Reaching to the Converted

Reaching to the Converted
Compilation album by Billy Bragg
Released August 1999
Genre Rock folk
Billy Bragg chronology
Mermaid Avenue
(1998)		 Reaching To The Converted
(1999)		 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC(positive)[2]
NME(8/10)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Reaching to the Converted is an album by Billy Bragg released in August 1999. It is a collection of B-sides and rarities that spans Billy's entire career. It includes variations on old favorites, such as "Greetings to the New Brunette" (retitled "Shirley") and "Walk Away Renee".

The original album cover has the subtitle "(Minding The Gaps)".

Track listing

  1. "Shirley" (Billy Bragg)
  2. "Sulk" (Words by Billy Bragg, Music by Billy Bragg & Cara Tivey)
  3. "Accident Waiting to Happen" (Red Star Version) (Billy Bragg)
  4. "The Boy Done Good" (Words by Billy Bragg, Music by Johnny Marr)
  5. "Heart Like a Wheel" (Anna McGarrigle)
  6. "Bad Penny" (Billy Bragg)
  7. "Ontario, Quebec and Me" (Billy Bragg)
  8. "Walk Away Renee" (Version) (Music by Mike Lookofsky, Toby Sansome, Bob Calilli, Monologue: Billy Bragg)
  9. "Rule Nor Reason" (Billy Bragg)
  10. "Days Like These" (UK Version) (Billy Bragg)
  11. "Think Again" (Dick Gaughan)
  12. "Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance" (Billy Bragg)
  13. "Wishing the Days Away" (Ballad Version) (Billy Bragg)
  14. "The Tatler" (Ry Cooder, Russ Titleman)
  15. "Jeane" (Steven Morrissey & Johnny Marr)
  16. "She's Leaving Home" (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
  17. "I Don't Need This Pressure Ron" (Billy Bragg)

Song details

"Shirley" - Previously unreleased version of "Greetings to the New Brunette", recorded in 1992.

"Sulk" & "Accident Waiting to Happen" - B & A-side GO! Discs [U.K.] #67 (2/92).

"The Boy Done Good" - A-side of Cooking Vinyl [U.K.] #064 (5/97)

"Heart Like a Wheel" - B-side of "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" GO! Discs [U.K.] #60 (8/91)

"Bad Penny" - B-side of "Sexuality" GO! Discs [U.K.] #56 (6/91)

"Ontario, Quebec and Me" - B-side of "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" GO! Discs [U.K.] #60 (8/91)

"Walk Away Renee" - B-side of "Levi Stubbs' Tears" GO! Discs [U.K.] #12 (6/86)

"Rule Nor Reason" - B-Side of "Upfield" Cooking Vinyl [U.K.] #051 (9/96)

"Days Like These" (UK Version) - A-side GO! Discs [U.K.] #8 (12/85)

"Think Again" - B-side of "Levi Stubbs' Tears" GO! Discs [U.K.] #12 (6/86)

"Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance" - B-side of "Days Like These" GO! Discs [U.K.] #8 (12/85)

"Wishing the Days Away" (Ballad Version) - B-side of "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" GO! Discs [U.K.] #23 (8/88)

"The Tatler" & "Jeane" - B-side of "Greetings to the New Brunette" GO! Discs [U.K.] #15 (11/86)

"She's Leaving Home" - A-side of ChildLine [U.K.] #1 (5/88)

"I Don't Need This Pressure Ron" (Billy Bragg) - B-side of "Days Like These" GO! Discs [U.K.] #8 (12/85)

References

All information is from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[5]

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ BBC review
  3. ↑ NME review
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 101. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ Reaching the Converted,Billy Bragg, Rhino R2 75962 (1999) CD
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