Education, Education, Education and War cleverly documents the highs and lows of British history since the First World War. It took me a long time to work that out, but the album is littered with clues, which need to be carefully pieced together.

The album booklet's back cover contains the phrase "original souvenir centenary commemorative package", which when coupled with the military equipment and soldiers throughout the booklet, can only suggest that the album draws some of its inspiration from the First World War. The lead single "Coming Home" also stems from this period in history, seeming to portray the end of the soldier's return home in 1918. 

The exploitation of the working class under capitalism is also alluded to on the first track of the album "The Factory Gates", whilst "Ruffians on Parade", "Cannons", and "Bows and Arrows" also have obvious military connections. Ricky Wilson, Kaiser Chief front man and recent judge on The Voice UK, even went as far as writing a poem entitled The Occupation, documenting all the above plus the worlds search for ways too keep human civilization alive, after years of war, capitalism and politics have begun to run the Earth dry.  And if this wasn't enough of an argument, who can ignore the album title Education, Education, Education and War, which can only be a reference to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's famous parliamentary speech and controversial decisions regarding the Iraq war.

Maybe this has opened your eyes somewhat to the inner workings of such a great album. I would like to stress however, that these are only my assumptions and interpretations - I could quite possibly be barking up the completely wrong tree. But if everyone had the same interpretation of everything, what sort of world would we live in? Do you agree with me? Do you have some other ideas? Please let me know in the comments below!!

Bethany x