Wisdom, Laughter and Lines (Deluxe)

Wisdom, Laughter and Lines (Deluxe)

‘90s bandmates in The Beautiful South, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott reconvene after 2014’s successful What Have We Become collaboration. Theirs is a welcome reunion. The pair have always married sunny country-pop hooks with wry lyrics and middle age is only sharpening their observations. “(Man Is) The Biggest Bitch of All” is a jiving survey of gender politics, “State vs Jeeves” takes a caustic, jangly look at social inequality and “Wives 1, 2 & 3” is a tragicomic riot.

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