''McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt'' was released in 1991 by British rock band

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as their third original album (their preceding album having been a compilation). It was the first album released after the band had reformed in 1990. The title and album sleeve picture are both taken from a ''

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'' episode entitled "Golden Gordon".Henderson, Dave (1991) "Half Man Half Biscuit - McIntyre, Treadmore And Davitt", '' Q'', December 1991

Critical reception

*Stewart Mason,

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: " en though the songs are both slower and longer, that cosmetic change only gave singer/songwriter Nigel Blackwell a broader canvas for his increasingly complex, multi-layered lyrics." *Danny Scott, ''Select'': "Once wicked wits of the North, HMHB have become rock's sad, old game-show hosts – same suit, same kitsch catchphrase. Only 'Prag Vec At The Melt Vet 'sic'' and Christian Rock Concert' show the bristling sarcasm of yore."

Track listing

# "Outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis" # "Prag Vec at the Melkweg" # "Christian Rock Concert" # " Let's Not" # "Yipps (My Baby Got The)" # "Hedley Verityesque" # "A Lilac Harry Quinn" # "Our Tune" # "Girlfriend's Finished with Him" # "Everything's A.O.R."

Cultural references

* Outbreak of

Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas "Vitas" Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1978. Gerulaitis won the men's si ...

(flamboyant tennis player),

Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all fo ...

(another tennis player, referring to the play ''

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they rec ...

''), Rampton Secure Hospital, a high security psychiatric hospital in

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

, ''

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'' ("Why, Mr Kowalski it was you all along!"), ''

Tarkus ''Tarkus'' is the second studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 4 June 1971 on Island Records. Following their debut tour across Europe during the second half of 1970, the group paused touring commitme ...

'' (album by Emerson Lake and Palmer). * Prag Vec at the

Melkweg Melkweg (Dutch for "Milky Way") is a music venue and cultural center on Lijnbaansgracht, near Leidseplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is housed in a former dairy and includes four music halls as well as a cinema, a restaurant and an exhibitio ...

- Lyric refers to

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song " Yellow Submarine". The

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(funded unemployed people to start businesses),

Meadowlark Lemon Meadowlark Lemon (born Meadow Lemon III; April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015) ''www.meadowlarklemon.org.'' Retrieved May 8, 2017. was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clow ...

(basketball player), Tony Monopoly ('' Opportunity Knocks'' winner),

Conny Plank Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involv ...

(German electronic music producer), Johnny Kwango (British wrestler),

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Craig Stadler Craig Robert Stadler (born June 2, 1953) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including one major championship, the 1982 Masters Tournament. Early life Stadler was bo ...

(golfer),

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, PragVEC (punk band), the

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, backwards lyrics,

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(also known as

Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately ...

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's ''

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grindcore Grindcore is an extreme metal, extreme fusion genre of heavy metal music, heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, e ...

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(interferes with your putting),

Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus (; born January 21, 1940), nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is an American retired professional golfer and List of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, golf course designer. He is widely considered to be one of the greate ...

(The bear),

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(The Shark),

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, Ultra Surs (

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crowd song). * Hedley Verityesque -

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(cricketer and spin bowler), Caves of Drach in

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, paper rounds, Alsatian dogs,

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Kip Keino Kip, KIP or kips may refer to: Athletics * Kip (artistic gymnastics), a basic skill on the women's uneven bars * Kip (trampolining), a coaching skill used in trampolining * Kip-up, an acrobatic manoeuvre used in martial arts and gymnastics Peo ...

(athlete). * A Lilac Harry Quinn - Title refers to a bicycle frame maker in

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(cult leader, responsible for the

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mass deaths), Journey,

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song

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, Wirral,

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album ''

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'', the

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and

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(bicycle gear manufacturers). * Our Tune -

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golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

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strip

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(owned boots that made him brilliant at football). * Girlfriend's finished with him -

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(indie band),

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(pop group),

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, T'Pau, Jackie (teenage magazine for girls).

References

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