Don't Try This At Home

Don't Try This At Home

One wouldn t imagine that a died-in-red-wool socialist agitator and spiritual offspring of Woody Guthrie would be able to make serious inroads in modern-rock radio, but Billy Bragg did indeed slip onto some playlists with 1991 s Don t Try This at Home. Working with a full band (the Smiths Johnny Marr and R.E.M. s Peter Buck and Michael Stipe are among the guests) with bits of brass and strings shading the arrangements, Bragg came up with a surplus of hooky songs highlighted by the minor hit Sexuality. Conflict both personal ( You Woke Up My Neighborhood, Accident Waiting to Happen ) and political ( Everywhere, God s Footballer ) intertwine among these 16 songs in customary Bragg fashion. Ultimately, Home stands as one of the Brit firebrand s most accessible efforts. --Steven Stolder SKU : ADIB000002H9H