Workers Playtime | ||||
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Studio album by Billy Bragg | ||||
Released | September 20, 1988 | |||
Recorded | Pavilion Studios, London | |||
Genre | Folk punk | |||
Length | 42:22 | |||
Label | Go! Discs | |||
Producer | Joe Boyd, Wiggy | |||
Billy Bragg chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | B |
Rolling Stone |
Workers Playtime is a 1988 album by Billy Bragg. Originally released on the Go! Discs label, it is his fourth release but third full-length album. It was reissued on compact disc in September 1996 on the Cooking Vinyl label before being remastered, expanded and reissued in 2006 on the Cooking Vinyl label in the UK and on the Yep Roc label in the United States.
The album reached number 18 in the UK albums chart.
The original album cover has the subtitle "Capitalism Is Killing Music".
The album is referenced in the TV series John Safran's Music Jamboree stating that the album originally appeared with text that the album should not be sold for more than $15 - the label was later removed.
All tracks written by Billy Bragg except where noted.
Information from the Official Billy Bragg website discography and the 2006 reissue CD liner notes unless otherwise noted.