The Voltarol Years
2022 studio album by Half Man Half Biscuit
The Voltarol Years is the fifteenth album by Wirral-based rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released on 25 February 2022 on the band's own R. M. Qualtrough label. It is their first album release since Probe Plus founder Geoff Davies announced his retirement and the shuttering of the label.
Its songs cover themes of class, football and Catholicism. Most of the songs are heavily ironic, with the exception of "Slipping the Escort", which is about a woman losing her husband to dementia.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
"The Voltarol Years". The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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