White Bread Black Beer (2023 Reissue)

Fittingly, for the release of White Bread, Black Beer, which was a beautiful expression of the creative energy Gartside had sustained over two decades at that point, Scritti Politti returned to Rough Trade for the first time since the mid-1980s. 

Humbly described by Green on release as "an album of me playing around in the back room... just me alone at home", White Bread, Black Beer was universally acclaimed. Described as "a return to the top" by The Guardian, "the best record of this restlessly self-critical career" by Uncut and "a sophisticated, gloriously gentle thing" by Pitchfork, the record was duly nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize (and was only pipped by Arctic Monkeys' debut).  



After being out of print for several years (and in some places never previously available) both albums will return to the record racks this autumn...    

Released: September 2023
Cat: RTRADLP270
Label: Rough Trade Records

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Tracklist

The Boom Boom Bap      
No Fine Lines      
Snow In Sun        
Cooking
Throw
Dr. Abernathy
After Six               
Petrococadollar 
E Eleventh Nuts 
Window Wide Open
Road To No Regret           
Locked
Mrs. Hughes       
Robin Hood