Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy

by Billy Bragg

Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy cover art

Billy Bragg’s remarkable debut is a masterclass in stripped-down, highly poetic songwriting, delivered solely with his thick Essex accent and a fiercely strummed electric guitar. Clocking in at barely 15 minutes, the album is a profoundly raw, incredibly melodic fusion of militant left-wing political anthems and tender, bittersweet romantic folk-punk.

Genres

  • Folk Punk
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Folk Rock

Tracklist

  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. Strange Things Happen - Alternate Version
  9. The Cloth - Version 1
  10. Love Lives Here
  11. Speedway Hero
  12. Loving You Too Long
  13. This Guitar Says Sorry - Alternate Version
  14. Love Gets Dangerous - Alternate Version
  15. The Cloth - Version 2
  16. The Man in the Iron Mask - Alternative Version
  17. A13, Trunk Road to the Sea
  18. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend