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Track Listing
1. Accident Waiting to Happen
2. Moving the Goalposts
3. Everywhere
4. Cindy of a Thousand Lives
5. You Woke up My Neighbourhood
6. Trust
7. God's Footballer
8. Few, The
9. Sexuality
10. Mother of the Bride
11. Tank Park Salute
12. Dolphins
13. North Sea Bubble
14. Rumours of War
15. Wish You Were Her
16. Body of Water
Album Notes
Personnel: Billy Bragg (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards); Wiggy (electric guitar, bass); Johnny Marr (electric guitar); John Keane (pedal steel guitar, bass); Peter Buck (mandolin); Elliet Mackrell (violin); Mary Ramsey (violin, viola); Julia Palmer (cello); Lorraine Brown (clarinet, background vocals); Caroline Hall (trombone); Dave Woodhead (flugelhorn); Cara Tivey (piano); Amanda Vincent (keyboards); Danny Thompson, James Eller (bass); J.F.T. Hood (drums, percussion); Jody Linscott (percussion); Kristy MacColl, Michael Stipe, Stephen Lewis, Andy Szabo, Victoria Taylor Roberts (background vocals).
Engineers: Victor Van Vugt, Owen Morris, John Keane.
Perhaps more aptly titled, 'Don't Try Humming These Alone', on this set the prolific Bragg squeezed his impressive and thoughtful lyrics into 16 extraordinarily tight and melodic songs. It briefly made him a chart star, largely helped by the lush arrangements (Cara Tivey's keyboards and Mary Ramsey's violas, in particular), catchy choruses and Bragg's own street-cred humour. Who else could sing about 'drinking with Thomas Paine', who said that 'revolutions . . . are as different as the cultures/That give them birth', and still produce three hits ('Sexuality', 'Accident Waiting To Happen', 'You Woke Up My Neighbourhood') from the same album?
Industry Reviews
(6) - Good - ...just when Billy had finally assured us he wanted to be a pop star we were convinced he didn't mean it...
NME (11/27/1993)
Highly Recommended - ...showcasing Bragg at his all-time best ...He's a great songwriter...
Spin (11/01/1991)
4 Stars - Excellent ...such highlights of his previous albums as 'Greetings To The New Brunette' and 'Levi Stubbs Tears' now mark the standard achieved and even surpassed by most of these 16 new tunes...the lad can sing...
Q (10/01/1991)
4 Stars - Excellent ...such highlights of his previous albums as 'Greetings To The New Brunette' and 'Levi Stubbs Tears' now mark the standard achieved and even surpassed by most of these 16 new tunes...the lad can sing...
Q (10/01/1991)
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