打從年頭聽過Isobel Campbell 與 Mark Lanegan 合作的專輯， 已對這位前 Belle And Sebastian 的成員鐘愛不已。 "Milkwhite Sheets"是Isobel 利用錄制"Ballad of the Broken Seas"的空閒時間 去創作，雖然差不多同一時間錄音但沒有了 Mark 低沉的聲音，音樂上亦 變得輕巧迷幻與 'Ballad of the Broken Seas' 截然不同。 清唱 Mary Black首Loving Hannah就好似母親係床邊唱歌哄孩子睡般，聽得感動。 'Cachel Wood' 和 'Beggar, Wiseman or Thief ' 則有點像兒歌般，簡單動聽。

2008 Import only reissue of the sophomore collaboration album between Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan includes a bonus disc with seven additional live tracks: 'Revolver', 'Carry Home', 'Willow's Song', 'Sand', '(Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me?', 'The Circus Is Leaving Town' and 'Ramblin' Man'. packaged in a limited hardback book. Sunday At Devil Dirt the second full-length collaboration between the former Belle & Sebastian member (Campbell) and Lanegan, the Screaming Trees frontman and part-time QOTSA vocalist. Recorded between studios in the Catskills and Isobel's native Glasgow, Sunday At Devil Dirt is an album of dust bitten ballads and troubled wanderings, easily the equal of its predecessor. Again, Campbell and Lanegan complement each other beautifully, like silk on cracked leather. While continuing to mine the same rich seam of Alt-Country, Folk and Blues of their debut, the new record also embraces a dusty southern gothic, while a sultry, jazzy feel is evident on a number of tracks. As with their debut, the album has been written, produced and arranged by Isobel Campbell, with Lanegan providing lead vocal duties. V2 Records.

There's a certain "beauty & the beast" quality to the greatest male/female, singer/songwriter duos. Consider Jane Birken hooking up with Serge Gainsburg, or Nancy Sintra and Lee Hazelwood. And so it is with "Ballad of the Broken Seas", an album length collaboration between Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan.There's a similar contrast between Isobel's aching, pristine chill of a voice and Lanegan's wounded, regret-stewed burr.