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''Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy'' is Billy Bragg's first studio album, released in 1983. All songs on the original album consisted of Bragg singing to his electric guitar accompaniment. The original album played at 45 rpm rather than the more usual 33.3 rpm, contained only seven songs and lasted for only 15 minutes and 57 seconds. However, rather than being classified as an EP, it qualified for the UK albums chart and reached number 30 in January 1984. The album contains both politically charged songs, such as the attack on the school system and unemployment, "To Have and To Have Not," and love songs such as "The Milkman of Human Kindness" and "A New England" (which was later a hit for singer Kirsty MacColl.) In 2013, ''NME'' ranked the album at number 440 in its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.〔http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm〕 ==Versions== The album was originally released by Charisma Records in May 1983. The cassette version of the album was recorded on only one side of the tape; the second side of the tape was blank, inscribed with a message that fans should use it to bootleg his concerts. The album was then reissued in November 1983 on Go! Discs. In 1986 the tracks from the album along with the tracks from ''Brewing Up with Billy Bragg'' (1984) and the tracks from the ''Between the Wars'' EP (1985) were issued on an compilation album called ''Back to Basics'' by Go! Discs. This compilation was reissued by Cooking Vinyl in 1996. Cooking Vinyl released another compilation album in 1996 combining the tracks from the album with the four tracks from the ''Between the Wars'' EP and titled ''Life's a Riot Between the Wars''.() In 2006 as part of a series of reissues of albums from his back catalogue, the album was reissued as ''Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy'', with the original tracks on one disc along with a bonus CD of alternate versions and previously unreleased material. The tracks on the bonus CD were produced and compiled by Grant Showbiz. In October 2013, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original release, a new version was released. This featured a remastered version of the original tracks alongside a live performance of the entire EP which was recorded live at the Union Chapel, London on 5 June 2013.〔http://www.billybragg.co.uk/store/index.php/music/lifesariot-30th-anniversarycd.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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