Widely acclaimed British band the Levellers celebrate the 30th anniversary of their chart-topping album Zeitgeist. Set for release on November 7th via Warner Music, the Zeitgeist 30th Anniversary Collection will be available on 2LP and 3CD formats. It is available to pre-order now, and fans who pre-order will get exclusive access to the tour pre-sale on Weds 21st May.
PRE-ORDER LINK: levellers.lnk.to/Zeitgeist30
The aptly titled Zeitgeist solidified Levellers at the forefront of British music in 1995. Following their record-breaking headline performance at Glastonbury Festival the year before, Zeitgeist soared to the top of the charts with its release in August, batting off competition from Blur and The Charlatans, and becoming the sound of that summer alongside the likes of Supergrass, Oasis and Pulp.
Levellers completely rewrote the rulebook on their own terms, proving themselves heroes of the scene for free thinkers, drop-outs, vagabonds, vagrants and dreamers. Zeitgeist, like its title, caught its moment in time and yet still sounds timeless. Perhaps because the Levellers have always operated outside the flimsy constructs of fashion, perhaps because they have always worn their heart on their sleeves, and perhaps because their songs resound through the decades – or perhaps because they are wrapped up in a very English idealism – they have always defied gravity.
Like all the great bands they sound like the eternal music that comes from the soil of their surroundings. Their music is the true folk that shimmers throughout the centuries and the music from the soil of this land.
Zeitgeist is a perfect snapshot of a distant time where the future dream was not tainted by the current psychodrama. It has a poignancy, a commentary, a melancholy, a joy, a wisdom and a madness, and it also has the late and great Joe Strummer playing on the hit single ‘Just The One’.
Now for 2025, in the 30th year of Zeitgeist, the album has been gloriously remixed by Al Scott, the original producer who first sat down with Levellers at their self-sufficient Metway studio in Brighton to make the album, an iconic establishment which is still running to this day.
Featuring some of the band’s biggest hits in ‘Hope St’ and ‘Fantasy’, along with fan favourites ‘The Fear’, ‘Exodus’ and ‘Men-An-Tol’, the 2LP set includes a second remixed disc containing the single mix of ‘Just The One’ (with Joe Strummer on piano) along with B sides and rarities from the Zeitgeist sessions. The deluxe 3CD set includes an extra ‘Outtakes’ album.
ZEITGEIST 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION TRACK LISTING
LP & CD 1: Zeitgeist 2025 Remix
1. Hope St.
2. The Fear
3. Exodus
4. Maid Of The River
5. Saturday To Sunday
6. 4am
7. Forgotten Ground
8. Fantasy
9. P.C. Keen
10. Just The One
11. Haven’t Made It
12. Leave This Town
13. Men-an-Tol
LP & CD2: Zeitgeist Bonus Tracks 2025 Remix
1. Just The One feat Joe Strummer (Single Version)
2. Drinking For England
3. Alive
4. Searchlights
5. Hope St (Acoustic Version)
6. Miles Away
7. A Promise
8. Sara’s Beach
9. Your ‘Ouse
CD 3: Demos & Outtakes
1. Interview 1
2. Alive (Metway Demo 1995)
3. The Fear (Metway Demo 1995)
4. Interview 2
5. Hobo
6. Social Insecurity / Is This Art?
7. Interview 3
8. Maid Of The River (Metway Demo 1995)
9. Basement 23 Maddy Mix
10. Interview 4
11. Saturday Sunday (Metway Demo 1995)
12. Exodus (Metway Demo 1995)
13. Interview5
14. Know You (Metway Demo 1995)
15. Leave This Town (Metway Demo 1995)
16. Interview 6
17. Hope St (Metway Demo 1995)
18. P.C. Keen (Metway Demo 1995)
19. Men-An-Tol (Metway Demo 1995)
20. Interview 7
21. Zippo Man
22. Fantasy (Metway Demo 1995)
Continuing the celebrations Levellers will hit the road across the UK in November on the Zeitgeist 30th Anniversary tour. Pre-sale starts at 10am Wednesday 21st May and general sale commences at 10am Friday 23rd May. Ticket will be available to purchase via https://www.levellers.co.uk/
NOVEMBER 2025 UK TOUR DATES
Wed 12 – Southampton, Guildhall
Thu 13 – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill
Fri 14 – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Sat 15 – Derby, Vaillant Live
Sun 16 – Manchester, Academy
