Described by Folk Roots as “a creator of some of the most potent songs of the last decade,” Robb Johnson is one of the England's finest living songwriters. Over a prolific recording career of more than 30 albums, his songs have found their way into the repertoires of musicians such as folk legend Roy Bailey and cabaret diva Barb Jungr. A Reasonable History of Impossible Demands, Johnson’s first career retrospective, distills the pubs, pavements, and pickets he’s played along the way into a moving collection of songs spanning politics, protest, and above all, what it means to be human. Johnson calls the deluxe box set “part journal, part diary, part testament” and it proves he's not slowing down anytime soon. Featuring 92 songs on 5 CDs, and includes both previously released classics as well as 10 unreleased tracks.

 "One of Britain's most challenging songwriters."—The Daily Telegraph

“Britain’s finest songwriter since Richard Thompson.”—Venue

Track Listing:

1. Upstairs-Downstairs 
2. Rosa's Lovely Daughters 
3. I Close My Eyes 
4. Evergreen 
5. Another Cold Saturday 
6. 6B Go Swimming 
7. Sunday Morning St. Denis
8. Fairy Tales in Feltham 
9. Overnight 
10. Winter Turns To Spring 
11. The Last Time I Saw Paris 
12. You Don't Have To Say Goodbye 
13. Gliders For Tim 
14. More Than Enough 
15. Blame the Snow for Falling 
16. I Remember Managua 
17. Small Revolutions 
18. A Bird Is Singing 
19. Captain Swing 
20. Boxing Day 
21. The Animals Song
22. The Herald of Free Enterprise 
23. Vic Williams 
24. Undefeated 
25. Red & Green 
26. When Saturday Came 
27. Three Minutes Silence 
28. We All Said Stop the War 
29. This Is What Democracy Looks Like 
30. Punk Rock Jubilee 
31. Northwest Frontier 
32. Inexcusable 
33. Little Vinnie Jones 
34. Alice Annie Wheeldon 
35. Ding Dong Thatch 
36. Love Takes No Prisoners 
37. The Night Café 
38. Magic Sam 
39. When Harry Took Me to See Ypres 
40. Au Depart 
41. Changing the Guards 
42. Icebergs 
43. Barricades 
44. The Big Wheel 
45. Dear Andy 
46. I Apologize 
47. At the Siege of Madrid 
48. Invisible People 
49. The Young Man with the Girlfriend & Guitar 
50. My Mother Taught Me How to Waltz 
51. Breakfast in Chemnitz 
52. Clockwork Music 
53. Magic 
54. Justice In Knightsbridge
55. Not in My Name 
56. Remember This 
57. Lottery Land 
58. Martha in the Mirror 
59. Anarchy in Hackney 
60. Hands Off My Friends 
61. You & This City 
62. Ugly Town 
63. UK Talking 
64. On Highway 5 
65. The Prince & Private Gentle 
66. Even Steve McQueen 
67. I am Not at War 
68. Win, Lose or Draw 
69. Falling Down with You 
70. Karl Marx City Blues 
71. Happilly Ever After 
72. 21st Century Blues 
73. Real Cool Purple Shirt 
74. The Beautiful Dark 
75. Don't Close the Bar 
76. Stand Clear! 
77. The London Eye 
78. Anyday 
79. Almost the Homecoming Queen 
80. Man Walks into a Pub 
81. The Wrong Train 
82. A Place in the Country 
83. Pennypot Lane 
84. Rupert Says 
85. Dreams 
86. Cauliflower Curry 
87. No Time to Say Goodbye 
88. Bring Down the Moon 
89. The Rottweiler Man 
90. Downhearted 
91. Be Reasonable 
92. Here Comes That Miracle Again 

Catalog Number: DIRT-CD-0076

UPC: 877746007620