''Ballad of the Broken Seas'' is an

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and

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, their first collaboration. It made the shortlist for the 2006

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and was one of ''

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s top one hundred albums of the decade. The Mercury nomination provoked some criticism, as Lanegan was

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and the award is for

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artists only. However, Campbell wrote most of the tracks and produced the album. Campbell had written the music and some of the lyrics before sending it to Lanegan.

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals *

- vocals, piano, cello, harpsichord, tubular bells, glockenspiel * Alyn Cosker - drums * Jim McCulloch - guitars * Ross Hamilton - double bass (1,6-8), bass guitar (4,10,12) * David Robertson - bodhran (1), percussion (8), congas (9) * Bill Wells - bass guitar (2,3), piano (4), vibraphone (8) *

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- solo violin (4) * Joshua Blanchard - acoustic guitar (5) * Eddi Nappi - bass guitar (5) * Norm Block - drums (5) * Geoff Allen - whip (6) * Claire Campbell - violin (8) * Helen Thompson - harp (10) *

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- Hammond organ (12) * Paul Leonard Morgan - string arrangements (3-5,9-10)

References

2006 albums Folk rock albums Isobel Campbell albums Mark Lanegan albums V2 Records albums Vocal duet albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub