Crooked Calypso
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Studio | The Chairworks, Castleford, West Yorkshire[1] |
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]
Track listing
- I Gotta Praise
- He Wants To
- If I May
- She Got The Garden
- People Like Us
- Blackwater Banks
- The Lord Is A White Con
- Silence Is
- Love Makes You Happy
- The Fat Man
- Your Bit Of Stuff
- 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:
- Market Street
- Since My Dearest Husband
- The Future Mrs Heaton
- The Dice
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]
References
- ^ a b c Crooked Calypso linear notes
- ^ Aroesti, Rachel (20 July 2017). "Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso review – wise, witty and weighty". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2017.