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Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - What Have We Become

Review by Marc Burrows

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'What Have We Become' is the new album from Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. Paul and Jacqui return together on record for the first time since the multi-million selling days of The Beautiful South, who in the 1990s and early 2000s released a string of critically-acclaimed records. 'What Have We Become' is a wonderful contemporary record, full of lyrical wit and humour, whilst retaining a strong social conscience that touches on the changing social landscape of Britain ('One Man's Army', 'When I Get Back To Blighty'), musical stereotypes ('I Am Not A Muse'), whilst 'The Snowman' and 'Some Dancing To Do' deal with issues of loss.
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