Billy Bragg

The Roaring Forty | 1983–2023

Release date October 26, 2023

Tracklist

1
The Milkman of Human Kindness
2:49
2:49
2
To Have and to Have Not
2:33
2:33
3
Richard
2:51
2:51
4
A New England
2:14
2:14
5
The Man in the Iron Mask
2:14
2:14
6
The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
1:58
1:58
7
Lover’s Town Revisited
1:19
1:19
8
Strange Things Happen (alternative version)
3:17
3:17
9
The Cloth (1)
2:50
2:50
10
Love Lives Here
1:42
1:42
11
Speedway Hero
2:38
2:38
12
Loving You Too Long
2:50
2:50
13
The Man in the Iron Mask (alternative version)
2:17
2:17
14
This Guitar Says Sorry (alternative version)
2:14
2:14
15
Love Gets Dangerous (alternative version)
2:32
2:32
16
The Cloth (2)
2:46
2:46
17
A13 (Trunk Road to The Sea)
2:27
2:27
18
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
2:32
2:32
19
A New England
2:18
2:18
20
Strange Things Happen
2:43
2:43
21
This Guitar Says Sorry
2:35
2:35
22
Love Gets Dangerous
2:18
2:18
23
Fear Is a Man’s Best Friend
2:40
2:40
24
A13 (Trunk Road to The Sea)
2:26
2:26
25
The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
2:03
2:03
26
The Man in the Iron Mask
2:08
2:08
27
A New England
2:11
2:11
28
It Says Here
4:18
4:18
29
Love Gets Dangerous
2:25
2:25
30
The Myth of Trust
2:55
2:55
31
From a Vauxhall Velox
2:32
2:32
32
The Saturday Boy
3:32
3:32
33
Island of No Return
3:36
3:36
34
St. Swithin's Day
3:51
3:51
35
Like Soldiers Do
2:40
2:40
36
This Guitar Says Sorry
2:30
2:30
37
Strange Things Happen
2:40
2:40
38
A Lover Sings
3:52
3:52
39
It Must Be a River
2:18
2:18
40
Won’t Talk About It
5:05
5:05
41
Talking Wag Club Blues
2:58
2:58
42
You Got the Power
3:09
3:09
43
The Last Time
2:54
2:54
44
Back to the Old House
2:51
2:51
45
A Lover Sings (alternative version)
3:57
3:57
46
Between the Wars
2:29
2:29
47
Which Side Are You On?
2:34
2:34
48
The World Turned Upside Down
2:35
2:35
49
It Says Here (alternative version)
2:35
2:35
50
Days Like These
2:20
2:20
51
I Don't Need This Pressure Ron
1:57
1:57
52
Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance
2:22
2:22
53
Between the Wars
2:31
2:31
54
Greetings to the New Brunette
3:33
3:33
55
Train Train
2:13
2:13
56
The Marriage
2:33
2:33
57
Ideology
3:29
3:29
58
Levi Stubbs' Tears
3:32
3:32
59
Honey I’m a Big Boy Now
4:09
4:09
60
There Is Power in a Union
2:50
2:50
61
Help Save the Youth of America
2:50
2:50
62
Wishing the Days Away
2:31
2:31
63
The Passion
2:56
2:56
64
The Warmest Room
3:59
3:59
65
The Home Front
4:11
4:11
66
Shirley
3:34
3:34
67
The Tracks of My Tears
2:55
2:55
68
Wishing the Days Away (alternate version)
2:31
2:31
69
The Clashing of Ideologies (alternate version)
2:50
2:50
70
A Nurse’s Life Is Full of Woe
2:47
2:47
71
Only Bad Signs
3:10
3:10
72
Hold the Fort
1:47
1:47
73
Think Again
3:33
3:33
74
Walk Away Renee (version)
2:25
2:25
75
The Tatler
3:39
3:39
76
Deportees
4:01
4:01
77
Jeane
2:52
2:52
78
Sin City
3:33
3:33
79
She’s Got a New Spell
3:25
3:25
80
Must I Paint You a Picture?
5:30
5:30
81
Tender comrade
2:48
2:48
82
The Price I Pay
3:33
3:33
83
Little Time Bomb
2:18
2:18
84
Rotting on Remand
3:38
3:38
85
Valentine's Day Is Over
4:54
4:54
86
Life With the Lions
3:05
3:05
87
The Only One
3:23
3:23
88
The Short Answer
4:56
4:56
89
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
4:35
4:35
90
The Price I Pay (demo)
3:58
3:58
91
Love Has No Pride
3:33
3:33
92
That’s Entertainment
3:51
3:51
93
She’s Got a New Spell (alt version)
2:42
2:42
94
Little Time Bomb (demo)
2:19
2:19
95
Bad Penny (demo)
3:04
3:04
96
Reason to Believe
2:09
2:09
97
Raglan Road
3:44
3:44
98
She’s Leaving Home
3:00
3:00
99
Wishing the Days Away (ballad version)
4:34
4:34
100
Won’t Talk About It
4:22
4:22
101
The Internationale
3:49
3:49
102
I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
1:30
1:30
103
The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions
4:01
4:01
104
Blake’s Jerusalem
2:33
2:33
105
Nicaragua Nicaraguita
1:09
1:09
106
The Red Flag
3:14
3:14
107
My Youngest Son Came Home Today
3:08
3:08
108
Joe Hill
8:23
8:23
109
This Land Is Your Land
4:35
4:35
110
Never Cross a Picket Line
3:37
3:37
111
A Change Is Gonna Come
3:57
3:57
112
A Miner’s Life
3:00
3:00
113
Introduction
0:58
0:58
114
Help Save the Youth of America (live)
2:37
2:37
115
Think Again (live)
4:23
4:23
116
Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto (live)
3:11
3:11
117
Days Like These (DC remix)
2:42
2:42
118
To Have and to Have Not (live)
2:49
2:49
119
There Is Power in a Union
3:27
3:27
120
Levi Stubbs’ Tears (live)
3:48
3:48
121
Ideology
4:54
4:54
122
The Short Answer (live)
4:41
4:41
123
Seven and Seven Is
2:10
2:10
124
Accident Waiting to Happen
4:00
4:00
125
Moving the Goalposts
2:33
2:33
126
Everywhere
4:59
4:59
127
Cindy of a Thousand Lives
4:14
4:14
128
You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
3:10
3:10
129
Trust
4:11
4:11
130
God’s Footballer
3:04
3:04
131
The Few
3:27
3:27
132
Sexuality
3:46
3:46
133
Mother of the Bride
3:34
3:34
134
Tank Park Salute
3:29
3:29
135
Dolphins
4:19
4:19
136
North Sea Bubble
3:18
3:18
137
Rumours of War
2:49
2:49
138
Wish You Were Her
2:47
2:47
139
Body of Water
3:54
3:54
140
Bad Penny
2:31
2:31
141
Ontario Quebec and Me
2:42
2:42
142
Bread and Circuses
4:26
4:26
143
Heart Like a Wheel
2:44
2:44
144
Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version)
3:46
3:46
145
Sulk
3:46
3:46
146
Revolution
1:49
1:49
147
From Red to Blue
3:22
3:22
148
Upfield
4:07
4:07
149
Everybody Loves You Babe
3:11
3:11
150
Sugardaddy
4:37
4:37
151
A Pict Song
4:56
4:56
152
Brickbat
3:14
3:14
153
The Space Race Is Over
4:26
4:26
154
Northern Industrial Town
2:59
2:59
155
The Fourteenth of February
3:27
3:27
156
King James (alternative version)
3:22
3:22
157
Goalhanger
3:46
3:46
158
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (demo)
4:56
4:56
159
The Boy Done Good
3:22
3:22
160
Run Out of Reasons
5:30
5:30
161
Just One Victory
3:22
3:22
162
The Boy Done Good
1:49
1:49
163
Qualifications
4:46
4:46
164
Sugardaddy (Smokey Gets in Your Ears mix)
3:39
3:39
165
Never Had No One Ever
3:12
3:12
166
Rule nor Reason
4:13
4:13
167
Thatcherites
1:42
1:42
168
Walt Whitman’s Niece
3:53
3:53
169
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
4:06
4:06
170
Birds & Ships
2:14
2:14
171
She Came Along to Me
3:27
3:27
172
Ingrid Bergman
1:51
1:51
173
I Guess I Planted
3:34
3:34
174
Eisler on the Go
2:57
2:57
175
The Unwelcome Guest
5:07
5:07
176
My Flying Saucer
1:46
1:46
177
Hot Rod Hotel
3:18
3:18
178
Stetson Kennedy
2:39
2:39
179
All You Fascists
2:45
2:45
180
Meanest Man
3:46
3:46
181
Black Wind Blowing
3:00
3:00
182
Bugeye Jim
3:15
3:15
183
My Thirty Thousand
2:38
2:38
184
Ought to Be Satisfied Now
3:32
3:32
185
Go Down to the Water
4:33
4:33
186
Jailcell Blues
2:25
2:25
187
Don’t You Marry
3:16
3:16
188
Give Me a Nail
1:40
1:40
189
Union Prayer
4:10
4:10
190
Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
3:44
3:44
191
I’m Out to Get
3:58
3:58
192
St. Monday
3:02
3:02
193
Jane Allen
3:57
3:57
194
Distant Shore
2:28
2:28
195
England, Half English
2:26
2:26
196
NPWA
5:30
5:30
197
Some Days I See the Point
4:57
4:57
198
Baby Faroukh
3:03
3:03
199
Take Down the Union Jack
3:18
3:18
200
Another Kind of Judy
3:42
3:42
201
He’ll Go Down
3:20
3:20
202
Dreadbelly
3:31
3:31
203
The Tracks of My Tears
3:52
3:52
204
Mystery Shoes
3:08
3:08
205
England, Half English (7″ remix)
3:55
3:55
206
Take Down the Union Jack (band version)
3:21
3:21
207
Yarra Song
3:32
3:32
208
You Pulled the Carpet Out
2:37
2:37
209
Christ for President (live in the studio)
4:12
4:12
210
California Stars (live in the studio)
3:58
3:58
211
Hoodoo Ska Voodoo (live in the studio)
5:20
5:20
212
My Father’s Mansions
2:57
2:57
213
England Half English Meets John Barleycorn
2:53
2:53
214
I Keep Faith
4:35
4:35
215
I Almost Killed You
2:38
2:38
216
M for Me
2:43
2:43
217
The Beach Is Free
2:43
2:43
218
Sing Their Souls Back Home
3:28
3:28
219
You Make Me Brave
3:04
3:04
220
Something Happened
2:38
2:38
221
Mr Love & Justice
3:13
3:13
222
If You Ever Leave
3:01
3:01
223
O Freedom
4:05
4:05
224
The Johnny Carcinogenic Show
4:15
4:15
225
Farm Boy
3:37
3:37
226
Ash Wednesday
2:02
2:02
227
Like Soldiers Do (acoustic version)
3:42
3:42
228
The Price of Oil
4:50
4:50
229
Down in the Willow Garden
2:51
2:51
230
Old Clash Fan Fight Song
2:34
2:34
231
The Big Lie
2:04
2:04
232
Home
3:20
3:20
233
Same Again
2:05
2:05
234
There Will Be a Reckoning
3:44
3:44
235
All You Fascists 2010
1:52
1:52
236
Tomorrow’s Going to Be a Better Day
2:53
2:53
237
The Battle of Barking
2:16
2:16
238
A New England (From a Concert for Kirsty Maccoll)
4:07
4:07
239
January Song
2:21
2:21
240
No One Knows Nothing Anymore
4:32
4:32
241
Handyman Blues
3:02
3:02
242
I Ain't Got No Home
3:34
3:34
243
Swallow My Pride
2:51
2:51
244
Do Unto Others
4:08
4:08
245
Over You
3:15
3:15
246
Goodbye, Goodbye
3:15
3:15
247
There Will Be a Reckoning
3:30
3:30
248
Chasing Rainbows
3:38
3:38
249
Your Name on My Tongue
4:50
4:50
250
Tomorrow’s Going to Be a Better Day
3:11
3:11
251
We're Following the Wrong Star
4:10
4:10
252
Never Buy the Sun
3:45
3:45
253
Last Flight to Abu Dhabi
2:06
2:06
254
Constituition Hill
2:30
2:30
255
Lay Down Your Weary Tune
4:19
4:19
256
Song of the Iceberg
3:50
3:50
257
There Is Power in a Union
2:51
2:51
258
Hope St.
3:38
3:38
259
Kilroy Was Here
4:12
4:12
260
Sunday Morning
2:52
2:52
261
Rock Island Line
2:56
2:56
262
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
4:29
4:29
263
The Midnight Special
3:35
3:35
264
Railroad Bill
2:49
2:49
265
Lonesome Whistle
2:54
2:54
266
KC Moan
2:40
2:40
267
Waiting for a Train
2:47
2:47
268
In the Pines
3:30
3:30
269
Gentle on My Mind
3:39
3:39
270
Hobo’s Lullaby
3:57
3:57
271
Railroading on the Great Divide
3:08
3:08
272
John Henry
2:41
2:41
273
Early Morning Rain
4:15
4:15
274
Why We Build the Wall (live)
3:45
3:45
275
The Midnight Special (live)
3:36
3:36
276
The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore (live)
4:46
4:46
277
The Sleep of Reason
4:33
4:33
278
King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood
3:00
3:00
279
Why We Build the Wall
3:30
3:30
280
Saffiyah Smiles
3:33
3:33
281
Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
4:14
4:14
282
Full English Brexit
4:04
4:04
283
Should Have Seen It Coming
3:24
3:24
284
Mid-Century Modern
5:28
5:28
285
Lonesome Ocean
3:35
3:35
286
Good Days and Bad Days
4:41
4:41
287
Freedom Doesn’t Come for Free
3:21
3:21
288
Reflections on the Mirth of Creativity
3:08
3:08
289
The Million Things That Never Happened
3:46
3:46
290
The Buck Doesn’t Stop Here No More
4:44
4:44
291
I Believe in You
3:02
3:02
292
Pass It On
3:52
3:52
293
I Will Be Your Shield
3:31
3:31
294
Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained
3:39
3:39
295
Sulk (live)
3:45
3:45
296
Moving the Goalposts (live)
2:58
2:58
297
Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained (live)
3:19
3:19
298
The Million Things That Never Happened (live)
3:49
3:49
299
King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood (live)
2:56
2:56
300
Mid‐Century Modern (live)
4:55
4:55
301
Cindy of a Thousand Lives (live)
4:22
4:22
302
Lonesome Ocean (live)
3:42
3:42
303
Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) (live)
2:44
2:44
304
The Internationale
3:32
3:32
305
Salt of the Earth
2:55
2:55
306
My Youngest Son Came Home Today
3:39
3:39
307
PF Sloan Billy Bragg
4:25
4:25
308
Darling, Let’s Have Another Baby
2:47
2:47
309
If I Had a Hammer
3:05
3:05
310
Slipknot
4:34
4:34
311
Marching Out From Selma
3:07
3:07
312
When the Ship Comes In (live)
3:25
3:25
313
Don’t Do It Liza
3:54
3:54
314
The Drugs Don’t Work
4:13
4:13
315
I Ain’t Got No Home
4:03
4:03
316
On a Good Day
2:17
2:17
317
Talkin’ World War III Blues
3:11
3:11
318
The Rebels of ’48 (live)
3:17
3:17
319
An English Revolutionary (live)
3:30
3:30
320
Ballots and Bread (live)
4:01
4:01
321
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You
3:22
3:22
322
If We Make It Through December
3:13
3:13
323
Springhill
4:51
4:51
324
Can’t Be There Today
3:41
3:41

Current tour

Billy Bragg is on tour now!

Billy Bragg will be next performing at Club Soda on Saturday 04 July 2026, and is scheduled to play 25 concerts across 3 countries in 2026.

Upcoming Concerts