What Have We Become?

What Have We Become?
Studio album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
Released 19 May 2014
Recorded The Chairworks, Castleford, West Yorkshire, 2013
Genre Alternative, indie rock
Length 45:28
Label Virgin EMI
Producer John Owen Williams
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott chronology

Paul Heaton presents...The 8th (2011) What Have We Become
(2014)
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What Have We Become? is a studio album released by the former The Beautiful South collaborators Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, which was released on 19 May 2014 through Virgin EMI Records.[2][3]

It has charted at number three in the UK Albums Chart, just behind Michael Jackson's posthumous album Xscape and Coldplay's Ghost Stories at number one.

The album's first single "D.I.Y" it reached number 75 on the UK Singles Chart, and was added to BBC Radio 2's playlist in April 2014.

The cover painting is by David Storey, the artist responsible for many of the iconic Housemartins covers.

Tracklisting

All songs written and composed by Paul Heaton & Jonny Lexus, except * Heaton. 

No. Title Length
1. "Moulding of a Fool"   3:39
2. "D.I.Y.*"   2:21
3. "Some Dancing to Do"   4:13
4. "One Man's England"   4:12
5. "What Have We Become*"   4:31
6. "The Snowman"   3:50
7. "Costa del Sombre"   3:15
8. "The Right in Me"   3:18
9. "When It Was Ours*"   4:12
10. "I Am Not a Muse"   4:48
11. "Stupid Tears"   2:17
12. "When I Get Back to Blighty"   4:52
13. "If He Don't (Deluxe Edition bonus track)"   3:47
14. "My Own Mother's Son (Deluxe Edition bonus track)"   3:19
15. "Advice To Daughters (Deluxe Edition bonus track)"   6:37
16. "You're Gonna Miss Me (Deluxe Edition bonus track)"   3:49

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References

  1. ↑ "What Have We Become? Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  2. ↑ Nick Hasted (2014-04-25). "Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: The rebirth of a beautiful friendship - Features - Music". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 David Jeffries (2014-05-12). "What Have We Become? - Jacqui Abbott,Paul Heaton | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-08-10.