Song · Billy Bragg
“Northern Industrial Town” by Billy Bragg
From the album William Bloke (1996)
“Northern Industrial Town” by Billy Bragg appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1996 on the album William Bloke. Its best result is #37 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #267 alternative song of 1995.
"Northern Industrial Town" is on William Bloke, Billy Bragg's seventh album, released in September 1996 under a title that puns on the poet William Blake. Bragg wrote it alone, words and music, and sings and plays guitar on it, with Grant Showbiz producing and Andy Peak engineering.
The record ended a five-year wait. After Don't Try This at Home in 1991, Bragg became a father in 1993 and stepped back to concentrate on his family, and by the time he returned he felt Britain had drifted into a murkier phase than the one that made his 1980s records so ideologically charged. That shift, and a home life turned upside down, are what he said the album is made of. William Bloke got to 16 on the UK Albums Chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 37 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995 | 50 |
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