| The Voltarol Years | ||||
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| Released | 25 February 2022 | |||
| Genre | Post punk | |||
| Length | 44:03 | |||
| Label | R. M. Qualtrough | |||
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The Voltarol Years is the fifteenth [1] album by Wirral-based rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released on 25 February 2022 [2] on the band's own R. M. Qualtrough [3] label. It is their first album release since Probe Plus founder Geoff Davies announced his retirement and the shuttering of the label.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Getting Buried in the Morning" | 2:30 |
| 2. | "Rogation Sunday's Here Again!" | 1:59 |
| 3. | "Awkward Sean" | 3:10 |
| 4. | "Tess of the Dormobiles" | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Grafting Haddock in the George" | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Big Man up Front" | 2:52 |
| 7. | "When I Look at My Baby" | 1:08 |
| 8. | "Beneath This Broken Headstone (There Lies a Broken Heart)" | 1:50 |
| 9. | "In a Suffolk Ditch" | 4:22 |
| 10. | "Persian Rug Sale at the URC" | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Midnight Mass Murder" | 1:57 |
| 12. | "Token Covid Song" | 3:34 |
| 13. | "Slipping the Escort" | 4:53 |
| 14. | "Oblong of Dreams" | 5:43 |
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC) [4] | 37 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] | 10 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] | 5 |
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