Saucy Haulage Ballads

Saucy Haulage Ballads
EP by Half Man Half Biscuit
Released 2003
Recorded 2003
Genre Rock/Indie
Length 17:54
Label Probe Plus
Half Man Half Biscuit chronology

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Saucy Haulage Ballads is an extended play recording released by Birkenhead group Half Man Half Biscuit. Released in August 2003, it contains six tracks with a total play time of 17 minutes 54 seconds.

Track listing

  1. "Jarg Armani"
  2. "Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years"
  3. "It Makes the Room Look Bigger"
  4. "On Finding the Studio Banjo"
  5. "Blood on the Quad"
  6. "I Went to a Wedding..."

Track 4 "On Finding the Studio Banjo" is a re-recording of Half Man Half Biscuit's well-known song "Trumpton Riots". This time it is set to a folky bluegrass tune with banjo accompaniment.

Character references

As in many Half Man Half Biscuit songs, satirical and sometimes comic references are made to a range of celebrities. Some of the people mentioned in the tracks are:

References

  1. ↑ "Half Man Half Biscuit - Saucy Haulage Ballads - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

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