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| Artist = [[Paul Heaton]] and [[Jacqui Abbott]]
| Artist = [[Paul Heaton]] and [[Jacqui Abbott]]
| Cover = Crooked_Calypso_Paul_Heaton_Jacqui_Abbott.jpg
| Cover = Crooked_Calypso_Paul_Heaton_Jacqui_Abbott.jpg
|caption= The cover of the standard edition of the album
| Caption = The cover of the standard edition of the album
| Released = 21 July 2017
| Released = 21 July 2017
| Recorded =
| Recorded =
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| studio = The Chairworks, [[Castleford]], West Yorkshire<ref name="liner">''Crooked Calypso'' liner notes</ref>
| Genre =
| Genre =
| Length = Standard edition TBC <br/> Deluxe edition {{Duration|71:52}}
| Length = Standard edition TBC <br/> {{Duration|m=71|s=52}} Deluxe edition
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| Label = Virgin/EMI

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| studio = The Chairworks, [[Castleford]], West Yorkshire<ref name="liner">''Crooked Calypso'' linear notes</ref>
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| Label =Virgin/EMI
| Producer = John Owen Williams
| Producer = John Owen Williams
| Last album =''[[Wisdom, Laughter and Lines]]''<br /> (2014)
| Last album = ''[[Wisdom, Laughter and Lines]]''<br /> (2014)
| This album = '''''Crooked Calypso'''''<br /> (2017)
| This album = '''''Crooked Calypso'''''<br /> (2017)
| Next album =
| Next album =
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'''''Crooked Calypso''''' is the third studio album by [[Paul Heaton]] and [[Jacqui Abbott]], both formerly members of [[The Beautiful South]]. The album was released in the UK on 21 July 2017.
'''''Crooked Calypso''''' is the third studio album by [[Paul Heaton]] and [[Jacqui Abbott]], both formerly members of [[The Beautiful South]]. The album was released in the UK on 21 July 2017.


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==Reception==
==Reception==
The album attracted mainly positive reviews. Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Rachel Aroesti comments how Heaton delivers "observations about British society’s ironies and inequalities" with "gusto, his droll lyricism drilling into subject matter from obesity... and the cavernous divide between rich and poor... over a backing of the kind of jaunty pop that can take in folk, disco and blues without ever breaking its buoyant stride."<ref>{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Aroesti |title=Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso review – wise, witty and weighty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/20/paul-heaton-and-jacqui-abbott-crooked-calypso-review-wise-witty-and-weighty |work=The Guardian |date=20 July 2017 |accessdate=23 July 2017}}</ref>
The album attracted mainly positive reviews. Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Rachel Aroesti comments how Heaton delivers "observations about British society's ironies and inequalities" with "gusto, his droll lyricism drilling into subject matter from obesity... and the cavernous divide between rich and poor... over a backing of the kind of jaunty pop that can take in folk, disco and blues without ever breaking its buoyant stride."<ref>{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Aroesti |title=Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso review – wise, witty and weighty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/20/paul-heaton-and-jacqui-abbott-crooked-calypso-review-wise-witty-and-weighty |work=The Guardian |date=20 July 2017 |accessdate=23 July 2017}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# I Gotta Praise
# "I Gotta Praise"
# He Wants To
# "He Wants To"
# If I May
# "If I May"
# She Got The Garden
# "She Got the Garden"
# People Like Us
# "People Like Us"
# Blackwater Banks
# "Blackwater Banks"
# The Lord Is A White Con
# "The Lord Is a White Con"
# Silence Is
# "Silence Is"
# Love Makes You Happy
# "Love Makes You Happy"
# The Fat Man
# "The Fat Man"
# Your Bit Of Stuff
# "Your Bit of Stuff"
# He Can't Marry Her
# "He Can't Marry Her"


'''Deluxe edition tracks'''
'''Deluxe edition tracks'''
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A deluxe edition of the album was also released, which included a DVD of a live performance recorded at [[Scarborough Open Air Theatre]] on 5 August 2016.<ref name="liner"/> The deluxe edition includes four additional tracks:
A deluxe edition of the album was also released, which included a DVD of a live performance recorded at [[Scarborough Open Air Theatre]] on 5 August 2016.<ref name="liner"/> The deluxe edition includes four additional tracks:


#<li value="13> Market Street</li>
#<li value="13> "Market Street"</li>
#Since My Dearest Husband
# "Since My Dearest Husband"
# The Future Mrs Heaton
# "The Future Mrs Heaton"
# The Dice
# "The Dice"


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:51, 24 July 2017

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Crooked Calypso is the third studio album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, both formerly members of The Beautiful South. The album was released in the UK on 21 July 2017.

The album was written by Heaton, with some tracks co-written with guitarist Jonny Lexus, in Zusters bar in Bergen, and Noord Holland, with the music written in Puerto Rico and Gran Canaria. The photography for the album was by Sean Welch, the bassist for The Beautiful South.[1]

Reception

The album attracted mainly positive reviews. Writing for The Guardian, Rachel Aroesti comments how Heaton delivers "observations about British society's ironies and inequalities" with "gusto, his droll lyricism drilling into subject matter from obesity... and the cavernous divide between rich and poor... over a backing of the kind of jaunty pop that can take in folk, disco and blues without ever breaking its buoyant stride."[2]

Track listing

  1. "I Gotta Praise"
  2. "He Wants To"
  3. "If I May"
  4. "She Got the Garden"
  5. "People Like Us"
  6. "Blackwater Banks"
  7. "The Lord Is a White Con"
  8. "Silence Is"
  9. "Love Makes You Happy"
  10. "The Fat Man"
  11. "Your Bit of Stuff"
  12. "He Can't Marry Her"

Deluxe edition tracks

A deluxe edition of the album was also released, which included a DVD of a live performance recorded at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on 5 August 2016.[1] The deluxe edition includes four additional tracks:

  2. "Market Street"
  3. "Since My Dearest Husband"
  4. "The Future Mrs Heaton"
  5. "The Dice"

References

  1. ^ a b c Crooked Calypso liner notes
  2. ^ Aroesti, Rachel (20 July 2017). "Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso review – wise, witty and weighty". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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