-the-land/ |url-status=live }} and has since gained platinum status through ongoing sales.{{cite web |title=Together All The Way |url=https://www.levellers.co.uk/about/together-all-the-way |website=The Levellers |publisher=Levellers |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613204127/https://www.levellers.co.uk/about/together-all-the-way |url-status=live }} The original album pressing contained ten tracks but following the success of the single "Fifteen Years", which peaked at #11 on the UK charts in May 1992,{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart for "Fifteen Years" |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/15-years-(ep)/ |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=21 September 2020}} the song was added as track three to later pressings.

This was the first Levellers album to feature the input of Simon Friend as songwriter, vocalist and musician. He replaced Alan Miles, who had sung and played guitar and mandolin on the previous album, A Weapon Called the Word. "Liberty Song" on this album was co-written by Miles.