King
Cotton
Fivepenny Piece
EMI
EMC 3129
Release
Date: 1976
This
was far and away the band's best-selling album,
and arguably their finest. It reached the UK
national top ten, perhaps partly because of
the exposure the band had been getting on TV,
notably on the Esther Rantzen show That's
Life. The album has the usual variety of
material, both nostalgic and humorous, but this
time the songs are thoughtfully sequenced, interlinked
by spoken and sung passages with "brass
band" accompaniment. This coherent arrangement
is very effective and no doubt helps to explain
the album's great success.
Some
of the band's best-loved songs appeared on this
album, including the Northern humour of Where
There's Muck There's Brass, Affluence
and Hear All, See All, Say Nowt;
the lovely Watercolour Morning
and Sail Away, Tin Soldier Friend;
and the thought-provoking Old England
- and of course the title song. A
point to note is that the band's name was shown
on the front cover as Fivepenny Piece
(not The Fivepenny Piece), for
the first time.
Side
1
- King Cotton
- Mi Gronny
- Watercolour Morning
- Hear All, See All, Say Nowt
- People Said
- Affluence
Side
2
- Where There's Muck There's Brass
- Stamford Street Lament
- TV Addict
- Sail Away Tin Soldier Friend
- The Football Match
- Old England
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