On March 22, 2010, “Virgin” label released “I Speak Because I Can”, the second Laura Marling studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Ethan Johns. The album was ranked at number 8 on “The Guardian’s” list of “Best albums of 2010”. In 2011, Marling won the “Best British solo artist” at the “Brit Awards” for “I Speak Because I Can”. In 2013, magazine “NME” ranked the album at number 263 in its list of the “500 greatest albums of all time.”
Personnel:
- Laura Marling- voice, guitar
- Winston Marshall– banjo
- Pete Roe- keyboards
- Ted Dwane- double bass
- Marcus Mumford– drums
- Tom Hobden– fiddle
- Ruth De Turberville– cello
Track listing:
All tracks by Laura Marling.
- Devil’s Spoke
- Made by Maid
- Rambling Man
- Blackberry Stone
- Alpha Shallows
- Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)
- Hope in the Air
- What He Wrote
- Darkness Descends
- I Speak Because I Can
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