| Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | October 28, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1983–2001 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:47:22 | |||
| Label | Elektra (UK), Rhino (US) | |||
| Producer | Grant Showbiz, Oliver Hitch, Edward de Bono, John Porter, Kenny Jones | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Mojo | [2] |
| musicOMH | (favorable) [3] |
| No Ripcord |   [4] |
| Q | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
| Uncut | [6] |
Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg, is a three CD collection of Billy Bragg's greatest hits and B-sides, released on October 28, 2003. It consists of a double album and a disc of ten extras. Subscribers to Billy's website voted on their favourite tracks and these votes were used to compile the CD collection.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Album reviews at CD Universe
- ^ musicOMH review
- ^ No Ripcord review
- ^ 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.
rolling stone billy bragg album guide.
- ^ "Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You A Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg". Uncut. 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2013.