Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow (Down II for short), released on March 26, 2002, is the second album by Down.

This was Down's first album in seven years since the release of NOLA, the longest gap between the band's two studio albums to date. Since Down was a supergroup, the band went on hiatus in 1996 so that members could focus on their main bands (namely Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity, Crowbar and Pantera). Down reformed in 1999 with Pantera bassist Rex Brown replacing Todd Strange. The band moved into Phil Anselmo's barn in southern Louisiana dubbed "Nodferatu's Lair" (sic) where they lived and recorded the album in 28 days without anyone leaving the house, in order to give it the "bluesy" feel.

Track listing

1. "Lysergik Funeral Procession" (Anselmo, Keenan, Bower, Windstein) – 3:10
2. "There's Something on My Side" (Anselmo, Keenan, Windstein) – 5:21
3. "The Man that Follows Hell" (Anselmo, Keenan) – 4:33
4. "Stained Glass Cross" (Anselmo/Keenan, Bower) – 3:36
5. "Ghosts Along the Mississippi" (Anselmo, Keenan, Windstein, Bower, Brown) – 5:06
6. "Learn From This Mistake" (Anselmo, Keenan, Brown) – 7:14
7. "Beautifully Depressed" (Anselmo, Keenan, Windstein, Bower) – 4:52
8. "Where I'm Going" (Anselmo, Keenan) – 3:10
9. "Doob Interlude" (Bower) – 1:50
10. "New Orleans is a Dying Whore" (Anselmo, Windstein, Keenan, Bower) – 4:15
11. "The Seed" (Anselmo, Keenan, Bower) – 4:21
12. "Lies, I Don't Know What They Say But..." (Anselmo, Keenan, Brown) – 6:21
13. "Flambeaux's Jamming with St. Aug" (Bower) – 0:59
14. "Dog Tired" (Anselmo, Keenan, Bower) – 3:21
15. "Landing on the Mountains of Meggido" (Anselmo) – 7:49

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Metal Hammer	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	2002	4
Kerrang!	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	2002	14
Terrorizer	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	2002	20

Personnel

Band

• Phil Anselmo – Vocals, Guitar on "Landing On The Mountains Of Meggido"
• Pepper Keenan – Guitar
• Kirk Windstein – Guitar
• Rex Brown – Bass
• Jimmy Bower – Drums

Additional musicians

• Stephanie Opal Weinstein – Backing Vocals on "Landing On The Mountains Of Meggido"

Trivia

• The title is taken from the lyrics of "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.
• The song "Ghosts Along The Mississippi" takes its title from a book by photographer Clarence John Laughlin, whose photographs were used extensively in the booklet art for NOLA.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	44

Footnotes