Ballad of the Broken Seas

Ballad of the Broken Seas is an album by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, their first collaboration. It made the shortlist for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize and was one of NME's top one hundred albums of the decade.

Ballad of the Broken Seas
Studio album by
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Released7 March 2006
Recorded2005
GenreFolk rock
Length42:45
LabelV2
ProducerIsobel Campbell, Dave Paterson
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan chronology
Ballad of the Broken Seas
(2006)
Sunday at Devil Dirt
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Drowned in Sound
Pitchfork Media(7.2/10)
Tiny Mix Tapes

The Mercury nomination provoked some criticism, as Lanegan was American and the award is for British and Irish artists only. However, Campbell wrote most of the tracks and produced the album. Campbell had written the music and some of the lyrics before sending it to Lanegan.

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