90 Bisodol (Crimond)
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90 Bisodol is the twelfth album by UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit, often "HMHB", are an English rock band from Birkenhead, Merseyside, active since the mid-1980s, known for satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group comprises Nigel Blackwell , Neil Crossley , Ken Hancock , and Carl Henry...

, released in September 2011.

The "Bisodol" in the title is a type of indigestion medication, mentioned in the track "Tommy Walsh's Eco House". Crimond
Crimond
Crimond is a village in the northeast of Scotland, located nine miles northwest of the port of Peterhead and just over two miles from the coast.- Local area :...

 is a village in northeast Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, after which a hymn tune is named, generally attributed to Jessie Seymour Irvine
Jessie Seymour Irvine
Jessie Seymour Irvine was the daughter of a Church of Scotland parish minister who served at Dunottar, Peterhead, and Crimond in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She is referred to by Ian Campbell Bradley in his 1997 book Abide with Me: The World of Victorian Hymns as standing "in a strong Scottish...

. Psalm 23
Psalm 23
In the 23rd Psalm in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the writer describes God as his Shepherd. The text, beloved by Jews and Christians alike, is often alluded to in popular media and has been set to music....

 is often listed with "Crimond" in parentheses to signify the version of the tune it should be sung to

The inner sleeves shows an illustration of a Biblical scene where an onlooker holds a sign with the words "Dirk Hofman Motorhomes". This is reference to a man who holds this sign at the finish of European cycling races.

Track listing

  1. "Something's Rotten
    Hamlet
    The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

     In The Back Of Iceland
    Iceland (supermarket)
    Iceland is a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Iceland's primary product lines include frozen foods, such as frozen prepared meals and frozen vegetables - hence the name of the company...

    "
  2. "RSVP"
  3. "Tommy Walsh's Eco House"
  4. "Joy In Leeuwarden (We Are Ready)"
  5. "Excavating Rita"
  6. "Fun Day In The Park"
  7. "Descent Of The Stiperstones
    Stiperstones
    The Stiperstones is a very distinctive hill in the county of Shropshire, England. It is a quartzite ridge formed some 480 Million years ago. During the last Ice Age the summit stood out above the glaciers and was subject to constant freezing and thawing which shattered the quartzite into a mass of...

    "
  8. "Left Lyrics In The Practice Room"
  9. "L'Enfer C'est Les Autres
    No Exit
    No Exit is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The original French title is Huis Clos, the French equivalent of the legal term in camera, referring to a private discussion behind closed doors; English translations have also been performed under the titles In Camera, No Way Out...

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  10. "Fix It So She Dreams Of Me"
  11. "The Coroner's Footnote"
  12. "Rock And Roll Is Full Of Bad Wools"
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