The Right to Be Italian
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| The Right to Be Italian | ||||
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Cover photo by Lynn Goldsmith | ||||
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| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Recorded | September–December 1980 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant, New York City | |||
| Genre | New wave, pop punk | |||
| Length | 36:37 | |||
| Label | Virgin[1] | |||
| Producer | Richard Gottehrer[2] | |||
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| Singles from The Right to Be Italian | ||||
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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]