Mumford & Sons celebrate 10th anniversary of Babel with special re-release

Virgin Radio

11 Nov 2022, 15:26

Mumford & Sons have shared details of a limited-edition 10th anniversary vinyl of their award-winning second album Babel.

Originally released Autumn 2012, the album, first introduced with the single I Will Wait, is often credited as the one that put Mumford & Sons on the map after it shot to the top of the charts in both the UK and US. 

The album has since sold millions of copies across the globe and bagged a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2013. In the same year Mumford & Sons took home the British Group award at the BRIT Awards.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary a special re-release of the record will feature new artwork shot at the same time as the original album cover by Marcus Haney.

It was the record that spawned some of the band’s most successful hits to date including Lover of the Light, Hopeless Wanderer and I Will Wait and went on to become the fastest selling record of the year in 2012 in the UK and the second fastest in the US, beaten by Taylor Swift’s Red.

This comes after front man Marcus Mumford released his first solo album, Self-Titled, in September this year.

At the time, he joined the Graham Norton Show with Waitrose to talk about making the album and being in the band.

Speaking about their quick success, Marcus said: “It was a surprise, but it wasn’t a shock because we were on tour every night for the first five years, doing it night on night.

“You could see the audience grow a bit each time, and so it was sort of fast, but also gradual. So it was surprising. We knew there were people listening, we just didn't know how many people were listening. We never tried to be cool or massive, but it just kept rolling."