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Billy Bragg – Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (G+/VG+) – LP, AU 1986
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Talking With The Taxman About Poetry is an LP by Billy Bragg from 1986 released on the Go! Discs, Liberation Records label.
About this album
Talking With The Taxman About Poetry is one of Billy Bragg’s most celebrated early albums, sharpening his mix of folk-rock, punk attitude and plainspoken political commentary. Released in 1986, it followed the success of his debut and found Bragg widening his palette without losing the direct, conversational style that made him distinctive. Songs such as Greetings To The New Brunette, Levi Stubbs' Tears and There Is Power In A Union balance romance, humour and class-conscious fire, while his voice and guitar remain disarmingly immediate. The result is a landmark of British indie-minded protest songwriting, where personal feeling and social argument sit side by side.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Billy BraggLabel: Go! Discs, Liberation Records – LIB5081Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1986Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Folk Rock, Indie RockA1 Greetings To The New Brunette
A2 Train Train
A3 The Marriage
A4 Ideology
A5 Levi Stubbs' Tears
A6 Honey, I'M A Big Boy Now
B1 There Is Power In A Union
B2 Help Save The Youth Of America
B3 Wishing The Days Away
B4 The Passion
B5 The Warmest Room
B6 The Home Front