The Right to Be Italian

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ReleasedFebruary 1981
RecordedSeptember–December 1980
StudioRecord Plant, New York City
The Right to Be Italian
Cover photo by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1981
RecordedSeptember–December 1980
StudioRecord Plant, New York City
GenreNew wave, pop punk
Length36:37
LabelVirgin[1]
ProducerRichard Gottehrer[2]
Holly Beth Vincent chronology
The Right to Be Italian
(1981)
Holly and the Italians
(1982)
Singles from The Right to Be Italian
  1. "Miles Away" / "It's Only Me"
    Released: 1980 (Europe only)
  2. "I Wanna Go Home" / "Fanzine"
    Released: 1981 (Europe only)
  3. "Youth Coup" / "Poster Boy"
    Released: 1981
  4. "Just for Tonight" / "Baby Gets It All"
    Released: 1981 (UK only)
  5. "Miles Away" / "Means to a Den"
    Released: 1981 (US only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[1]
SoundsStarStarStarHalf star[4]

The Right to Be Italian is the only studio album by the new wave band Holly and the Italians.[5] The album had a troubled recording process that took more than a year to be completed; it was released in February 1981 by Virgin Records. The album was reissued in 2002 in the US by Wounded Bird Records with bonus tracks.[6]

The album peaked at No. 177 on the Billboard 200.[7]

Trouser Press called The Right to Be Italian "a new wave classic of romantic ups and downs, leather-jacket rebellion and kitsch culture, carried mightily on Vincent’s tough-girl attitude, full-throated singing, gale-force Brill Building melodies and chunky rhythm guitar presence."[8] The Rough Guide to Rock deemed the album "a lost masterpiece."[9]

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