Mr Love & Justice
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| Studio album by Billy Bragg | |||||
| Released | March 3, 2008 | ||||
| Recorded | Band version: September 2006 - March 2007 Solo version: September 2007 |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl ANTI- Shock Records |
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| Producer | Grant Showbiz | ||||
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| Singles from Mr. Love & Justice | |||||
Mr. Love & Justice is the twelfth studio album by folk-rock musician Billy Bragg, and the second to be recorded with his backing band The Blokes. The title is taken from the 1960 novel by Colin MacInnes.[1]
Two versions are available on CD. The first is a single-disc album featuring The Blokes, the second is a limited-edition double-disc release. Disc one is the same as the standard issue, but is referred to as Band Version; the second disc, Solo Version, contains the same twelve tracks performed just by Bragg with electric and acoustic guitars.
The album was recorded at Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire in March 2007, with additional recordings taken from a session that was recorded at The Butchers Shop, London NW5 in September 2006. The solo version of the album was recorded by Bragg at Mojo Sound Studios in Devon in September 2007.
The first single to be released from the album was "I Keep Faith" which was released on limited edition 7" on March 17, 2008.[2]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Billy Bragg.[3]
- "I Keep Faith" (featuring Robert Wyatt on backing vocals)
- "I Almost Killed You"
- "M For Me" (featuring Nic Waterhouse on tambourine)
- "The Beach is Free"
- "Sing Their Souls Back Home" (featuring May Fitzpatrick on backing vocals)
- "You Make Me Brave"
- "Something Happened"
- "Mr. Love & Justice"
- "If You Ever Leave"
- "O Freedom"
- "The Johnny Carcinogenic Show" (featuring May Fitzpatrick on backing vocals)
- "Farm Boy"
[edit] Personnel
- Billy Bragg – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Ben Mandelson – mandolin, baritone bouzouki, harmonica, lap steel guitar, electric bouzouki, tenor guitar, electric guitar
- Lu Edmonds – cümbüş, electric guitar.
- Ian McLagan – Hammond B3, piano, Wurlitzer
- Simon Edwards – double bass, electric bass, marímbula, handclaps
- Martyn Barker – hang drum, EFX cymbal, drums, handclaps, shaker, snare, bass drum, bongos, reco reco, Ride cymbal, tambourine, cajón, mazhar, calabash
[edit] References
- ^ Interview, BBC Radio 4 Front Row Thursday 06 March 2008 John Wilson: "You've borrowed the album title from … this is a Colin MacInnes book, isn't it?" Billy Bragg: Yeah, it is – a novel by Colin MacInnes. Oddly enough, I also borrowed the title of an article he wrote for the last album England, Half-English.
- ^ Billy Bragg - I Keep Faith. HMV. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ UNCUT Q&A: BILLY BRAGG. UNCUT. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
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