Good collection - but not much extras for a box set
KM | Hong Kong | 09/21/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The box contains expanded 2-disc versions of Bragg's 4 studio albums from 1988-1994: Workers' playtime; Don't try this at home; William Bloke; and England half english.
Though there are a lot of bonus materials (offtakes, demos), the missing of the orginal album artworks/liner notes is a big disappointment. For example, the highly characterized graphic depictions in the original CD booklet for each individual tracks of "Don't try this at home" are all but gone.
The 5 stars are for the excellent music here. But as all of them are available separately, one might as well pick up individual packs instead of the whole box. The real bonus material here is the live DVD and the lyrics booklet. The live DVD, which plays for almost 2 hours, captured very well his earlier days (1991) and more recent performance (2002?).
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