Burlesque (Bellowhead album)

Burlesque
Studio album by Bellowhead
Released	2006
Genre	English folk, electric folk, folk jazz
Length	60:19
Label	Westpark
Bellowhead chronology
E.P.Onymous (2004) Burlesque (2006) Matachin (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]

Burlesque is the first full-length album by Bellowhead.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rigs of the Time"	Trad arr. Boden	3:58
2.	"Jordan"	Trad arr. Boden	4:08
3.	"Across the Line"	Lyrics: Trad/Boden, Melody: M. Nascimento, arr. Flood.	5:10
4.	"London Town"	Trad arr. Sartin	3:53
5.	"Sloe Gin" (Frozen Gin/The Vinegar Reel/The Sloe)	Spiers/Boden/Trad, arr. Spiers and Boden, full band arr. Boden	5:19
6.	"Courting Too Slow"	Lyrics: Trad/P. Bellamy, arr. Spiers and Boden, full band arr. Boden	6:09
7.	"Flash Company"	Trad arr. Bellowhead	3:11
8.	"Hopkinson's Favourite"	Trad arr. Spiers and Boden	3:57
9.	"One May Morning Early"	Trad arr. Boden	2:51
10.	"The Outlandish Knight"	Lyrics: Trad, Melody: M. Carthy, arr. Spiers and Boden, full band arr. Boden	7:03
11.	"Frog's Legs & Dragon's Teeth"	Trad/Boden arr. Boden	4:54
12.	"Fire Marengo"	Trad arr. Boden	4:02
13.	"Death and the Lady"	Lyrics: Trad, Melody: Boden, arr. Boden	5:44
Total length:			1:00:11

Personnel

• Jon Boden - lead vocals , fiddle, tambourine
• John Spiers - melodeon, Anglo-concertina, backing vocals
• Benji Kirkpatrick - guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, banjo, backing vocals
• Andy Mellon - trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
• Justin Thurgur - trombone
• Brendan Kelly - saxophone, bass clarinet, backing vocals
• Gideon Juckes - sousaphone, tuba, helicon, backing vocals
• Pete Flood - drums, glockenspiel, Stomp Box, frying-pan, knives and forks, party blowers
• Rachael McShane - cello, fiddle, vocal
• Paul Sartin - fiddle, oboe, backing vocals, megaphone
• Giles Lewin - fiddle, bagpipes, backing vocals.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Irwin, Colin (November 2006). "Bellowhead Burlesque". Mojo. p. 106.