Don't Try This at Home

by Billy Bragg

Don't Try This at Home cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1991
  • Label: Go! Discs
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:49:15
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding far beyond his signature solitary electric guitar strumming, the political folk-punk troubadour embraced a lush, full-band jangle pop sound. The collaboration with Johnny Marr on the hit single 'Sexuality' highlighted the record's unexpected but highly successful pop accessibility.

Genres

Descriptors: political, folk, protest, acoustic, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Accident Waiting to Happen (4:00)
  2. Moving the Goalposts (2:34)
  3. Everywhere (5:00)
  4. Cindy of a Thousand Lives (4:14)
  5. You Woke up My Neighbourhood (3:11)
  6. Trust (4:13)
  7. God's Footballer (3:04)
  8. The Few (3:27)
  9. Sexuality (3:48)
  10. Mother of the Bride (3:35)
  11. Tank Park Salute (3:30)
  12. Dolphins (4:20)
  13. North Sea Bubble (3:19)
  14. Rumours of War (2:50)
  15. Wish You Were Her (2:46)
  16. Body of Water (3:57)
  17. Party of God (4:15)
  18. North Sea Bubble - Demo (3:29)
  19. Sexuality - Demo (3:53)
  20. Just One Victory - Alternate Version (5:30)
  21. Everywhere - Alternate Version (4:42)
  22. Trust - Demo (5:42)
  23. Bread & Circuses (4:28)
  24. Cindy of a Thousand Lives - Demo (3:38)
  25. The Few - Demo (3:50)
  26. Revolution (1:50)
  27. Tighten up Your Wig (3:17)
  28. MBH (2:07)
  29. This Gulf Between Us (2:46)
  30. Piccadilly Rambler (1:49)

Credits

  • Billy Bragg - primary artist, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Peter Buck - acoustic guitar, mandolin, written-by
  • Wiggy - acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, mandolin, written-by
  • Andy Szabo - backing vocals
  • Cara Tivey - backing vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Kirsty MacColl - backing vocals
  • Lorraine Bowen - backing vocals, clarinet
  • Michael Stipe - backing vocals
  • Greg Trooper - Written-By
  • Sid Griffin - Written-By
  • Johnny Marr - Written-By
  • Fred Neil - Written-By

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