Paul Heaton And Jacqui Abbott-Manchester Calling-CD-FLAC-2020-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
     Title   | Manchester Calling
     Genre   | Indie                                Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 64:54
     Label   | Virgin EMI Records                   Store   | 2020
     Catalog | CDV3241                              Rip     | 2020
     Bitrate | 949 kbps                             Size    | 460.93 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. The Only Exercise I Get Is You                              3:21
     02. If You Could See Your Faults                                3:51
     03. Somebody's Superhero                                        3:57
     04. Big News In A Little World                                  4:01
     05. You And Me (Were Meant To Be Together)                      3:38
     06. The Outskirts Of The Dancefloor                             4:38
     07. So Happy                                                    3:17
     08. A Good Day Is Hard To Find                                  4:12
     09. Fat Of The Land                                             3:59
     10. All Of My Friends                                           3:37
     11. The Prison                                                  3:56
     12. House Party 2                                               4:45
     13. He's Got What I Had                                         3:35
     14. New York Ivy                                                5:24
     15. MCR Calling                                                 4:52
     16. My Legal High                                               3:51
 Notes  
     The mellifluous voice of Paul Heaton has often masked the jagged satirical
     content of his lyrics. Stamping all of his projects with not only wry wit
     but a flair for infectious melodies, Heaton was known as leader of popular
     but short-lived UK college rock group The Housemartins in the mid-80's
     before forming the Beautiful South in 1988. Contrasting Heaton's lyrics
     with a sophisticated, jazzy pop sound, that band released ten albums
     between the late '80s and the mid-2000s, reaching number one with their
     1990 single "A Little Time" and the UK Top 15 with every single album.
     After hitting the UK Top Five with all three of their prior duo albums, The
     Beautiful South's Heaton and Jacqui Abbott return with a generous 16-track
     set. A tip of the hat to the Clash's double album London Calling,
     "Manchester Calling" verifies that Heaton can indeed churn out enough
     bouncy earworms and playfully acerbic verses to fill the more ambitious
     length, though it's likely thanks, at least in part, to the three-year gap
     between records, their longest yet. Opening track "The Only Exercise I Get
     Is You" is a prime example of an uptempo, clap-along ditty paired with
     deceptively affectionate lyrics that are volleyed between the couple.
     The song's listing of alternately snide and self-depreciating exceptions to
     inactivity include the opening lines 'Apart from at the supermarket,
     walking down the aisle/Apart from when you're angry and I'm trying not to
     smile'. Later, "A Good Day Is Hard to Find" is another upbeat entry,
     replete with harmonized vocals, jaunty piano, and a brass section. The
     reggae rhythms of "If You Could See Your Faults" see Abbott turning
     self-examination outward, while the country-rock-infused "You and Me (Were
     Meant to Be Together)" is a humorous feel-good track full of appreciation
     ('Like cotton wool and tube of superglue/Inspector Morse or Sherlock Holmes
     to clue/You and me were meant to be together').
     The very few more-wistful entries include "Fat Of The Land", a piano song
     that straddles classic country ballad and cabaret, and "The Outskirts Of
     The Dancefloor", which is closer to Bacharach than to anything fit for the
     clubs. For something completely different, "MCR Calling" examines Heaton's
     adopted city with nods to hip-hop on a dramatic, sample-filled spoken word
     track (They're pulling down the last building anybody actually liked').
     Despite a few poignant moments, "Manchester Calling" is dominated by
     lively, playful songs, and though the track list might have been improved
     by cutting a handful of the more similar ones, the couple can't be justly
     accused of allowing any filler.

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