Studio Album · No. 2
Babel Songwriting Credits by Mumford & Sons
Produced by Markus Dravs
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether Mumford & Sons carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Twelve tracks, all four members on all of them, still no outside writer and still no producer credit. Markus Dravs returns and the writing does not move an inch. The band won the biggest award in the business with a record nobody outside the four of them touched.
Babel arrived in September 2012 and went straight to number one in both the UK and the US. It sold 159,000 copies in its first British week, the fastest-selling album of 2012 there, and 600,000 in its first American week. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year.