''Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose'' is the third studio album by English singer and rapper

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. It was released on 4 May 2018 by Atlantic Records and

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Background

In 2010, Plan B released his second studio album ''

The Defamation of Strickland Banks ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks'' is the second studio album from English singer and rapper Plan B. It was released on 12 April 2010 by 679 Recordings. The album is a departure from the sound heard on Plan B's debut album '' Who Needs Acti ...

'', a concept album about "the journey of a fictional soul singer who was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit". The following year, he announced a follow-up album, ''The Ballad of Belmarsh''. He told the ''

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'' that the album would be closer in tone to his debut, ''

Who Needs Actions When You Got Words ''Who Needs Actions When You Got Words'' is the debut studio album released by British rapper and songwriter Plan B on 26 June 2006. The album was recorded with producers such as Fraser T Smith, Paul Epworth, The Earlies and The Nextmen. The ...

'': "It's an underground hip-hop album about Strickland Banks being banged up in

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. I won't be him singing anymore, I'll be rapping about him, commenting on the story." In September 2011, Plan B announced that ''The Ballad of Belmarsh'' had been put on hold in order to work on his then-upcoming film ''

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'' (2012). In April 2018, Plan B stated that the project never came to fruition because he got bored of the Strickland Banks character: "It's one of those lost albums. I'd shot ''Ill Manors'' and the label wasn't taking the film seriously. I'd written most of it before I put out ...''Strickland Banks''. I was living at RAK Studios and done the whole American thing where I've got different people working in different rooms. It was bollocks. It felt like I was only doing it to capitalise on the success of ''Strickland Banks'' and at that point I was sick of Strickland Banks. Fuck him. "You know them fuckers who get stuck in sitcoms, like the geezer from '' Steptoe & Son''? Apparently he was a sick up 'n' coming actor and he done ''Steptoe & Son'' and it blew up and he got typecast. I started to experience what that felt like by doing ''The Ballad of Belmarsh'' after ''Strickland Banks''. By that point, I hated the sight of Strickland Banks. I'm sure a lot of other people did too. I was plastered everywhere. That would've got on my nerves. It did get on my nerves!" "I can understand why it gets on other people's nerves, when someone gets so big you're just bombarded with their face all over the place. I was sick of the sight of my own face. That's why I did ''Ill Manors'' instead of ''The Ballad of Belmarsh''."

Track listing

Adapted from iTunes.

Charts

References

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