Saucy Haulage Ballads

Infobox Album
Name = Saucy Haulage Ballads
Type = ep
Artist = Half Man Half Biscuit


Released = 2003
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Rock/Indie
Length = 17:54
Label = Probe Plus
Producer =
Reviews = *Stylus Magazine [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1248]
Last album = Editor's Recommendation
This album = Saucy Haulage Ballads
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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 6 tracks with a total play time of 17 minutes 54 seconds.

Track listing

# "Jarg Armani"
# "Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years"
# "It Makes the Room Look Bigger"
# "On Finding the Studio Banjo"
# "Blood on the Quad"
# "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:

*2. Claire Rayner
*3. Benny Goodman
*5. Talvin Singh
*6. Brad Friedel, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger, Thomas Tallis, and John Dowland

External links

* [http://www.hmhb.co.uk/ Half Man Half Biscuit's official website]