Workers Playtime (Billy Bragg album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Workers Playtime
Type = Album
Artist = Billy Bragg


Released = September 20 1988
Recorded = Pavilion Studios, London
Genre = Folk
Length = 42:22
Label = Go! Discs
Producer = Joe Boyd, Wiggy
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifyxqq5ldae link]
*Review-Christgau|B|artist=142
Last album = "Talking with the Taxman about Poetry" (1986)
This album = "Workers Playtime" (1988)
Next album = "The Internationale" (1990)

:"This article is about the music album by Billy Bragg. For other meanings of this and similar terms, see Workers' Playtime (radio programme), Workers' Playtime (BB Blunder album), and Workers Playtime (magazine)."

"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. [cite book | title=British Hit Singles & Albums | edition = 19th edition | date = 2006 | isbn = 1-904994-10-5 ]

Track listing

All tracks written by Billy Bragg except where noted.

Disc one

#"She's Got a New Spell" – 3:26
#"Must I Paint You a Picture?" (Extended Version 7:08 Minutes) – 5:32
#"Tender Comrade" – 2:50
#"The Price I Pay" – 3:34
#"Little Time Bomb" – 2:17
#"Rotting on Remand" – 3:37
#"Valentine's Day is Over" – 4:53
#"Life With the Lions" – 3:06
#"The Only One" – 3:26
#"The Short Answer" – 4:59
#"Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" – 4:35

Disc two (2006 reissue)

#"The Only One" (demo version) – 3:36
#"The Price I Pay" (demo version) – 4:01
#"Love Has No Pride" (Eric Kaz, Libby Titus) – 3:35
#"That's Entertainment" (Paul Weller) – 3:53
#"She's Got a New Spell" (demo version) – 2:44
#"The Short Answer" (demo version) – 5:21
#"Little Time Bomb" (demo version) – 2:21
#"Bad Penny" (demo version) – 3:05
#"Reason to Believe" (live) (Tim Hardin) – 2:12
#"Must I Paint You a Picture?" (extended version) – 7:13
#"Raglan Road" (live) (Patrick Kavanagh, traditional) – 3:46

Personnel

Musicians

*Billy Bragg – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, triangle
*Danny Thompson – double bass
*Cara Tivey – piano, vocals, Hammond C-3 organ
*Micky Waller – drums
*Wiggy – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
*Tony Maronie – percussion
*Bruce Thomas – bass guitar
*Dave Woodhead – trumpets, flugelhorn
*B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
*Martin Belmont – electric guitar
*Barb Jungr – harmonica
*Julia Palmer – cello
*Camilla Brunt – violin
*Kenny Jones – 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar
*Theresa Pamplin – viola
*Donna Welchman – violin
*Porky – backing vocals
*Jayne Creamer – backing vocals
*Kaya Jenner – backing vocals
*Michelle Shocked – backing vocals

Production

*Joe Boyd – producer
*Wiggy – producer
*Martin Hayles – engineer
*Graham Dear – assistant engineer
*Lawrence Watson – photography
*Liu Chih-Kuei – artwork
*Thumbnail – design

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/index.html Official Billy Bragg discography]
*2006 reissue CD liner notes