Lauren Murphy and John Meagher discuss this week's new album releases with Seán Rocks - 'The 20/20 Experience' from Justin Timberlake, 'Bloodsports' from Suede, and 'Tooth and Nail' from Billy Bragg.
RTÉ Radio 1 Music Policy To complement the wide range of music on the RTÉ Radio 1 schedule, and to ensure our audience is kept abreast of contemporary music, a playlist system is in operation featuring the best of the current albums and singles. The tracks are rotated over the main daytime programmes and are updated every week. Tracks from the Radio 1 Album of the Week can be heard over the week on Risin' Time, The Ronan Collins Show and Late Date. (Tracks marked ** are new additions).
This weeks album of the week is Billy Bragg - Tooth and Nail. Review Consequence of Sound.net: Between fiscal cliffs, a perilous economic recession, talk of drone attacks, and an overall cultural climate sharply divided between Democrats and Republicans and red and blue states, sometimes it feels like the fate of the world is hanging in a delicate balance. Billy Bragg, however, is a man built for these difficult times. A Dylan-esque poet with a punk rock heart, Bragg has built an earnest career over the past 30 years, one defined by a flagrant disregard for the status ...