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Artist:	Billy Bragg	Release Date:	Sep 10, 1996
Format:	CD	Record Label:	Elektra Entertainment
UPC:	075596193528	Genre:	Rock
Duration:	Album or EP	Sub-Genre:	Alternative & Indie
Condition:	Very Good	Special Attributes:	--

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Track listing
1. From Red to Blue 2. Upfield 3. Everybody Loves You Babe 4. Sugardaddy 5. Pict Song, A 6. Brickbat 7. Space Race Is Over, The 8. Northern Industrial Town 9. Fourteenth of February, The 10. King James Version 11. Goalhanger
Details
Producer:	Grant Showbiz
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording type:	Studio
Recording mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album notes
Personnel: Billy Bragg (vocals, guitar); Ashley Drees (mandolin); Diedre Cooper (cello); Terry Disley (strings, Hammond B-3 organ); Terry Edwards (alto & baritone saxophones); Dave Woodhead (trumpet, flugelhorn); Caroline Hall (trombone); Cara Tivey (piano, organ, keyboards); Chris Morgan, Chucho Merchan (acoustic bass); Fionn O'Lochlainn, Nigel Frydman (bass); J.F.T. Hood (drums, percussion). Principally recorded at Cathouse Studio, London, England. Bragg's fullest-sounding album so far does not cloud the continuing power of his songs. "Upfield" masquerades as a 60s Motown pop song, but study the words and you will find he still has "socialism of the heart." "Everybody Loves You Babe" is stripped bare so that only the lyric hits home. Heaven help the poor girl who is the subject of his wit. Bragg is at his best with guitar only; this is his real stage, from which he educates us with stinging irony in songs such as "Northern Industrial Town." Since Life's A Riot, Bragg has certainly grown but he has never sold out.
Editorial reviews
7 (out of 10) - ...Still proudly displaying a 'socialism of the heart,' he's more interested than ever in how the politics of love and state affect the unseen choices of people just trying to get by... Spin (10/01/1996) Having become a parent since his last album five years ago, Bragg wants to balance his political and personal commitments....He's also a witty observer of the purely social... Musician (02/01/1997) 4 Stars (out of 5) - ...signals a significant return to his folk roots. The sound is more earthy and unfussy, the sentiment stripped down....Bragg's most sensitive set, mostly one-man playable, reflective paeans to a lost age... Q (10/01/1996) 7 (out of 10) - ...Fatherhood--the event that's kept him out of pop so long--has clearly mellowed him. But this is no Dadrock album, it's more Kindlyunclerock: terminally old-fashioned yet always relevant; occasionally a bit of an embarrassment, but never likely to forget your birthday... NME (09/14/1996) ...Refreshing, grown-up, and cuddly all at the same time. - Rating: B Entertainment Weekly (09/20/1996) 5 (out of 5) - You know where you stand with Billy Bragg. A good tune, a few plays on words, strong sentiments and at least one classic song on every record....'Northern Industrial Town'...is as good a modern folk song as has been written lately... Alternative Press (01/01/1997) 5 (out of 5) - You know where you stand with Billy Bragg. A good tune, a few plays on words, strong sentiments and at least one classic song on every record....'Northern Industrial Town'...is as good a modern folk song as has been written lately... Alternative Press (01/01/1997) 7 (out of 10) - ...Fatherhood--the event that's kept him out of pop so long--has clearly mellowed him. But this is no Dadrock album, it's more Kindlyunclerock: terminally old-fashioned yet always relevant; occasionally a bit of an embarrassment, but never likely to forget your birthday... NME (09/14/1996) 4 Stars (out of 5) - ...signals a significant return to his folk roots. The sound is more earthy and unfussy, the sentiment stripped down....Bragg's most sensitive set, mostly one-man playable, reflective paeans to a lost age... Q (10/01/1996)

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