The Levellers discography on my map runs to seventeen releases, and it starts two years earlier than most lists of this band do. All the Free Commons of England came out in 1988 and An Agreement Of The People in 1989, both on cassette, and both are stations on the map because the credits are there to be read. I have recently updated The Levellers Art Print, Albums in Order.
It is more than wall decoration. It is a researched visual archive that turns a thirty-five year recording history into something you can read at a glance.
How I Mapped the Levellers Discography, 1988 to 2023
The idea behind the print is to chart the band's history using the structural logic of a tube map.
Here is what the print shows:
- Seventeen releases in order. You can follow the sequence from All the Free Commons of England (1988) through to Together All the Way (2023). Each release is a station, taking you chronologically through the records that built their sound.
- The credited musicians. The map is built around the personnel. Core members, session musicians and guests are drawn as connecting lines, tracing their path in and out of the recording sessions. One-off contributors appear as branch lines.
Design Precision Rooted in Research
The detail in this map comes from slow, dedicated research. I am Mike Bell, and I turn verified data, from studio session logs and band line-ups to release timelines, into data-driven prints.
Every map, including the Levellers print, is researched and drawn entirely manually in CAD. I spend hours working through verified album credits, archival releases and trusted sources, cross-checking anything that does not agree between them. That is what makes the map a reliable visual archive rather than a decorative approximation.
The Shape of This One
Most of the maps I draw are about churn. This one is the opposite. Jeremy Cunningham and Charlie Heather are credited on all seventeen stations, which is thirty-five years without a single break in either line. Mark Chadwick and Jonathan Sevink are on fifteen, missing only World Turned Upside Down (2001) and Disorder (2004). Almost no band I have mapped manages that.
Alan Miles plays on An Agreement Of The People and A Weapon Called the Word and then leaves. Simon Friend arrives at Levelling the Land in 1991 and runs to Peace in 2020. And the credit fans always stop at is on Zeitgeist: Joe Strummer playing piano on Just the One.
Print Quality
Each print is an archival-quality Giclée on 230gsm premium acid-free matte fine art paper, produced on demand for detail, colour accuracy and longevity.
This map is produced in A1 only (594x841mm), with US sizing at 36x24in, because the density of the credits needs the larger sheet to stay legible. It is supplied unframed or ready to hang in a frame.
Whether you have followed the Levellers for years or are working through the catalogue for the first time, the map gives you a way into it. Hang it up, argue with it, and follow the lines.
The Levellers Discography in Order of Release, 1988 to 2023
Seventeen releases, every one of them a station on the map. The first two came out on cassette, which is why most lists of this band start two years later than mine does.
| Year | Release |
|---|---|
| 1988 | All the Free Commons of England |
| 1989 | An Agreement Of The People |
| 1990 | A Weapon Called the Word |
| 1991 | Levelling the Land |
| 1993 | Levellers |
| 1995 | Zeitgeist |
| 1997 | Mouth to Mouth |
| 2000 | Hello Pig |
| 2001 | World Turned Upside Down |
| 2002 | Green Blade Rising |
| 2004 | Disorder |
| 2005 | Truth and Lies |
| 2008 | Letters from the Underground |
| 2012 | Static on the Airwaves |
| 2018 | We the Collective |
| 2020 | Peace |
| 2023 | Together All the Way |
What I Found in the Levellers Credits
These are the details that came out of the credits while I was building the map.
One guitar line stops, and the next starts at the following station
Alan Miles is credited on mandolin, electric guitar, harmonica, and vocals on An Agreement Of The People in 1989 and A Weapon Called the Word in 1990. Then his line stops. Simon Friend's line starts at the very next station, Levelling the Land in 1991, where he is credited with backing vocals, guitars, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, and lead vocals on tracks 4 and 11.
The map ends with the same shape. Friend is not credited on Together All the Way in 2023, and Dan Donnelly's line begins there instead, on guitar, mandolin, and vocals.
The bass player is also credited with the artwork
Jeremy Cunningham is credited with artwork as well as bass guitar on most of the seventeen releases.
The didgeridoo line with a 13-year gap in it
Steve Boakes is credited with didgeridoo on Levelling the Land (1991), Levellers (1993), and Zeitgeist (1995). Then nothing for thirteen years. His line reappears on Letters from the Underground in 2008, on We the Collective in 2018, and on Peace in 2020. A list would show six titles. The map shows a line that stops, leaves a visible hole across six releases, and then comes back.
The 1993 album where six guest lines arrive at once
The self-titled Levellers album in 1993 is where the map suddenly gets busy. Six guest lines call at that one station, including Jem Finer on hurdy-gurdy, and with eleven credits it is one of the two busiest stations on the map, level with Mouth to Mouth.
Here are some of the one-release and two-release guests I plotted, which are the credits people tend to enjoy finding once the print is on a wall.
| Musician | Credit | Station |
|---|---|---|
| Jem Finer | Hurdy-gurdy | Levellers (1993) |
| Callum Williams | Bagpipes | Levellers (1993) |
| Jacinda Jones | Backing vocals | Levellers (1993) |
| The Kick Horns | Brass | Levellers (1993) and Mouth to Mouth (1997) |
| Eddi Reader | Backing vocals | Mouth to Mouth (1997) |
| The London Metropolitan Orchestra | Strings | Mouth to Mouth (1997) |
| Moulettes | Cello, percussion, violin, viola, vocals | We the Collective (2018) and Together All the Way (2023) |
| Sean Lakeman | Acoustic guitar, tracks 1, 5, and 6 | Together All the Way (2023) |
Two more worth knowing. Phil Tennant and Tim Lewis both worked on A Weapon Called the Word in 1990, and both get a line, because my rule is that a producer or engineer only earns one if they are also credited with playing something. Tennant played guitar. Lewis played Wurlitzer.
FAQs
How many albums have the Levellers released?
Fifteen studio albums between 1990 and 2023, from A Weapon Called the Word to Together All the Way. The map runs to seventeen stations, because it also carries the two cassette albums that came before them, All the Free Commons of England in 1988 and An Agreement Of The People in 1989.
Have the Levellers changed line-up much?
Remarkably little, and it is one of the reasons they map so cleanly. Alan Miles left after two records, and the core four have missed almost nothing: two of them are on all seventeen stations, and the other two are on fifteen. On most discography maps the lines fray as the decades pass. On this one they run almost straight.
What is their most famous album?
Levelling the Land (1991) is the fan favourite, and Zeitgeist (1995) was their commercial peak, reaching number one in the UK.
What size is the print?
A1 only, 594x841mm, or 36x24in in US sizing, unframed or available framed.
Where can I buy the Levellers albums music map?
The Levellers Studio Albums Map is available at mikebellmaps.com. Browse the full range in my music art prints collection.
Levellers poster or Levellers map?
A Levellers poster tends to be a festival flyer, which is exactly the thing the band has spent thirty years being reduced to. My Levellers Discography Tube Map Art Print maps seventeen albums in order, and two lines run every single one of them, with two more missing only two, which almost no band I have mapped manages. It is a Giclée on 230gsm archival paper, framed or unframed, and here is how that compares with a poster.
Final Thoughts: A Band of Consistency and Conviction
Across fifteen studio albums the Levellers have resisted commercial pressure, held their line, and kept evolving anyway. That line-up stability is rare, and it makes them one of the more satisfying bands to chart visually. The whole journey is in the map, for collectors, folk-rock fans and anyone with a soft spot for protest music history.