Broadside_(album)
Broadside (album)
2012 studio album by Bellowhead
Broadside is the fourth full album by Bellowhead, released on 15 October 2012.[7]
The album was recorded over several weeks at Rockfield Studios in March 2012.[8] Initially around 25 tracks were arranged for the album,[9] of these 14 tracks were recorded (all of which became commercially available).[10] Like their previous album, Hedonism, it was produced by John Leckie.[11]
All of the tracks, bar one, on Broadside are traditional folk songs, many being written several hundred years ago; they have all been given a new arrangement by the band.[12] The album title refers both to the nautical meaning of firepower and to broadside ballads, an early form of printed song.[13]
The album entered the UK official album charts at number 16,[14] unprecedented for an independently released folk album. It also went to number 1 in the UK independent album charts.[15]