''This Leaden Pall'' is the fourth album by the English

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band

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, released in 1993. The album cover features a bleak overdeveloped picture of the now demolished Hale Wood pub in

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. In 2001 it was voted the 93rd best LP sleeve of all time in '' Q'' magazine. Anecdotally, lead singer Nigel Blackwell has referred to the album as their '' Closer''.

Critical reception

*Stewart Mason,

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: "Following the somewhat shaky '' McIntyre, Treadmore & Davitt'', ''This Leaden Pall'' is a much more self-assured transition into the new era of Half Man Half Biscuit." *Johnny Cigarettes, ''

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'': "Nigel Crossley 'sic''s reputation as the only rival to

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in making cultural ephemera unfeasibly funny remains untarnished." *Andrew Harrison, '' Select'': " '93 the Half Men remain gloriously morose and cruelly observant."

Track listing

# "M-6-ster" # " 4AD3DCD" # "Running Order Squabble Fest" # "Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian" # "This Leaden Pall" # "Turned up Clocked on Laid Off" # "Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gobshite" # "13 Eurogoths Floating in the Dead Sea" # "

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Malarkey" # "Doreen" # "Quality Janitor" # "Floreat Inertia" # " Malayan Jelutong" # " Numanoid Hang-glide" # "Footprints"

References

{{Authority control 1993 albums Half Man Half Biscuit albums