Bridges Not Walls

Bridges Not Walls
Bridges Not Walls
EP by Billy Bragg
Released	November 3, 2017 (United Kingdom) ; November 3, 2017 (United States)
Recorded	May; August 2017
Studio	Street-Level Studios III, London
Genre	Country folk, Americana, alternative rock, music hall
Length	22:47
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Grant Showbiz; Tom Pritchard (mix engineer)
Billy Bragg chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]
Clash magazine	^[4]
Record Collector	^[5]

Bridges Not Walls is an extended play by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, compiling six songs released as downloads as a physical CD in 2017.^[6] It was released as a Mini-LP on November 3, 2017, and includes the new song "Full English Brexit". It was described in Record Collector as "a solid gold illustration of an always inspiring singer-songwriter finding inspiration in the actions of others.^[7]"

Track listing

All tracks composed by Billy Bragg, with the exception of track 3 which was written by Anaïs Mitchell and appeared on her album Hadestown.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sleep of Reason"	4:32
2.	"King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood"	2:58
3.	"Why We Build the Wall"	3:29
4.	"Saffiyah Smiles"	3:32
5.	"Not Everything That Counts Can be Counted"	4:13
6.	"Full English Brexit"	4:03
Total length:		22:47

Personnel

Billy Bragg — vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
CJ Hillman — electric guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, backing vocals
Simon Edwards — double bass, backing vocals
Jacob Stoney — piano, organ, Mellotron, keyboards, backing vocals
Fred Claridge — drums, backing vocals, cajon
Judith Goodman — Mellotron
May Fitzpatrick — backing vocals
Dave Ross — drums

References

^ "Bridges Not Walls – Billy Bragg". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ Deming, Mark (3 November 2017). "Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls — review". Allmusic. Allmusic Group.
^ Mongredien, Phil (5 November 2017). "Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls — review". The Guardian.
^ Marcham, Rory (10 November 2017). "Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls". Music Republic. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ Staunton, Terry (10 November 2017). "Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls". Record Collector. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Billy Bragg releases Bridges Not Walls". Billy Bragg. billybragg.co.uk. 3 November 2017.
^ "Billy Bragg - Bridges Not Walls". Record Collector. Record Collector. 3 November 2017.

[Meta-1] "Bridges Not Walls – Billy Bragg". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[2] Deming, Mark (3 November 2017). "Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls — review". Allmusic. Allmusic Group.

[3] Mongredien, Phil (5 November 2017). "Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls — review". The Guardian.

[Clash-4] Marcham, Rory (10 November 2017). "Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls". Music Republic. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[Record_Collector-5] Staunton, Terry (10 November 2017). "Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls". Record Collector. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[6] "Billy Bragg releases Bridges Not Walls". Billy Bragg. billybragg.co.uk. 3 November 2017.

[7] "Billy Bragg - Bridges Not Walls". Record Collector. Record Collector. 3 November 2017.

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v t e Billy Bragg
Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue Mermaid Avenue Vol. II England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III Tooth & Nail Shine a Light Bridges Not Walls The Million Things That Never Happened
Compilations and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions The Roaring Forty (1983–2023)
Singles and EPs	Between the Wars EP "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "Sexuality" "We Laughed"
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