Trouble over Bridgwater

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Half Man Half Biscuit often make sly or direct references to celebrities, TV programmes, sportspeople, and to other tunes, lyrics and even literary classics. On this album, those identified include:

• The CD inlay reproduces the title page of Old English Songs by the folk song collector John Broadwood (1798–1864)
• "Irk the Purists" interpolates the hymn Oil in My Lamp and the Black Lace song Agadoo, and references many credible bands and pop artists
• "Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes" quotes from Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native
• "Gubba Lookalikes" is a reference to Tony Gubba (1943–2013), a British sports commentator, best known for his football commentaries on BBC's Match of the Day in the 1980s and 1990s.
• "With Goth on Our Side" references the Bob Dylan song "With God on Our Side".
• "Used to Be in Evil Gazebo" references Nick Drake, Tindersticks, the murder of Tupac Shakur, and a non-credible band
• "Slight Reprise" is a pun on The Bluetones' "Slight Return" and Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
• The title "Twenty Four Hour Garage People" is a pun on Happy Mondays' "24 Hour Party People". The middle section of the song parodies "Rock Island Line"; and the conclusion, Lead Belly's version of "In the Pines"

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