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Life's A Riot With Spy Vs

Billy Bragg

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Format: CD

Cat No: COOKCD596

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Release Date:  30 September 2010

Label:  Cooking Vinyl

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  0711297470222

Genres:  Rock  

Release Date:  21 October 2013

Label:  Cooking Vinyl

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  711297499629

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his seminal 1983 debut recording Lifes a Riot with Spy vs Spy, Billy Bragg will release a special edition on October 21 comprising the original album re-mastered, plus a new, live solo version by Billy recorded as a unique encore at his London Union Chapel show on Wednesday 5 June 2013.

    Lifes A Riot (30th Anniversary Edition) will feature a sleeve based on the original 1983 Barney Bubbles artwork and be available on CD, in a replica vinyl card sleeve with inner sleeve, limited edition LP with inner sleeve and lyrics on 180g vinyl with DL and digital.

    Billy says Lifes a Riot with Spy vs Spy has a very special place in my heart, being the first step on a 30 year journey that has seen me travel to places that I could never have imagined back in 83. Also, as its only 17 minutes long, I can knock the whole album out as an encore if the fancy takes me - no need to book the Royal Albert Hall and the London Symphony Orchestra

    Earlier this year, Billy released his first new studio album in five years Tooth & Nail (Cooking Vinyl) to huge critical acclaim. Drawing on personal as well as political themes, the album was recorded over a whirlwind five-day session with Grammy Award winning producer Joe Henry and was summed up by Mojo magazine thus: "Bard Of Barking, 56, gets personal, goes universal, makes his best album" (5*).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Milkman Of Human Kindness
      • 2. To Have And To Have Not
      • 3. Richard
      • 4. A New England
      • 5. The Man in the Iron Mask
      • 6. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
      • 7. Lovers Town Revisited

      Disc 2

      • 1. Strange Things Happen (Alternative Version)
      • 2. The Cloth (1)
      • 3. Love Lives Here
      • 4. Speedway Hero
      • 5. Loving You Too Long
      • 6. This Guitar Says Sorry (Alternative Version)
      • 7. Love Gets Dangerous (Alternative Version)
      • 8. The Cloth (2)
      • 9. The Man in the Iron Mask (Alternative Version)
      • 10. A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
      • 11. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Milkman of Human Kindness
      • 2. To Have and to Have Not
      • 3. Richard
      • 4. A New England
      • 5. The Man in the Iron Mask
      • 6. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
      • 7. Lovers Town Revisited
      • 8. Intro (Live)
      • 9. Lovers Town Revisited (Live)
      • 10. To Have and to Have Not (Live)
      • 11. The Busy Girl Buys Beauty (Live)
      • 12. The Man in the Iron Mask (Live)
      • 13. Richard (Live)
      • 14. The Milkman of Human Kindness (Live)
      • 15. A New England (Live)