Our Kid Eh

May 15, 2008 | By Doug In Catalogue | Comments(0)

Our Kid Eh
Our Kid Eh is quite possibly the most hotly anticipated album of 2001. Forget the new releases from Radiohead and Travis–who needs them when you’ve got Radioshed and Dave Lee Travisty, just two of the many aliases of Britain’s greatest pub rockers, Shirehorses. Probably better known for their day jobs as Radio One DJ Mark Radcliffe and his trusty sidekick The Boy Lard, by night they transform themselves into the popular beat combo beloved by dozens, the mighty ‘Horse. With the top-selling bargain-bin album The Worst Shirehorses Album in the World…Ever! behind them, there’s no stopping them, as they take on the finest British bands around… and lose. Highlights include “Bellow”–a tenderly shouted tribute to the Boy Lard which puts Coldplay to shame–and “Fucking Around”, a song that raises a smile with the taunt “you chuffing wizened chimp”. Things do go a bit flat in the middle with “Pardon?” and “Quorn Medley”, but they soon pick up again with “A Roll with This”. In a world of po-faced serious musicians, Our Kid, Eh? is truly refreshing and should see itself slam-dunking its way straight into the Top 10. Biddly, biddly, bong. –Helen Marquis

Customer Review: The humour slides downhill…
The Worst Album… by the Shirehorses is a classic of the novelty music genre. This, however, is not. It’s not really very funny! F****** around is seriously embarrassing lads, to substitute swearing for humour is not on, and the songs they choose to parody are not as privvy to good lyrical changes. Having said that, there are moments of greatness - the Indecipherable Boys track is what Mark and Lard are best at, and Bellow is nicely done. However, the greatest moment you will hear for yourself is at the end of If You Tolerate This Piss - one of those moments between the two that makes them one of the great double acts of our time.

Customer Review: Eh up ar kid, this music’s chuffin spot on me old mucka!
Our Kid Eh will go down in history as being a musical/comedy masterpiece - fact. I read the reviews on this site before buying both Our Kid Eh and The Worst Shirehorses Album in the World Ever…. EVER, and was under the impression that Our Kid Eh was not as good as the first album. WRONG!!! If The Worst album…. is musical genius, Our Kid Eh is a step up from a masterpiece, musically it is much easier to listen to (sounds like a real band having a good bash at copying the original artists instead of a drunken Mark and Lard thrashing the drums and guitar in the first album)and the songs are longer, so you really get into singing along with them. True, there is less banter on Our Kid Eh, but this is made up with comedy from the top draw - the lyrics are side-splittingly funny. I dare anyone to listen to ‘you were always f@cking around’ or ‘arseholes’ and not want to sing the shirehorses lyrics whenever you hear the original songs!! For the price you will not find a better way to put a smile on your face then Our Kid Eh. Buy it you chuffin wizened chimps!!

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