Editor's Recommendation

Editor's Recommendation is a 2001 extended play CD by Birkenhead-based indie band Half Man Half Biscuit.[1][2][3]

Editor's Recommendation
EP by Half Man Half Biscuit
Released	25 June 2001
Studio	Liverpool Music House
Genre	Post-punk
Length	11:36
Label	Probe Plus PP32CD
Producer	Colin McKay and Co.
Half Man Half Biscuit chronology
Trouble over Bridgwater (2000) Editor's Recommendation (2001) Cammell Laird Social Club (2002)

John Peel (1939–2004; BBC Radio 1 DJ 1967–2004), who greatly admired the band,[4] included two tracks from Editor's Recommendation in his 2001 Festive Fifty: "Bob Wilson – Anchorman" at No. 13 and "Vatican Broadside" at No. 16.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bob Wilson – Anchorman"	1:37
2.	"On Passing Lilac Urine"	1:44
3.	"Lark Descending"	3:12
4.	"Worried Man Blues"	2:30
5.	"New York Skiffle"	2:02
6.	"Vatican Broadside"	0:31

Notes

• Bob Wilson (born 1941) is a former footballer turned television sports presenter.
• An "anchorman" is a news presenter.
• The title "Lark Descending" parodies that of the poem The Lark Ascending by George Meredith (1828–1909) and of the well-known classical music piece based upon it by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958).
• Skiffle is a music genre usually employing homemade or improvised instruments, originating in the United States in the first half of the 20th century and revived in the UK in the 1950s.
• The song "New York Skiffle" parodies the 1959 single "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" by Scottish skiffle player Lonnie Donegan.
• The song "New York Skiffle" includes the line "I've had the CBGBs", and also references Andy Warhol and Greenwich Village.
• New York Skiffle could also a parody of a Graham Parker song New York Shuffle
• The Vatican, Rome includes the seat and bedchamber of the Pope, head of the Roman Catholic church.

References

1. Sampson, Kevin (21 July 2001). "Taking the biscuit". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. Half Man Half Biscuit – Editor's Recommendation at Discogs
3. Half Man Half Biscuit: Editors Recommendation at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
4. H is for... Half Man Half Biscuit on YouTube Official video by John Peel's widow, Sheila.
5. "Keeping It Peel: Festive 50 2001". BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

External links

• "Editor's Recommendation". Retrieved 25 February 2016. The oldest-established Half Man Half Biscuit fansite.
• "Editor's Recommendation". Retrieved 25 February 2016. The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project.