Music Inspired by Watership Down previous album "Attic Thoughts". However, beyond its title, the "Music Inspired by Watership Down" album contains few overt references to the novel and instead features excerpts from the works of various poets, such as John Keats and Alexander Pope. "Music Inspired by Watership Down" was originally released in Sweden as "El-Ahrairah" by YTF Records in 1977. This title was taken directly from the pages of "Watership Down", with El-Ahrairah being the name of a trickster, folk hero-deity rabbit, known as "The Prince with a Thousand Enemies". The album was subsequently released with its English title by Charisma Records in the
Watership Down tales of the "real story". "The Economist" heralded the book's publication, saying "If there is no place for "Watership Down" in children’s bookshops, then children’s literature is dead." Peter Prescott, senior book reviewer at "Newsweek", gave the novel a glowing review: "Adams handles his suspenseful narrative more dextrously than most authors who claim to write adventure novels, but his true achievement lies in the consistent, comprehensible and altogether enchanting civilisation that he has created." Kathleen J. Rothen and Beverly Langston identified the work as one that "subtly speaks to a child", with "engaging characters and fast-paced action [that] make it