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The Internationale (album)

The Internationale
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Studio album by Billy Bragg
Released May 1990
Recorded January–March 1990
Gateway Studios, Cathouse Studio and Pier House Studio
Genre Folk
Length 19:23
Label Liberation Records, Utility Records
Producer Grant Showbiz, Wiggy
Billy Bragg chronology
Workers Playtime
(1988)
The Internationale
(1990)
The Peel Sessions Album
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A−
Robert Christgau (dud)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5/5 stars

The Internationale is a 1990 album by Billy Bragg. Originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records, it is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs. Although Bragg is known for his association with left-wing causes, this release is unusual; most of Bragg's recordings balance overtly political songs with social observation and love songs.

The album was originally released as a seven track EP in 1990.

In 2006, as part of a planned series of reissues of albums in his back catalogue, The Internationale was remastered and reissued along with the seven tracks from 1988's Live & Dubious EP and five bonus tracks. Also included is a bonus DVD titled Here and There containing live concerts from East Berlin, Nicaragua and the Soviet Union.


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