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  Type Album
  Artist The Housemartins
  Cover London0hull4 album coverjpg
  Released October 1986
  Recorded
  Genre Indie Rock
  Length 46:55
  Label Go! Discs
  Producer John Williams
  This Album ''London 0 Hull 4''<br />(1986)
  Next Album '' The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death ''<br />(1987)


''London 0 Hull 4'' is a 1986 album by The Housemartins . It was their first album and contains the singles "Flag Day" (#58 in the UK), "Sheep" (#54 in the UK), "Happy Hour" (#3 in the UK) and "Think for a Minute" (#18 in the UK).

The title refers to the band's home town of Kingston Upon Hull and is in the format of a sports result.

The liner notes and lyrics reflect singer Paul Heaton 's interest at that time in Christianity and Marxism . For example, the back cover of the album contains the message, "Take Jesus - Take Marx - Take Hope".

In 1992, the album was re-released on CD and featured four additional tracks, along with the front cover phrase, "16 songs - 17 hits!"


TRACK LISTING

#"Happy Hour"
#"Get Up Off Our Knees"
#"Flag Day"
#"Anxious"
#"Reverend's Revenge" (instrumental)
#"Sitting on a Fence"
#"Sheep"
#"Over There"
#"Think for a Minute"
#"We're Not Deep"
#"Lean On Me"
#"Freedom"
#"I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like a Shelter)" (CD and cassette only)
#"People Get Ready" (CD only)
#"The Mighty Ship" (CD only)
#"He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" (CD only)