''Hello Pig'' is the sixth studio album by the

Levellers The Levellers were a political movement active during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance. The hallmark of Leveller thought was its populis ...

, released in 2000 on

China Records China Records was a record label founded 1 October 1984 by Derek Green. Its top-selling artists were Art of Noise, Morcheeba and the Levellers. In 1986 and 1987, China Records releases were manufactured and marketed worldwide by Chrysalis R ...

. The album was the first by the band to feature Matt Savage.

Track listing

# "Happy Birthday Revolution" # "Invisible" # "The Weed That Killed Elvis" # "Edge of the World" # "Do It Again Tomorrow" # "Walk Lightly" # "Voices on the Wind" # "Sold England" # "Modern Day Tragedy" # "Dreams" # "61 Minutes of Pleading" # "Red Sun Burns" # "Gold and Silver" The song "61 Minutes of Pleading" is based on the death of Loraine Whiting, who bled to death over the course of an hour while on the phone to a 999 police call handler after being shot by her husband, who had then shot himself dead and lay next to her. Emergency services personnel outside the property considered it too dangerous to enter, following a recent similar incident in which a gunman had forced his injured hostage to claim he was dead in order to lure emergency crews in, before shooting dead two ambulance crew members and a police officer.

Personnel

Levellers * Mark Chadwick - guitars, vocals * Charlie Heather - drums/percussion * Jeremy Cunningham - bass guitar, artwork * Simon Friend - guitars, vocals, mandolin * Jonathan Sevink - fiddle * Matt Savage - keyboard

References

Levellers (band) albums 2000 albums China Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub