September 15, 2001 | Delores | Link to Here
Review: Sunday Express
Sunday, 9 Sept 2001
Courtesy: Tracy Seward
BISCUIT BOY, Fat Chance, (Album, Mercury)
Four Stars ( **** )
BISCUIT BOY is The Beautiful South's Paul Heaton. As alter-egos go, it's not in the same league as Slim Shady, but it evokes the simple comfort that Heaton exudes.
He's given up drinking but none of his irreverent humour, and his voice is still unmistakably English, with lyrics forged in observance of ordinary life.
Elsewhere, he's subtly political and Christianity gets a shoeing. It's Beautiful South with country and soul from members of Joe Strummer's Mescaleros band.
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