Heaton, Paul / Abbott, Jacqui: Crooked Calypso: Deluxe Edition (Vinyl LP)
Virgin EMI
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Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release, the third album from former Beautiful South vocalists Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. Crooked Calypso boasts all the hallmarks of Heaton's peerless songwriting: songs buoyant with melody, and redolent with biting wit, but also real emotion. Opening track 'I Gotta Praise', a euphoric secular Gospel anthem, raises the roof and opens the record in style. 'The Lord Is A White Con', meanwhile, considers religion as an exploitative tool of empire builders, while 'She Got The Garden' is the wittiest divorce song since 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E'. And then there is 'Blackwater Banks', a gorgeous Irish waltz that the Dubliners would be proud to call their own. 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
Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release, the third album from former Beautiful South vocalists Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. Crooked Calypso boasts all the hallmarks of Heaton's peerless songwriting: songs buoyant with melody, and redolent with biting wit, but also real emotion. Opening track 'I Gotta Praise', a euphoric secular Gospel anthem, raises the roof and opens the record in style. 'The Lord Is A White Con', meanwhile, considers religion as an exploitative tool of empire builders, while 'She Got The Garden' is the wittiest divorce song since 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E'. And then there is 'Blackwater Banks', a gorgeous Irish waltz that the Dubliners would be proud to call their own. 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