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London 0 Hull 4 (CD)

By: The Housemartins (Artist)

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DISC 1 for London 0 Hull 4 (CD) Album By The Housemartins (Artist)
1   Happy Hour
2   Get Up Off Our Knees
3   Flag Day
4   Anxious
5   Reverends Revenge
6   Sitting On A Fence
7   Sheep
8   Over There
9   Think For A Minute
10   We're Not Deep
11   Lean On Me
12   Freedom
 
DISC 2 for London 0 Hull 4 (CD) Album By The Housemartins (Artist)
1   Flag Day [Single Version]
2   Stand At Ease
3   You
4   Coal Train To Hatfield Main
5   I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like A Shelter)
6   People Get Ready
7   Drop Down Dead
8   Mighty Ship, The
9   He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother [Album Version]
10   Think For A Minute [Single Version]
11   Who Needs The Limelight
12   I Smell Winter
13   Joy Joy Joy
14   Rap Around The Clock
15   Lean On Me [Out Take Rehearsal] - (take)
16   Anxious [BBC Janice Long - 6/11/85] (live)
17   We're Not Deep [BBC Janice Long 6/11/1985] - (live)
18   Freedom [BBC Janice Long - 6/11/1985] (live)
19   Think For A Minute [BBC Saturday Live - 4/1/1986] (live)
20   Drop Down Dead [BBC Saturday Live 4/1/1986] - (live)
21   Happy Hour [BBC John Peel - 6/4/1986] (live)
22   Get Up Off Our Knees [BBC John Peel - 6/4/1986] (live)
 

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Review

Magnet (p.110) - "[T]he Housemartins combined hyper-kinetic pop, blue-eyed soul and four-part gospel harmonies on their debut.'
Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Their 1986 debut bristled with melodic catchiness....The adolescent rush of these songs still retains many thrills..."

Title Note

With their music far too rooted in R&B, the Housemartins were never "officially" part of the C86 movement (named after a British music magazine's influential 1986 compilation album that featured the Wedding Present, Wolfhounds, Primal Scream, and others). But their jangling guitars, the social criticism of their lyrics, and their gleefully cynical outlook were fully in line with the C86-ers. The debut LONDON 0 HULL 4 (1986) is chock-full of catchy tunes, great lyrics, and Paul Heaton's exceptional vocals. This is one of the great records of the '80s.

Standouts include the chipper "Get up off Our Knees," carried on a bright acoustic-guitar line and choral-type backing vocals, "Think For a Minute," a wistful track featuring Heaton's falsetto vocals, the percussion-and-bass-driven "We're Not Deep" (complete with sing-along "ba ba baba ba"s), and "The Mighty Ship," a hyper harmonica instrumental. The album's trio of gospel standards is also of note. A staggeringly brilliant take on Luther Ingram's "I'll Be Your Shelter" features Heaton's voice, alternately growling and soaring, a barreling piano, and a full-on choral backing. Start to finish, this record is a masterpiece.

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