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Alternative PressFeels like a jam session--bluesy keyboard lines and guitar riffs busk with soul-inflected harmonies, world-music percussion and complex, exotic rhythms. [Apr 2002, p.68]
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The Blokes have evolved into a dynamite backup band, folding Bragg's own lyrics into tight jams at every opportunity.
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Injecting the best aspects of Americana to Bragg's inherently British approach makes this one of the early contenders for folk-rock album of the year.
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MagnetAs his politics become more complex, his writing has grown subtler, the melodies more sophisticated and the lyrics more richly detailed. [#53, p.72]
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MojoThis is Billy Bragg as known and loved by many. The difference comes from the never more buoyant Blokes. [Mar 2002, p.114]
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As ever, he's on point, and brilliant.
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SpinEngland's exoticism is offset by plenty of tough and tender ballads, and even the most stridently worldbeat numbers are joyous, well-made, and never patronizing. [Apr 2002, p.117]
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UncutAn album that proves he's worthy of the legacy he cherishes. [Apr 2002, p.102]