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  • Artist: The Housemartins
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1986
  • Total Time: 46:55
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Like a box of chocolate truffles with BBs hidden in them, a Housemartins album offers deceivingly simple and tuneful pop songs that are designed to cause you some discomfort once you start chewing on them. Singer and songwriter Paul Heaton sings with a disarmingly boyish voice, high and adenoidal, and his bandmates contribute angelic harmonies as well as sweet and straightforward guitar pop instrumental settings. But listen closely to Heaton's lyrics and you find yourself plunged into a world of class resentment, bitter economic disappointment, and strangled rage. "Get Up Off Our Knees" includes the deathless couplet "Don't point your fingers at them and turn to walk away/Don't shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today," while "Sitting on a Fence" ridicules those who "see both sides of both sides" and "Sheep" bemoans the apathy of the downtrodden masses. Heaton is no simple lefty -- his politics are a strange amalgam of Marxism and Christianity -- but his views are brutally uncompromising, and they constitute a very iron fist wrapped in the velvet glove of the Housemartins' blissful guitar pop. Agree with him or not, there's no denying the music's power. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Happy Hour (Lyrics) Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore The Housemartins (2:21)
Get up off Our Knees (Lyrics) Stan Cullimore, Paul Heaton, Ted Key The Housemartins (3:21)
Flag Day (Lyrics) Stan Cullimore, Ted Key, Paul Heaton The Housemartins (5:23)
Anxious (Lyrics) Stan Cullimore, Paul Heaton The Housemartins (2:19)
Reverends Revenge [Instrumental] Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore The Housemartins (1:26)
Sitting on a Fence (Lyrics) Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore The Housemartins (2:57)
Sheep (Lyrics) Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore The Housemartins (2:17)
Over There (Lyrics) Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore The Housemartins (2:58)
Think for a Minute Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore The Housemartins (3:30)
We're Not Deep (Lyrics) Stan Cullimore, Paul Heaton The Housemartins (2:14)
Lean on Me (Lyrics) Paul Heaton, Pete Wingfield The Housemartins (4:26)
Freedom Ted Key, Paul Heaton The Housemartins (3:19)
I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like a Shelter) Lloyd Charmers The Housemartins (4:50)
People Get Ready Curtis Mayfield The Housemartins (1:39)
The Mighty Ship Stan Cullimore, Paul Heaton The Housemartins (1:51)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Bobby Scott The Housemartins (2:04)

Credits

John Williams (Producer), Hugh Whitaker (Vocals), Anthony Pleeth (Cello), Paul Heaton (Vocals), Norman Cook (Vocals), David Tietz (Tape Operator), Paul Heaton (Melodica), Phil Bodger (Engineer), Tony Pleeth (Cello), Paul Heaton (Chimes), Norman Cook (Bass), Norman Cook (Guitar (Bass)), Pete Wingfield (Piano), Paul Heaton (Guitar), Jeff Wood (Piano), Nikki Rodgerson (Photography), David Storey (Design), Nick Davis (?), Nick Davis (Tape Operator), Paul Heaton (Harmonica), Gus Devlin (Photography), Hugh Whitaker (Drums), Hugh Whitaker (Bass (Vocal)), Stan Cullimore (Guitar), Stan Cullimore (Vocals), Gino Sprio (Photography)
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London 0 Hull 4
Studio album by The Housemartins
Released October 1986
Recorded ???
Genre Indie rock
Length 46:55
Label Go! Discs
Producer John Williams
Professional reviews
The Housemartins chronology
London 0 Hull 4
(1986)		 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
(1987)

London 0 Hull 4 is a 1986 album by The Housemartins. It was their first album and contains the singles "Flag Day" (#58 in the UK), "Sheep" (#54 in the UK), "Happy Hour" (#3 in the UK) and "Think for a Minute" (#18 in the UK).

The title refers to the band's home town of Kingston upon Hull and is in the format of a sports result. It also refers to Paul Heatons assertion that the Housemartins were only the fourth best band in Hull. In other words, Hull had four great bands, compared to none from London.

The liner notes and lyrics reflect singer Paul Heaton's interest at that time in Christianity and Marxism. For example, the back cover of the album contains the message, "Take Jesus - Take Marx - Take Hope".

In 1992, the album was re-released on CD and featured four additional tracks, along with the front cover phrase, "16 songs - 17 hits!"

The album was re-released again on 22 June 2009, as "London 0 Hull 4 Deluxe", containing a second CD of bonus tracks, b-sides and live recordings.[1]

Contents

Track listing

Original Release (1986)

  1. "Happy Hour"
  2. "Get Up Off Our Knees" (Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key)
  3. "Flag Day" (Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key)
  4. "Anxious"
  5. "Reverend's Revenge" (instrumental)
  6. "Sitting on a Fence"
  7. "Sheep"
  8. "Over There"
  9. "Think for a Minute"
  10. "We're Not Deep"
  11. "Lean On Me" (Paul Heaton, Pete Wingfield)
  12. "Freedom" (Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key)
  13. "I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like a Shelter)" (CD and cassette only)
  14. "People Get Ready" (CD only)
  15. "The Mighty Ship" (CD only)
  16. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (CD only)

Deluxe Edition Bonus CD (2009)

  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" [B-side]
  7. "Drop Down Dead"
  8. "The Mighty Ship"
  9. "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother"
  10. "Think For A Minute" [single version]
  11. "Who Needs The Limelight" [B-side]
  12. "I Smell Winter"
  13. "Joy Joy Joy"
  14. "Rap Around The Clock"
  15. "Lean On Me" [previously unreleased/outtake rehearsal]
  16. "Anxious" [BBC Janice Long session 6/11/85]
  17. "We're Not Deep" [BBC Janice Long session 6/11/85]
  18. "Freedom" [BBC Janice Long session 6/11/85]
  19. "Think For A Minute" [BBC Saturday Live session 4/1/1986]
  20. "Drop Down Dead" [BBC Saturday Live session 4/1/1986]
  21. "Happy Hour" [BBC John Peel session 6/4/1986]
  22. "Get Up Off Our Knees" [BBC John Peel session 6/4/1986]

Design Credits

Trivia

New Jersey punk band Lifetime mimicked the album cover with their album Hello Bastards

The title 'London 0 Hull 4' was used by various newspapers [2][3] as a headline in October 2008 after the city's newly promoted football team, Hull City, beat West Ham United to take a fourth win out of four against London-based clubs (having previously beaten Fulham, Arsenal and Tottenham). The result moved them back up to third place in the table, despite the club being widely tipped to struggle (and later did so) during their first season in the top-flight.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Album listing at HMV.co.uk". www.hmv.co.uk. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=986640&tduid=8b3e1ad8096a62ac11a152176178c0f8. Retrieved June 25, 2009. 
  2. ^ "London 0 Hull 4 as City beat Hammers". thisishullandeastriding.co.uk. http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/s-London-0-Hull-4-Tigers-beat-West-Ham/article-411010-detail/article.html. Retrieved October 19, 2008. 
  3. ^ "London 0 Hull 4...". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/oct/12/premierleague-hullcity. Retrieved October 19, 2008. 
  4. ^ "Premier League preview 2008/9". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article4492833.ece. Retrieved October 19, 2008. 
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The Housemartins
Norman Cook · Stan Cullimore · Paul Heaton · Dave Hemingway · Ted Key · Chris Lang · Hugh Whitaker
Albums
Singles
"Flag Day" · "Sheep" · "Happy Hour" · "Think for a Minute" · "Caravan of Love" · "Five Get Over Excited" · "Me and the Farmer" · "Build" · "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"

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