All songs on the original album consisted of Bragg singing to his electric guitar accompaniment.

[1] The album contains both politically charged songs, such as the attack on the school system and unemployment, "To Have and to Have Not", and love songs such as "The Milkman of Human Kindness" and "A New England" (which was later a hit for singer Kirsty MacColl).

[14] Spin wrote the album would, "probably fully launch Bragg on the already friendly seas of college radio, and maybe beyond.

It deserves a listen, but it's not going to spearhead any 'folk revival' you've read about yesterday or three years ago.

[1] In 2006 as part of a series of reissues of albums from his back catalogue, the album was reissued as Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy, with the original tracks on one disc along with a bonus CD of alternative versions and previously unreleased material.