Another cracking album from Half Man Half Biscuit. Although, a couple of the tracks don't quite match up to the rest of the album, She's In Broadstairs is a bit lame and The Referees Alphabet, though funny, doesn't really stand up to multiple listens but otherwise this is a winner!

The boys have got a brilliant sound on this album (for THEM that is, by any other bands standards it'd be rubbish) and the first five songs are all excellent. Them's The Vagaries probably being my favourite if not for the dirty riff then for the line "Bin men, thin men, lexicographers. Squid yes, not so octopuss" Now THERE is a lesson in lyric writing!!!

Breaking News has me in stitches every time. It's all about "Operation 'less pricks'", which involves cleaning up the streets and removing unwanted people from society for "annoying the nation". I love the Lisa Riley's inclusion.

Thy Damnation, Slumbereth Not is one of those epic lumbering Half Man tunes that remind you what great songwriters they are.

The humourous, cynical observations really are at there best on this cd. And with lines like "I'm off to see the Bootleg Beatles as the bootleg Mark Chapman" who wouldn't want this in their collection?!?!?

1 - The Light at the End of the Tunnel (is the Light of an Oncoming Train)
2 - When the Evening Sun Goes Down
3 - San Antonio Foam Party
4 - Them's the Vagaries
5 - If I had Possession Over Pancake Day
6 - The Referee's Alphabet
7 - She's in Broadstairs
8 - Tyrolean Knockabout
9 - Breaking News
10 - 27 Yards of Dental Floss
11 - Paradise Lost (You're the Reason Why)
12 - Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not
13 - Stavanger Töestub