Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
by Billy Bragg
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Talking With The Taxman About Poetry is ranked as the best album by Billy Bragg.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 03/13/2026 15:54 | jonny5244 | 8,460 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 16:48 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 01:50 | matterhornrider | 5,140 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 12:09 | JamesMowbray | 5,624 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2026 10:36 |  eclab | 1,565 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 09:37 | #208649
E' un folk elettrico, dinamico ma gentile; Bob Dylan suonato dai Clash o il contrario.
DeusExMackia 05/15/2017 12:10 | #190830 | TOP COMMENT
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Bragg paints a wonderfully gloomy and politically desolate picture of 80s Britain, whilst advancing his simple singer-songwriter style excellently. It's an essential piece of political music, that doesn't shy from being brilliantly honest, and delivers itself via the humble charm of Bragg's voice.
A very good record. Extremely political album with a nod to Dylan's, Chimes of freedom, on, Ideology. Gritty and energetic.
junodog4 01/22/2015 04:03 | #132194 | TOP COMMENT
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Love how blatantly political this is...
Nice album. Only criticism is maybe bit too political. Bragg shouldn't use a 22 track album to convey his socialist ideals.
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