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Voyage to the Bottom of the Road

Released

18 July 1997

Length

43:07

Probe Plus Probe 46CD

Half Man Half Biscuit and Geoff Davies

Eno Collaboration
(1996)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Road
(1997)

Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral
(1998)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Road is the sixth album by Birkenhead-based UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released July 1997.^[4]

Critical reception

Stewart Mason, AllMusic: "Voyage to the Bottom of the Road is a surprising and entertaining mid-career reinvention conceptually similar to the Mekons' mid–'80s turn to country music".^[1]
Ian Fortnam, NME: "The Biscuits' hamfisted post-punk drivel [...] is simply desperate. As usual, the song titles are invariably superior to the actual songs [...], and their lamentable lyrics have far more in common with Rambo than Rimbaud. Ultimately, Half Man Half Biscuit make the kind of music which can only be made by middle-aged men with extremely time-consuming, yet deeply unfulfilling day jobs."^[2]
Ian Harrison, Select: "It would be bootless to try and list all the joys this LP affords, but it makes Beck sound like Michael Bolton."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Shropshire Lad"	2:16
2.	"Bad Review"	3:45
3.	"Eno Collaboration (Remix)"	4:08
4.	"Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets"	3:46
5.	"Deep House Victims Minibus Appeal"	2:53
6.	"C.A.M.R.A. Man"	3:14
7.	"P.R.S. Yearbook – Quick the Drawbridge"	2:56
8.	"Tonight Matthew I'm Going to Be with Jesus"	3:45
9.	"Song of Encouragement for the Orme Ascent"	2:29
10.	"Monmore, Hare's Running"	3:19
11.	"ITMA"	3:17
12.	"He Who Would Valium Take"	1:50
13.	"See That My Bike's Kept Clean"	3:19
14.	"Paintball's Coming Home"	2:10

Half Man Half Biscuit discography

Half Man Half Biscuit discography
Albums	Back in the DHSS (1985) Back Again in the DHSS (1987) ACD (1989) McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt (1991) This Leaden Pall (1993) Some Call It Godcore (1995) Voyage to the Bottom of the Road (1997) Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral (1998) Trouble over Bridgwater (2000) Cammell Laird Social Club (2002) Achtung Bono (2005) CSI:Ambleside (2008) 90 Bisodol (Crimond) (2011) Urge for Offal (2014) No-One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut (2018) The Voltarol Years (2022)
Singles/EPs	The Trumpton Riots EP (1986) "Let's Not" (1990) Eno Collaboration (1996) "Look Dad No Tunes" (1999) Editor's Recommendation (2001) Saucy Haulage Ballads (2003)
Other songs	"Fuckin' 'Ell It's Fred Titmus" (1985) "Worried Man Blues" (2001)

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