Mermaid Avenue Vol. II

Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
Studio album by
Billy Bragg and Wilco
Released30 May 2000
RecordedBoston, Chicago, and Dublin
GenreFolk rock[1]
Length49:47
LabelElektra
ProducerWilco, Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz
Billy Bragg chronology
Reaching to the Converted
(1999) 		Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000) 		England, Half-English
(2001)
Wilco chronology
Summerteeth
(1999) 		Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000) 		Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
(2002)
Billy Bragg & Wilco chronology
Mermaid Avenue
(1998) 		Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000) 		Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Sun-Times[4]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[1]
The Guardian[6]
Pitchfork6.3/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin7/10[11]

Mermaid Avenue Vol. II is a 2000 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and American band Wilco. It continues the project originally conceived by Guthrie's daughter, Nora Guthrie which resulted in the release of Mermaid Avenue in 1998. Both volumes were collected in a 2012 box set along with volume three as Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions.

Track 9 "Blood of the Lamb" is Woody's overhaul of an 1878 gospel music standard "Are You Washed in the Blood?" written by Elisha A. Hoffman.[12]

Man in the Sand, a documentary about the collaboration between Bragg and Wilco, was released in 1999.

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  12. ^ "Are You Washed in the Blood? > Lyrics | Elisha A. Hoffman". library.timelesstruths.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.[title missing]