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Album Review: What Have We Become by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
MATTHEW COLLINS finds that, nearly 15 years after Jacqui Abbott's departure from The Beautiful South, she and Paul Heaton still have the strength to throw political and personal Molotov cocktails
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Reunited after 15 years, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have come up with the outstanding new album What Have We Become.
It’s the result of singer Abbott finally returning from teaching, parenting and a stint at Age Concern to assist Heaton’s ageless musical gripes, observations and emotional Molotov cocktails over the finishing line once more.
And, for the first time in over a decade, Heaton finds himself with a top-10 album as seditious and delicious as anything he’s written before.
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