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Billy Bragg - Don't Try This at Home (2CD) (2006)

Billy Bragg - Don't Try This at Home (2CD) (2006)

BAND/ARTIST: Billy Bragg

  • Title: Don't Try This at Home
  • Year Of Release: 1991 (2006)
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Genre: Rock, Folk Rock
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
  • Total Time: 01:49:04
  • Total Size: 739 / 282 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Accident Waiting to Happen 04:00
2. Moving the Goalposts 02:34
3. Everywhere 05:00
4. Cindy of a Thousand Lives 04:14
5. You Woke up My Neighbourhood 03:11
6. Trust 04:13
7. God's Footballer 03:04
8. The Few 03:27
9. Sexuality 03:48
10. Mother of the Bride 03:35
11. Tank Park Salute 03:30
12. Dolphins 04:20
13. North Sea Bubble 03:19
14. Rumours of War 02:50
15. Wish You Were Her 02:46
16. Body of Water 03:57

CD 2
1. Party of God 04:15
2. North Sea Bubble (Demo) 03:29
3. Sexuality (Demo) 03:53
4. Just One Victory (Alternate Version) 05:30
5. Everywhere (Alternate Version) 04:42
6. Trust (Demo) 05:42
7. Bread & Circuses 04:28
8. Cindy of a Thousand Lives (Demo) 03:38
9. The Few (Demo) 03:50
10. Revolution 01:50
11. Tighten up Your Wig 03:17
12. MBH 02:07
13. This Gulf Between Us 02:46
14. Piccadilly Rambler 01:49

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 where Bragg first began to sound completely comfortable with the notion of a full band. With Johnny Marr (who helped produce two tracks), Peter Buck, Michael Stipe, and Kirsty MacColl on hand to give the sessions a taste of star power, Don't Try This at Home sounds full but uncluttered; the arrangements (most complete with -- gasp! -- drums) flesh out Bragg's melodies, giving them greater strength in the process, and Billy's craggy vocals wrap around the melodies with significantly more flexibility than on previous recordings. With the exception of the rabble-rousing "Accident Waiting to Happen" and "North Sea Bubble," and the witty "Sexuality," most of Don't Try This at Home finds Billy Bragg in a contemplative mood; the political tunes are subtle (and don't hector), such as the mournful "Rumours of War," and the songs about love tend to examine the less hopeful side of relationships, like "Mother of the Bride" and the lovely "You Woke Up My Neighborhood." But there's also an understated wit to many of the songs, especially the well-drawn "God's Footballer," and Bragg approached the work of other songwriters to splendid effect on Fred Neil's "Dolphins and Sid Griffin's "Everywhere." Don't Try This at Home isn't the sort of album that announces itself loudly, but slip into its understated textures and you'll discover one of Bragg's warmest and most thoughtful albums.




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  • whiskers
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Many thanks
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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for Flac.