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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox album | name = Lucky Leif and the Longships | type = studio | artist = [[Robert Calvert]] | cover =Lucky Leif and the Longships.jpg | alt = | released = September 1975 | recorded = April 1975 | venue = | studio = Island Studios, London | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 34:55 | label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]] | producer = [[Brian Eno]] | prev_title = [[Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters]] | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = [[Hype (album)|Hype]] | next_year = 1981 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Thompson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r32154|pure_url=yes}}|title=Lucky Leif and the Longships |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> }} '''''Lucky Leif and the Longships''''' is a 1975 record album by [[Robert Calvert]], produced by [[Brian Eno]]. It is a [[concept album]] dealing with how American culture might have been different had the [[Vikings]] managed to colonise the continent. The album is a tour through various styles of American music ("The Lay of the Surfers" is a [[Beach Boys]] parody), filled with references to modern American culture and ancient [[Norse mythology|Norse]] myths and legends. The album was re-released in the late 1990s by BGO Records.
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