''Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral'' is the seventh album by
Wirral-based UK rock band
Half Man Half Biscuit (HMHB), released in June 1998.
Critical reception
* Stewart Mason,
AllMusic
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: "Half Man Half Biscuit released this album within one calendar year of its predecessor, 1997's ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Road''
.. and perhaps that accounts for the somewhat lackluster feel.
.. ere is enough of interest here to appeal to the converted, but newcomers should perhaps start elsewhere."
* Simon Williams,
NME
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: "Chances of cracking open the notoriously fickle American market: slimmer than
Lena Zavaroni
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's mop handle."
Track listing
Notes
* The album title is a parody of a phrase associated with
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
, "Four lads who shook the world", referring instead to the band's origin in
Wirral.
*
Techstep
Techstep is a dark subgenre of drum and bass that was created in the mid-1990s.
Style
It is characterized by a dark, sci-fi mood, near-exclusive use of synthesised or sampled sound sources, 2-step kicks and snares and influences from industri ...
is a subgenre of
drum and bass that was popular in the late 1990s.
*
Wensum
The River Wensum is a chalk river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare, despite being the larger of the two rivers. The river is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation.
The Wensum is ...
is a river in Norfolk.
* A
split single is a
single which includes tracks by two or more separate artists.
* ''
A Country Practice'' was a multi-
Logie award
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-winning Australian television serial/drama series 198193.
*
Goa
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is a state located in the southwestern region of India, formerly a Portuguese colony, known as a destination for
hippies.
* "Keeping Two Chevrons Apart" refers to the official UK motorway road sign "Keep Apart 2 Chevrons", advising drivers of safe distances between vehicles;
the song title is quoted in "Lord Hereford's Knob" on the 2008 album ''
CSI:Ambleside''.
References
External links
''Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral'' at the longest-established fan website''Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral'' at the Half man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project
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1998 albums
Half Man Half Biscuit albums