Tooth & Nail (Billy Bragg album)

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Tooth & Nail
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Studio album by
Released18 March 2013
StudioThe Garfield House Studio, South Pasadena, California
Genre Country folk, Americana, alternative rock
Length42:05
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Joe Henry
Billy Bragg chronology
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(2012)
Tooth & Nail
(2013)
Bridges Not Walls
(2017)

Tooth & Nail is a 2013 studio album by folk musician Billy Bragg. It was released on 18 March 2013, in the United Kingdom and on 19 March 2013, in the United States.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Bragg, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."January Song"2:19
2."No One Knows Nothing Anymore"4:31
3."Handyman Blues"3:03
4."I Ain't Got No Home" (Woody Guthrie)3:33
5."Swallow My Pride"2:50
6."Do Unto Others"4:08
7."Over You"3:15
8."Goodbye, Goodbye"3:16
9."There Will Be a Reckoning"3:30
10."Chasing Rainbows"3:39
11."Your Name on My Tongue"4:50
12."Tomorrow's Going to Be a Better Day"3:10
Total length:42:05

Personnel

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club (B−) [3]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Australian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The album received a generally favourable response from reviewers.

Videos

A video was produced for the track "Handyman Blues", directed by Johnny Vegas. Vegas also starred, alongside Bragg, Stewart Lee, Kevin Eldon, Phill Jupitus, Samuel West, Neil Morrissey, Ricky Grover and Ross Noble. The video depicts a group of men gathering in a DIY store to discuss their lack of practical skills and work through their fear of items in the store.

References

  1. "Tooth and Nail– Billy Bragg". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. Monger, James Christopher. Tooth & Nail at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. Modell, Josh (19 March 2013). "Billy Bragg Tooth & Nail". The A.V. Club. The Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  4. Bray, Ryan (28 March 2013). "Album Review: Billy Bragg – Tooth and Nail". Consequence of Sound.
  5. Spencer, Neil (16 March 2013). "Billy Bragg: Tooth & Nail — review". The Observer. Guardian Media Group.
  6. "Tooth & Nail (Billy Bragg)". The Australian. News Limited. 23 March 2013.
  7. Philip, Matusavage (8 March 2012). "Billy Bragg – Tooth & Nail". MusicOMH. Retrieved 23 March 2012.