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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. New England | |||
| 2. The Man In The Iron Mask | |||
| 3. Milkman Of Human Kindness | |||
| 4. To Have And Have Not | |||
| 5. A Lover Sings | |||
| 6. St. Swithins Day | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Sexuality | |||
| 2. Cindy Of 1000 Lives | |||
| 3. Moving The Goalposts | |||
| 4. Tank Park Salute | |||
| 5. You Woke Up My Neighbourhood | |||
| 6. Accident Waiting To Happen | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. A13, Trunk Road To The Sea | |||
| 2. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend | |||
| 3. Cold And Bitter Tears | |||
| 4. Seven And Seven Is | |||
| 5. When Will I See You Again? | |||
| 6. Rule Nor Reason | |||
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Must I Paint You a Picture is a generous, two-disc, 40-track survey of Bragg's career to date (this limited edition has a third disc of 10 rarities). The tracklisting was apparently assembled with the help of Bragg's fans, who were asked to vote for their favourites on Bragg's website, but this democratic initiative has only been taken so far: while "Little Time Bomb", for example, was a more popular choice than, say, "The Boy Done Good", the latter is included and the former isn't. It would, of course, be uncharitable to suggest that this is reflective of the authoritarian instincts that lurk inside most socialists.
Must I Paint You a Picture is a generous, two-disc, 40-track survey of Bragg's career to date (this limited edition has a third disc of 10 rarities). The tracklisting was apparently assembled with the help of Bragg's fans, who were asked to vote for their favourites on Bragg's website, but this democratic initiative has only been taken so far: while "Little Time Bomb", for example, was a more popular choice than, say, "The Boy Done Good", the latter is included and the former isn't. It would, of course, be uncharitable to suggest that this is reflective of the authoritarian instincts that lurk inside most socialists.
At any rate, though Bragg has always been chiefly characterised as a political songwriter, his best work has always been that which deals with the politics of the personal: there are few more acute summations of the eternal failure of the male and female to make sense to each other than his "How can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team?" Bragg's superb love songs and love-gone-wrong songs are well represented here, from the angry, naive scratchings of "The Milkman of Human Kindness" to such older, if no wiser, musings as "Moving the Goalposts" and "Sulk". Curiously, his older, politically motivated songs now feel like they've reacquired an urgency they lacked during a 1990s largely devoid of stark ideological boundaries, when they sounded rather like quaint period pieces. The so-called war on terror and the increasing discomfort about global trade both have ready made soundtracks in "Between the Wars" and "There is Power in a Union". --Andrew Mueller
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"Essential" collection from staunch left-wing punk-folk stalwart well known for his support of trade unions and anti-racist groups. Whilst none of these songs can really be calleda "hit" - except 'A New England' which was a top ten singlefor Kirsty MacColl - this presents a selection of his best tracks including 'Sexuality', 'The Saturday Boy', 'Moving The Goalposts', 'Help Save The Youth Of America', 'The World Turned Upside Down' and the vitriolic 'Take Down The Union Jack'.
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