![]() I’m not sure yet how to characterize the change, but these last two albums definitely represent a shift, more sonically, musically, than thematically, but maybe there as well. Love and Justice, which continue the musical and thematic interests that have marked Bragg’s career, but which also seem qualitatively different from the work prior to William Bloke. It was followed by the Mermaid Avenue albums – studio and live – and then his two most recent works, England, Half English and Mr. Among other things, it’s simply so good, so clearly the album he’s been building towards, that some sort of change was necessary after. It’s roughly at the half-way mark in terms of chronology and discography, but more than that it seems to mark a musical shift, and a maturation of sorts. William Bloke comes at what feels like something of a midpoint in Billy Bragg’s career. One of my favorite tracks from what is perhaps my favorite Billy Bragg album…īilly Bragg, “From Red to Blue” – from the album William Bloke
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