Released August 1999 Release date August 1999 Genre Folk rock | Label Rhino Entertainment | |
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Similar Bloke on Bloke, The Internationale, Must I Paint You a Picture, William Bloke, Don't Try This at Home | ||
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".
Contents
The original album cover has the subtitle "(Minding The Gaps)".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Billy Bragg; except where indicated
- "Shirley"
- "Sulk" (words: Billy Bragg; music: Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey)
- "Accident Waiting to Happen" (Red Star Version)
- "The Boy Done Good" (words: Billy Bragg; music: Johnny Marr)
- "Heart Like a Wheel" (Anna McGarrigle)
- "Bad Penny"
- "Ontario, Quebec and Me"
- "Walk Away Renée" (Version) (music: Mike Lookofsky, Tony Sansone, Bob Calilli; monologue: Billy Bragg)
- "Rule Nor Reason"
- "Days Like These" (UK Version)
- "Think Again" (Dick Gaughan)
- "Scholarship Is the Enemy of Romance"
- "Wishing the Days Away" (Ballad Version)
- "The Tatler" (Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman)
- "Jeane" (Steven Morrissey, Johnny Marr)
- "She's Leaving Home" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "I Don't Need This Pressure Ron"
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" - B-side of "Days Like These" GO! Discs [U.K.] #8 (12/85)
Songs
1Shirley3:36
2Sulk
3Accident Waiting to Happen (Red Star version)3:49