Bridges Not Walls

Bridges Not Walls
EP by Billy Bragg
Released	November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)(United Kingdom) November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)(United States)
Recorded	May; August 2017
Studio	Street-Level Studios III, London
Genre	Country folk, Americana, alternative rock, music hall
Length	22:47
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Grant Showbiz; Tom Pritchard (mix engineer)
Billy Bragg chronology
Shine a Light (2013) Bridges Not Walls (2017) The Million Things That Never Happened (2021)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
Clash magazine	[4]
Record Collector	[5]

Bridges Not Walls is an extended play by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, compiling six songs released as downloads as a physical CD in 2017. ^[6] It was released as a Mini-LP on November 3, 2017, and includes the new song "Full English Brexit". It was described in Record Collector as "a solid gold illustration of an always inspiring singer-songwriter finding inspiration in the actions of others. ^[7] "

Track listing

All tracks composed by Billy Bragg, with the exception of track 3 which was written by Anaïs Mitchell and appeared on her album Hadestown .

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sleep of Reason"	4:32
2.	"King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood"	2:58
3.	"Why We Build the Wall"	3:29
4.	"Saffiyah Smiles"	3:32
5.	"Not Everything That Counts Can be Counted"	4:13
6.	"Full English Brexit"	4:03
Total length:		22:47

Personnel

• Billy Bragg — vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
• CJ Hillman — electric guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, backing vocals
• Simon Edwards — double bass, backing vocals
• Jacob Stoney — piano, organ, Mellotron, keyboards, backing vocals
• Fred Claridge — drums, backing vocals, cajon
• Judith Goodman — Mellotron
• May Fitzpatrick — backing vocals
• Dave Ross — drums

References

1. "Bridges Not Walls – Billy Bragg". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. Deming, Mark (3 November 2017). "Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls — review". Allmusic. Allmusic Group.
3. Mongredien, Phil (5 November 2017). "Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls — review". The Guardian.
4. Marcham, Rory (10 November 2017). "Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls". Music Republic. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
5. Staunton, Terry (10 November 2017). "Billy Bragg – Bridges Not Walls". Record Collector. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
6. "Billy Bragg releases Bridges Not Walls". Billy Bragg. billybragg.co.uk. 3 November 2017.
7. "Billy Bragg - Bridges Not Walls". Record Collector. Record Collector. 3 November 2017.