Released May 1990 | Length 19:23 Release date May 1990 Label Utility Records | |
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Recorded January–March 1990Gateway Studios, Cathouse Studio and Pier House Studio Similar Don't Try This at Home, William Bloke, Bloke on Bloke, Brewing Up with Billy Bragg, Mr Love & Justice |
Billy bragg the internationale
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.
Contents
Billy bragg the internationale
Versions
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.
- "The Internationale" (Pierre De Geyter, Billy Bragg) – 3:45
- "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night" (Earl Robinson, Bragg) – 1:27
- "The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions" (Bragg) – 3:59
- "Blake's Jerusalem" (William Blake, Hubert Parry) – 2:30
- "Nicaragua Nicaraguita" (Carlos Mejía Godoy) – 1:06
- "The Red Flag" (Jim Connell, traditional) – 3:12
- "My Youngest Son Came Home Today" (Eric Bogle) – 3:04
Live & Dubious EP - "Introduction" (live) – 0:57
- "Help Save the Youth of America" (live) (Bragg) – 2:36
- "Think Again" (live) (Dick Gaughan) – 4:21
- "Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto" (Bernice Johnson Reagon) – 3:09
- "Days Like These" (DC remix) (Bragg) – 2:40
- "To Have and to Have Not" (live) (Bragg) – 2:47
- "There Is Power in a Union" (with The Pattersons) (Bragg, George F. Root, traditional) – 3:27
Bonus tracks - "Joe Hill" (Phil Ochs) – 8:23
- "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) – 4:35
- "Never Cross a Picket Line" (Bragg) – 3:38
- "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:58
- "A Miner's Life" (traditional) – 3:01
- "There Is Power in a Union" (live) (Bragg, Root, traditional) – 2:35
- "Between the Wars" (live) (Bragg) – 2:31
Nicaragua – July 1987 - "Nicaragua Nicaraguita" (live) (Godoy) – 1:07
Lithuania USSR – May 1988 - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (live) (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 2:07
- "To Have and to Have Not" (live) (Bragg) – 2:21
- "The Milkman of Human Kindness" (live) (Bragg) – 2:29
- "Island of No Return" (live) (Bragg) – 3:24
- "Introduction to Between the Wars" (live) – 3:15
- "Between the Wars" (live) (Bragg) – 2:21
- "The World Turned Upside Down" (live) (Leon Rosselson) – 3:02
- "Levi Stubbs' Tears" (live) (Bragg) – 3:15
- "Help Save the Youth of America" (live) (Bragg) – 2:36
- "A New England" (Bragg) – 2:04
- "Wishing the Days Away" (Bragg) – 4:15
- "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) / "Tupelo Honey" (Van Morrison) – 3:02
- "Star" (David Bowie) – 1:56
- "A13, Trunk Road to The Sea" (Bobby Troup) – 2:17
Musicians
Production
Songs
1The Internationale3:48
2I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night1:29
3The Marching Song of the Covert Battalions4:02