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Billy Bragg
- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Release Date: Oct 29, 2021
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Nov 2, 2021It’s quite something for an artist of Bragg’s age and standing to still remain important and vital but, most of the time on this album, that’s exactly how he sounds.
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MojoOct 29, 2021An intimate, thematic country-blues-rock set. [Nov 2021, p.93]
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Oct 29, 2021Taken in tandem, The Million Things That Never Happened ranks as one of Bragg’s most thoughtful efforts, no small accomplishments considering the remarkable records that came before.
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Oct 29, 2021His latest effort is in many ways subtler and even more subdued than much of his work, but it’s an album that sticks.
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Nov 5, 2021At the age of 63, Billy Bragg is not a young man anymore, and The Million Things That Never Happened reflects that but in a way that reveals new themes and thinking in his lyrics; it's a brave, smart, and effective set of songs.
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UncutOct 29, 2021He's honest about uncertainties both personal and political. [Nov 2021, p.25]
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Oct 29, 2021A charming, timely return.
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Oct 29, 2021His music has always had as much empathy as it has had political fire, and it’s the former that dominates here. ... It makes for a record that can occasionally get exasperating in its lack of momentum. ... Yet it is also album that leaves plenty of room for nuanced, compassionate songwriting that never loses grip of its sense of empathy.