This Leaden Pall is the fourth album by the English rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released in 1993.
| This Leaden Pall | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Bus Stop Studios, Leigh | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 53:14 | |||
| Label | Probe Plus Probe 36 | |||
| Producer | Half Man Half Biscuit and Geoff Davies | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| NME | 6/10[2] |
| Select | 4/5[3] |
The album cover features a bleak overdeveloped picture of the now demolished Hale Wood pub in Halewood, Merseyside. In 2001 it was voted the 93rd best LP sleeve of all time in Q magazine.[4]
Anecdotally, lead singer Nigel Blackwell has referred to the album as their Closer.
Critical reception edit
- Stewart Mason, AllMusic: "Following the somewhat shaky McIntyre, Treadmore & Davitt, This Leaden Pall is a much more self-assured transition into the new era of Half Man Half Biscuit."[1]
- Johnny Cigarettes, NME: "Nigel Crossley [sic]'s reputation as the only rival to Vic Reeves in making cultural ephemera unfeasibly funny remains untarnished."[2]
- Andrew Harrison, Select: "[I]n '93 the Half Men remain gloriously morose and cruelly observant."[3]
Track listing edit
- "M-6-ster"
- "4AD3DCD"
- "Running Order Squabble Fest"
- "Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian"
- "This Leaden Pall"
- "Turned up Clocked on Laid Off"
- "Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gobshite"
- "13 Eurogoths Floating in the Dead Sea"
- "Whit Week Malarkey"
- "Doreen"
- "Quality Janitor"
- "Floreat Inertia"
- "Malayan Jelutong"
- "Numanoid Hang-glide"
- "Footprints"
References edit
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. This Leaden Pall at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ a b Cigarettes, Johnny (18 December 1993). "Half Man Half Biscuit - This Leaden Pall". NME. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ a b Harrison, Andrew (January 1994). "Half Man Half Biscuit - This Leaden Pall". Select. p. 72. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ O'Connor, Mickey (19 March 2001). "The 100 best album covers ever". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
