PAUL HEATON - The Mighty Several - LP - Clear Vinyl [OCT 11]

LP - Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Clear Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Produced by legendary producer Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds. Features 12 new original songs. 

Paul Heaton releases a brand new solo album The Mighty Several featuring new single ‘Fish ‘n’ Chip Supper’. Produced by legendary producer Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds and recorded at Blueprint Studios in Salford, The Mighty Several features 12 new original songs, performed by Paul and his band and a number of special guest singers including Heaton’s regular live vocalist Rianne Downey as well as Yvonne Shelton and Danny Muldoon (all of whom are pictured on the album sleeve alongside Paul).

Paul Heaton, who was recognised at the prestigious Ivor Awards in 2022 for ‘Outstanding Song Collection’, is one of the UK’s most successful songwriters with 15 million album sales with his bands The Housemartins, The Beautiful South, solo and in recent years with Jacqui Abbott, with classics including Happy Hour, A Little Time, Perfect 10 and Rotterdam.  

Heaton first came to prominence in the early 80s as The Housemartins front man and following the band’s break up, Heaton formed The Beautiful South in 1988, with the band becoming one of the biggest-selling UK acts of all time, releasing 10 hugely successful albums, later calling it a day in 2007.   

Paul released his first solo album Fat Chance in 2001 and released two further solo albums, a musical called The 8th and after teaming up with former Beautiful South bandmate Jacqui Abbott, released five acclaimed albums as a duo with their last two both going straight into the UK Chart at Number 1.  

Tracklist:

1.    National Treasure
2.    Quicksand
3.    After The Sugar Rush
4.    Fish 'N' Chip Supper
5.    H Into Hurt
6.    Silly Me
7.    Small Boats
8.    Just Another Family
9.    Pull Up A Seat
10.    The Blues Came In
11.    Couldn't Get Dead
12.    Walk On, Slow Down