Billy's first new studio album in six years, Mr Love & Justice, is released in the UK by Cooking Vinyl on 3 March 2008 and by Anti- in North America on 22 April. Shock Records is releasing the album in Australia and New Zealand. The album is being released in two versions: one features Billy Bragg and The Blokes; the second is a 2 CD deluxe version featuring the band version and the same songs performed by Billy solo.
It will be available to order direct from the Billy Bragg Shop very soon. Full track listing (same for band and solo discs) is:
01. I Keep Faith
02. I Almost Killed You
03. M For Me
04. The Beach is Free
05. Sing Their Souls Back Home
06. You Make Me Brave
07. Something Happened
08. Mr. Love & Justice
09. If You Ever Leave
10. O Freedom
11. The Johnny Carcinogenic Show
12. Farm Boy
The 12-track album has been produced by Grant Showbiz and features The Blokes, comprising the celebrated Ian McLagan - of Small Faces, Bob Dylan, The Faces and Rolling Stones fame - on Hammond organ and piano, with Ben Mandelson (lap steel guitar and bouzouki); Lu Edmonds (electric guitar and vocals); Martyn Barker (drums) and Simon Edwards (bass).
They are joined by the legendary Robert Wyatt, the guest vocalist on a track called 'I Keep Faith' recorded in South Thoresby, Lincolnshire. The collaboration came about when Bragg, in search of fresh rhubarb for a crumble, was in nearby Louth where he met Wyatt who lives in the town.
"I hadn't seen him since Red Wedge (the 1986 Labour Party youth vote initiative)," says Bragg. "He found me some rhubarb and then came along to the recording session and sang beautiful vocals to the chorus of 'I Keep Faith' – it was like angels singing!"
3 comments:
Yay for a new Billy Bragg CD!
And thanks, MG, for keeping us all informed. You're quite the public servant.
are you mocking me?
Absolutely not.
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