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Reaching to the Converted
Released: Aug 31, 1999
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Released: Aug 31, 1999
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This is no ragtag rummage sale of leftovers, castoffs, and third-rate rejects. Having previously purchased the ten singles Reaching is culled from, spanning 1985-1997, one nevertheless revels in...
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Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
Released: Dec 8, 1998
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Released: Dec 8, 1998
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Those greatly enjoying Billy Bragg and Wilco's much-lauded interpretation of Woody Guthrie's lyrics should seek out this U.K. single. Its B-sides are two more songs Bragg wrote and sang, a pittance...
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Mermaid Avenue
Released: Jun 23, 1998
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Released: Jun 23, 1998
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During the spring of 1995, Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora contacted British urban folk troubadour Billy Bragg about writing music for a selection of completed Guthrie lyrics. This was no minor task...
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Bloke on Bloke
Released: Aug 19, 1997
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Released: Aug 19, 1997
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The quintessential folk-rocker Billy Bragg once said "the revolution is just a T-shirt away." He's a comic, he's a poet, and he keeps up with his sharp humor on the seven-song EP, Bloke on Bloke....
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William Bloke
Released: Sep 9, 1996
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Released: Sep 9, 1996
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Despite taking five years off to marry and have a son, which should've given him plenty of time to write, Bragg gives listeners half an album of "B" material. Four of the lesser songs regress to...
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Don't Try This at Home
Released: Sep 17, 1991
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Released: Sep 17, 1991
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After dipping his toes in the notion of using backing musicians on Talking With the Taxman About Poetry, Billy Bragg finally dove in headfirst with Worker's Playtime, but Don't Try This at Home was...
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Live Solo Bootleg in Australia October 2001
Released: 2002
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Released: 2002
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Billy Bragg is one of those rare artists who sounds brilliant as a solo artist or as part of a band. And solo means just him and his trusty electric guitar. After disbanding Riff Raff, he developed...
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Still Looking for a New England
Released: 1997
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Released: 1997
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New converts would do well to search used bins for the promo double CD. Disc one is mostly an interview with the Bard of Essex, but the other disc is a "best-of" from his 1982-1991 period, and...
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Upfield
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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The Upfield single contains two songs that should have made the LP just to change the too-sunny mood, "Rule for Reason" and especially the gritted-teeth hostility of "Thatcherites." The latter is...
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Live Bootleg
Released: 1995
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Released: 1995
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This CD marks the first "official" live album by Billy Bragg. Various tracks had been available before, as well as a promotional CD released in Canada (Billy Bragg Live-Limited Edition), but Live...
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