Twice Born Men
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{{Infobox album
| name = Twice Born Men
| type = studio
| artist = Sweet Billy Pilgrim
| cover = TwiceBorn_Men.jpg
| alt =
| released = 23 March 2009
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length =
| label = Samadhi Sound
| producer = Tim Elsenburg
| prev_title = We Just Did What Happened and No One Came
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Crown and Treaty
| next_year = 2012
}}
Twice Born Men is an album by English experimental rock band Sweet Billy Pilgrim. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize,{{Cite web|date=2009-07-21|title=Mercury prize 2009 nominations announced|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/21/mercury-prize-2009-nominations-announced|access-date=2021-09-21|website=The Guardian|language=en}} and the Sunday Times named it one of their top 100 albums of 2009.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2009-12-06|title=The top 100 albums of 2009|language=en|work=The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/the-top-100-albums-of-2009-tsl72gltpx6|access-date=2021-09-21|issn=0140-0460}}
Track listing
- "Here It Begins" (2:36)
- "Truth Only Smiles" (5:05)
- "Bloodless Coup" (5:43)
- "Longshore Drift" (5:01)
- "Kalypso" (6:30)
- "Future Perfect Tense" (4:31)
- "Joy Maker Machinery" (6:55)
- "There Will It End" (4:40)
Personnel
- Anthony Bishop - banjo, bass
- Tim Elsenburg - singing, guitar, producer, mixing
- Alistair Hamer - sequencing, drums
- David Sylvian - artwork [Art Direction]
- Chris Bigg - artwork [Design]
- Tacita Dean - artwork [Drawings]
- Alphonse Elsenburg - clarinet (track 2, 8)