Bridges Not Walls

Bridges Not Walls
Bridges Not Walls
EP by Billy Bragg
Released	3 November 2017
Recorded	May; August 2017
Studio	Street-Level Studios III, London
Genre	Country folk, Americana, alternative rock, music hall
Length	22:47
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Grant Showbiz; Tom Pritchard (mix engineer)
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Released3 November 2017

RecordedMay; August 2017

StudioStreet-Level Studios III, London

GenreCountry folk, Americana, alternative rock, music hall

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100^[1]
Review scores
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AllMusic	^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]
Clash	^[4]
Record Collector	^[5]

Bridges Not Walls is an extended play by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, compiling six songs released as downloads as a physical CD in 2017.^[6] It was released as a Mini-LP on 3 November 2017, and includes the new song "Full English Brexit". It was described in Record Collector as "a solid gold illustration of an always inspiring singer-songwriter finding inspiration in the actions of others".^[7]

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sleep of Reason"	4:32
2.	"King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood"	2:58
3.	"Why We Build the Wall"	3:29
4.	"Saffiyah Smiles"	3:32
5.	"Not Everything That Counts Can be Counted"	4:13
6.	"Full English Brexit"	4:03
Total length:		22:47

v t e Billy Bragg
Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue Mermaid Avenue Vol. II England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III Tooth & Nail Shine a Light Bridges Not Walls The Million Things That Never Happened
Compilations and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions The Roaring Forty (1983–2023)
Singles and EPs	Between the Wars EP "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "Sexuality" "We Laughed"
Related articles	Discography Red Wedge "A New England" Wilco Man in the Sand

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