Cammell Laird Social Club by Half Man Half Biscuit

Cammell Laird Social Club, Half Man Half Biscuit's ninth album, came out on Probe Plus in September 2002, and the Birkenhead band sound as gloriously unbothered as ever. Nigel Blackwell sings and plays guitar, Neil Crossley holds down the bass as he has since the start, Ken Hancock adds the second guitar and Carl Henry drums, and together they do what they have always done: lampoon whatever genre wanders into range while Blackwell's sardonic, sometimes surreal lyrics pile up references to British pop culture and obscure corners of the map.

AllMusic's Stewart Mason reckoned that for all the band's supposed laziness, the record proved them among the sharpest, most satisfying outfits in British indie.

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