Billy Bragg and The Blokes - England, Half English
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 256 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Elektra # 62743-2 | Country/Year: US 2002
Genre: Rock | Style: Political Song
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Billy Bragg and The Blokes / England, Half English
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EAC extraction logfile from 6. August 2012, 19:53
Billy Bragg and The Blokes / England, Half English
Used drive : PIONEER BD-RW BDR-206 Adapter: 2 ID: 3
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -5 -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:03.20 | 0 | 13744
2 | 3:03.20 | 3:58.35 | 13745 | 31629
3 | 7:01.55 | 2:30.22 | 31630 | 42901
4 | 9:32.02 | 2:28.53 | 42902 | 54054
5 | 12:00.55 | 5:31.30 | 54055 | 78909
6 | 17:32.10 | 4:59.37 | 78910 | 101371
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DR8 -0.64 dB -10.85 dB 3:58 02-Jane Allen
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DR6 -0.38 dB -8.62 dB 2:29 04-England, Half English
DR6 -0.23 dB -8.30 dB 5:31 05-NPWA
DR7 -0.54 dB -9.53 dB 4:59 06-Some Days I See The Point
DR6 -0.16 dB -8.01 dB 3:06 07-Baby Faroukh
DR12 -1.40 dB -15.78 dB 3:20 08-Take Down The Union Jack
DR6 -0.16 dB -7.39 dB 3:44 09-Another Kind Of Judy
DR8 -0.16 dB -9.81 dB 3:21 10-He'll Go Down
DR8 -0.16 dB -10.29 dB 3:33 11-Dreadbelly
DR7 -0.08 dB -9.06 dB 3:51 12-Tears Of My Tracks
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log date: 2012-08-17 12:29:39
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CD Info:
Billy Bragg and The Blokes - England, Half English
Label: Elektra
Catalog#: 62743-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Punk
Tracklist:
1 St. Monday 3:03
2 Jane Allen 3:58
3 Distant Shore 2:30
4 England, Half English 2:29
5 Npwa 5:31
6 Some Days I See The Point 4:59
7 Baby Faroukh 3:06
8 Take Down The Union Jack 3:20
9 Another Kind Of Judy 3:44
10 He'll Go Down 3:21
11 Dreadbelly 3:33
12 The Tears Of My Tracks 3:51
review by Kristi Coulter
A George Orwell quote on the inner sleeve of Billy Bragg's frustratingly uneven England, Half English suggests that Bragg is out to explore both his sense of alienation from his native land and England's alienation from its older, purer self. But while a couple of tracks, notably the withering "Take Down the Union Jack," fulfill that promise, overall the album is a decidedly mixed bag of character vignettes and the rabble-rousing political tunes that Bragg can probably write in his sleep by now. The best songs here are the small-scale ones, like "Another Kind of Judy" and "Jane Allen," gimlet-eyed but wryly affectionate portraits of troublesome women. "He'll Go Down," which is reminiscent of "Valentine's Day Is Over" from Workers Playtime, is also a winner. Where Bragg stumbles is on the overtly political tracks, most of which are dogmatic and strident. The anti-WTO "NPWA" (for "no power without accountability") is particularly awkward. Too slickly produced, as is much of the album, it sounds more like an angry undergraduate rant than the work of a mature songwriter. It's hard to argue with the line "We have no job security in this global economy," but even the most politically committed may wish Bragg had found a way to show more and tell less. England, Half English also fails to develop a unified musical voice; the songs skitter from pop to reggae to ska to the Algerian folk-based "Baby Farouk." It's nice to see an artist trying out new styles, but here they feel forced. The album is graced by a wonderful closing track, "The Tears of My Tracks," a Cockney take on Sam Cooke that may be the first got-the-blues-because-I-sold-all-my-vinyl song ever recorded. It's a reminder of what a sharp and charming songwriter Bragg can be; it's too bad more of England, Half English doesn't reflect his considerable gifts. allmusicguide