Achtung Bono
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| Stylus Magazine | A− [2] |
Achtung Bono is the tenth album by UK indie rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released in 2005.[3]
In 2010, a Facebook campaign was mounted with the aim of saving BBC 6 Music from threatened closure and, as a sign of protest, to get "Joy Division Oven Gloves" from Achtung Bono to No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart on 12 April 2010.[4][5] In the event, it entered the Singles Chart that week at No. 56 and the Independent Singles Chart at No. 3.[6][7] Whether or not the campaign was influential, BBC 6 Music was saved.
Critical reception
Reviews were generally favourable:
- Stewart Mason, Allmusic: "One of their finest albums".[1]
- Roger Holland, PopMatters: "Achtung Bono is a worthy addition to the HMHB canon".[8]
- Ben Granger, Spike Magazine: "This is probably not one of Half Man Half Biscuit’s best albums. And yet its [sic] still fantastic".[9]
- Dom Passantino, Stylus Magazine: "UK album of the year, by a landslide".[2]
Track listing
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Notes
- The album title is a satirical reference to the title of the 1991 album Achtung Baby by Irish rock band U2 and to its singer Bono.
- Restless legs syndrome is a poorly understood neurological disorder.
- Until 1 April 2009, gas fitters in the UK had to be "Corgi registered" to practise their trade. Corgi stands for the Council for Registered Gas Installers; since replaced by Gas Safe.
- Chatteris is a small town in Cambridgeshire.
- "Shit Arm, Bad Tattoo" has been suggested to refer to the cover of the eponymous second album by the Libertines, released 2004.[1][2][9] Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit has, however, denied such a connection.[8][10]
- Upon Westminster Bridge is an 1802 poem by William Wordsworth (1770–1850).
- Westminster Bridge is a major bridge over the River Thames in central London.
- Joy Division were an influential band from Manchester in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The song "Joy Division Oven Gloves" satirises band merchandising.
- "Asparagus Next Left" is the sort of sign that can be seen on British country roads advertising farm products for sale at the farm gate.
- "Depressed Beyond Tablets" is from a line in the "Crime" episode of Chris Morris's controversial TV comedy Brass Eye.
- "Bogus Official" is asterisked on the album track listing as a 'Public information tune'.
- Twydale is a fictional person.
- The title "We Built This Village on a Trad. Arr. Tune" parodies that of the 1985 song "We Built This City" by Starship.
- "Trad. Arr." is short for "traditional, arranged (by)", and is often attached to recordings of folk music.
- Brenda Blethyn starred in Outside Edge, a 1990s ITV sitcom about a village cricket team.
References
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- ^ a b c Mason, Stewart. Achtung Bono at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Passantino, Dom (21 September 2005). "Half Man Half Biscuit: Achtung Bono". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ Half Man Half Biscuit – Achtung Bono at Discogs
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCabe, Maisie (22 March 2010). "6 Music supporters push Half Man Half Biscuit song". mediaweek.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Plunkett, John (7 April 2010). "Campaign to save 6 Music takes the Biscuit". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Official Singles Chart Top 100: 11 April 2010–17 April 2010". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50: 11 April 2010–17 April 2010". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holland, Roger. "Kicking Against The Pricks! An Interview with Half Man Half Biscuit". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 February 2016. Date c. 2005.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Granger, Ben (1 November 2005). "Half Man Half Biscuit : Achtung Bono". Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stewart, Michael (24 November 2014). "URGE FOR NIGEL: an interview with Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit". Retrieved 26 February 2016.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Achtung Bono". Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2016. The oldest-established Half Man Half Biscuit fansite.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Achtung Bono". Retrieved 26 February 2016. The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project.
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