Billy Bragg | Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy | Album

Billy Bragg "Life's a Riot With Spy Vs Spy"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Cooking Vinyl, UK, 2013, COOKLP596, 711297499612, 180g Vinyl, 45RPM, Remastered, 30th Anniversary Edition, Incl. Bonus Tracks, Digital Download

Billy Bragg’s 1983 debut release, Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy, remains one of the most potent, razor-sharp musical statements of the 1980s. Clocking in at just 16 minutes across seven tracks, this mini-album completely bypassed the polished, synth-heavy "New Romantic" trends of its era. Instead, it delivered a stark, deeply moving cocktail of punk aggression and folk vulnerability using nothing more than a heavily distorted electric guitar and a thick Essex accent.

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