| Brewing Up with Billy Bragg | ||||
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| Released | October 1984 | |||
| Recorded | July 1984 | |||
| Studio | Berry Street Studio, Clerkenwell, London | |||
| Genre | British folk rock, folk punk | |||
| Length | 33:49 | |||
| Label | Go! Discs | |||
| Producer | Ted De Bono | |||
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Brewing Up with Billy Bragg is the second album by Billy Bragg, released in 1984.
While his debut album Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983) was performed by Bragg accompanied only by his guitar, Brewing Up with Billy Bragg began to use subtle overdubs, such as backing vocals on "Love Gets Dangerous", trumpet on "The Saturday Boy" and organ on "A Lover Sings".
The album also continued Bragg's legacy of political songs. "It Says Here" is a bitingly satirical attack on the British tabloid press and "Island of No Return" is a concise anti-war anthem.
The album reached number 16 on the UK albums chart.[1]
The cover of the original album has the subtitle "A Puckish Satire on Contemporary Mores," a quote from the Woody Allen film Love and Death, in which Allen's character reviews an army play presented to Russian soldiers to prevent them from becoming infected with venereal diseases while at war.[2]
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Brewing Up with Billy Bragg", Billy Bragg, CD Presents LTD CD027 (1984) LP