Billy Bragg: Volume 2
Where once he made a Clash-like racket with just his voice and an electric guitar, this second stage of his career finds him adding to his band and expanding his lyrical reach. Though still a caustic rabble-rouser, Bragg revealed he was equally adept at discussing the struggles of love as he was at discussing the struggles of the working class.
Volume 2 chronicles Bragg's gradual addition of a full band to his formerly sparse guitar and vocal arrangements. The four reissues are Workers Playtime, Don't Try This At Home, William Bloke, and England, Half English. A bonus DVD featuring an entire televised concert from 1991 and a 2006 live performance is only available as part of the 9-disc box set. Each original has been re-mastered as have the five discs of bonus material, much of it previously unavailable and handpicked by Billy and longtime Bragg cohorts Grant Showbiz and Wiggy. |
TRACK LISTING
| Disc 1: | |||
| 1 | She's Got A New Spell | (3:25) | |
| 2 | Must I Paint You A Picture? | (5:32) | |
| 3 | Tender Comrade | (2:50) | |
| 4 | The Price I Pay | (3:34) | |
| 5 | Little Time Bomb | (2:17) | |
| 6 | Rotting On Demand | (3:39) | |
| 7 | Valentine's Day Is O | (4:53) | |
| 8 | Life With The Lions | (3:06) | |
| 9 | The Only One | (3:26) | |
| 10 | The Short Anwser | (4:59) | |
| 11 | Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards | (4:36) | |
| Disc 2: | |||
| 1 | The Only One (Demo) | (3:36) | |
| 2 | The Price I Pay (Demo) | (4:01) | |
| 3 | Love Has No Pride | (3:35) | |
| 4 | That's Entertainment | (3:53) | |
| 5 | She's Got A New Spell (Demo) | (2:44) | |
| 6 | The Short Answer (Demo) | (5:21) | |
| 7 | Little Time Bomb (Demo) | (2:21) | |
| 8 | Bad Penny (Demo) | (3:05) | |
| 9 | Reason To Believe (Live) | (2:12) | |
| 10 | Must I Paint You A Picture? (Extended Version) | (7:13) | |
| 11 | Raglan Road (Live) | (3:46) | |
| Disc 3: | |||
| 1 | Accident Waiting To Happen | (4:00) | |
| 2 | Moving The Goalposts | (2:34) | |
| 3 | Everywhere | (5:00) | |
| 4 | Cindy Of A Thousand Lives | (4:14) | |
| 5 | You Woke Up My Neighbourhood | (3:11) | |
| 6 | Trust | (4:13) | |
| 7 | God's Footballer | (3:04) | |
| 8 | The Few | (3:27) | |
| 9 | Sexuality | (3:48) | |
| 10 | Mother Of The Bride | (3:35) | |
| 11 | Tank Park Salute | (3:30) | |
| 12 | Dolphins | (4:20) | |
| 13 | North Sea Bubble | (3:19) | |
| 14 | Rumours Of War | (2:50) | |
| 15 | Wish You Were Her | (2:46) | |
| 16 | Body Of Water | (3:57) | |
| Disc 4: | |||
| 1 | Party Of God | (4:15) | |
| 2 | North Sea Bubble (Demo) | (3:29) | |
| 3 | Sexuality (Demo) | (3:53) | |
| 4 | Just OneVictory (Alternative Mix) | (5:30) | |
| 5 | Everywhere (Alternative Version) | (4:42) | |
| 6 | Trust (Demo) | (4:42) | |
| 7 | Bread & Circuses | (4:28) | |
| 8 | Cindy Of A Thousand Lives (Demo) | (3:38) | |
| 9 | The Few (Demo) | (3:50) | |
| 10 | Revolution | (1:50) | |
| 11 | Tighten Up Your Wig (with The Athenians & DJ Woody Dee) | (3:17) | |
| 12 | MBH | (2:07) | |
| 13 | This Gulf Between Us | (2:46) | |
| 14 | Piccadilly Rambler | (1:49) | |
| Disc 5: | |||
| 1 | From Red To Blue | (3:20) | |
| 2 | Upfield | (4:06) | |
| 3 | Everybody Loves You Babe | (3:09) | |
| 4 | Sugardaddy | (4:37) | |
| 5 | A Pict Song | (4:55) | |
| 6 | Brickbat | (3:14) | |
| 7 | The Space Race Is Over | (4:26) | |
| 8 | Northern Industrial Town | (2:58) | |
| 9 | The Fourteenth Of February | (3:26) | |
| 10 | King James Version | (3:21) | |
| 11 | Goalhanger | (3:46) | |
| Disc 6: | |||
| 1 | As Long As You Hold Me (Demo) | (3:25) | |
| 2 | Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Demo) | (1:42) | |
| 3 | Sugar Daddy (Demo) | (4:07) | |
| 4 | The Space Race Is Over (Demo) | (5:09) | |
| 5 | Goalhanger (Demo) | (2:42) | |
| 6 | Upfield (Demo) | (5:03) | |
| 7 | The Fourteenth Of February (Demo) | (3:25) | |
| 8 | Qualifications | (1:48) | |
| 9 | Never Had No One Ever | (3:40) | |
| 10 | Thatcherites | (4:13) | |
| 11 | All Fall Down | (3:34) | |
| Disc 7: | |||
| 1 | St. Monday | (3:03) | |
| 2 | Jane Allen | (3:58) | |
| 3 | Distant Shore | (2:30) | |
| 4 | England, Half English | (2:28) | |
| 5 | NPWA | (5:31) | |
| 6 | Some Days I See The Point | (4:59) | |
| 7 | Baby Faroukh | (3:05) | |
| 8 | Take Down The Union Jack | (3:19) | |
| 9 | Another Kind Of Judy | (3:44) | |
| 10 | He'll Go Down | (3:21) | |
| 11 | Dreadbelly | (3:32) | |
| 12 | Tears Of My Tracks | (3:53) | |
| Disc 8: | |||
| 1 | Billericay Dickie | (4:45) | |
| 2 | Mansion On The Hill | (4:20) | |
| 3 | Glad And Sorry | (4:08) | |
| 4 | He'll Go Down (Demo) | (3:30) | |
| 5 | Yarra Song | (3:32) | |
| 6 | You Pulled The Carpet Out | (2:38) | |
| 7 | Mystery Shoes | (3:08) | |
| 8 | Tears Of My Tracks (Demo) | (3:19) | |
| 9 | Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version) | (3:22) | |
| 10 | England, Half English (7 | (3:55) | |
| 11 | 1 2 3 4 | (2:04) | |
| 12 | Dry Bed (Band Version) | (3:18) | |
| 13 | Danny Rose | (2:27) | |
| 14 | She Smiled Sweetly | (2:50) | |
