''II'' is the third album from the band Espers. It was their first to be released on Drag City. The song "Children of Stone" was later covered by

Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (29 December 1946 – 30 January 2025) was an English singer and actress who achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her UK top 10 single " As Tears Go By". She became one of the leading female art ...

on her 2008 album '' Easy Come, Easy Go''. The song 'Mansfield And Cyclops' was also included in The Amorphous Androgynous' ''A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 1 - Cosmic Space Music'' in the same year.

Track listing

#"Dead Queen" – 8:13 #"Widow's Weed" – 6:51 #"Cruel Storm" – 5:17 #"Children of Stone" – 8:54 #"Mansfield and Cyclops" – 5:57 #"Dead King" – 8:02 #"Moon Occults the Sun" – 6:47

References

2006 albums Espers (band) albums Drag City (record label) albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub