What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

BILLY BRAGG "back to basics" cd, 1987

career stats:
studio albums: 13
singles..........: 21

this album: #37 UK

ok, this was Billy's fourth album release, but it was not new material, it was a compilation of his first two UK album releases "lifes a riot with spy v spy" and "brewing up with Billy Bragg" plus a four track ep called "between the wars" which was his first single release from 1984.
the tracks on this one are politicised along with love songs and social commentary,allbeit, sometimes all in one song.
tracks are very sparse most featuring just Billy and an electric guitar for accompanyment.
i love this stuff...he was my generation's Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan rolled into one neat package,end of story!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: strange things happen
best track: between the wars

tracks:

1. the milkman of human kindness ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Goxm0x4dTw live
2. to have and to have not ***
3. richard **
4. lover's town revisited ***
5. a new england ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCfRcgoPxTw audio
6. the man in the iron mask **
7. the busy girl buys beauty ***
8. it says here ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvi9DjmINpA live
9. love gets dangerous ***
10.the myth of trust ***
11.from a vauxhall velox **
12.the saturday boy ***
13.island of no return ***
14.st.swithins day **
15.like soldiers do **
16.this guitar says sorry **
17.strange things happen *
18.a lover sings **
19.between the wars ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUA3RU4B8E live
20.world turned upside down ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQwA_kFxoE audio
21.which side are you on? ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbddqXib814 audio

3s=13
2s=7
1s=1

rating: 2.6