Bridges Not Walls

2017 EP by Billy Bragg

Bridges Not Walls

EP by

Billy Bragg

Released| November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) (United Kingdom)
November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) (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
| Shine a Light
(2013)  | Bridges Not Walls
(2017)  | The Million Things That Never Happened
(2021)

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Professional ratingsAggregate 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

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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

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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

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* 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

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

Related articles|

* Discography
* Red Wedge
* "A New England"
* Wilco
* Man in the Sand

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