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  • Summary: The pop release produced by John Williams reunites Beautiful South's Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott.
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  1. May 16, 2014
    80
    Anyone who enjoys their pop with extra wry and some sobering awareness should love What Have We Become?, but it's the Beautiful South faithful who will rightfully gush over the release, as these antiheroes have lost none of their touch or fatalistic flair.
  2. Mojo
    May 16, 2014
    80
    A sweet yet spiky soundtrack for our march into oblivion. [Jun 2014, p.89]
  3. May 16, 2014
    80
    Yes, Heaton’s Rolls Royce analogy is a good and accurate one. The engine purrs again.
  4. May 16, 2014
    80
    That sunrise-smile that hits before the first half-minute mark isn't blighted by the slightest smudge of cloud right up to minute 45, this is one of our best writers and the soul and centre of why he's always mattered so much. Heartily recommended.
  5. 75
    While it might not appeal to name-checked acts Phil Collins (dead, apparently) or Sting (“Lose the fucking yoga”) those who seek solitude in the British weather, putting the world to rights in the local and who see the beauty in Motorway services and high-vis jackets will be thrilled with a collection that’s Blighty-themed, from a duo whose output is still beautiful.
  6. Uncut
    May 16, 2014
    70
    The results have fire in the belly and attitude to spare. [Jun 2014, p.78]
  7. Q Magazine
    May 20, 2014
    60
    At times, stellar. [Jun 2014, p.112]
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