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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Singer-Songwriter · 1986 · 12 tracks

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

A sharp, soulful collision of Thatcher-era protest and tender bedroom poetry. Scrappy electric guitars meet brass flourishes and unvarnished Essex vocals.

September 22, 1986 · Chrysalis

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A fiercely articulate mix of socialist conviction and vulnerable, everyday romanticism.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Greetings to the New Brunette
3:32
02
Train Train
2:13
03
The Marriage
2:32
04
Ideology
3:27
05
Levi Stubbs’ Tears
3:32
06
Honey I’m a Big Boy Now
4:06
07
There Is Power in a Union
2:49
08
Help Save the Youth of America
2:49
09
Wishing the Days Away
2:30
10
The Passion
2:54
11
The Warmest Room
3:57
12
The Home Front
4:10
Moments Worth Listening For
The triumphant brass swell that elevates the working class defiance of There Is Power in a Union.
The heartbreaking narrative shift in Levi Stubbs' Tears where Motown lyrics become a survival mechanism.
The conversational intimacy of the opening lines in Greetings to the New Brunette.
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