McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt
McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt was released in 1991 by British rock band Half Man Half Biscuit as their third original album. It was the first album released after the band had reformed in 1990.
The title and album sleeve picture are both taken from a Ripping Yarns episode entitled "Golden Gordon".
Critical reception
- Stewart Mason, AllMusic: "ven though the songs are both slower and longer, that cosmetic change only gave singer/songwriter Nigel Blackwell a broader canvas for his increasingly complex, multi-layered lyrics."
- Danny Scott, Select: "Once wicked wits of the North, HMHB have become rock's sad, old game-show hosts – same suit, same kitsch catchphrase. Only 'Prag Vec At The Melt Vet ' and Christian Rock Concert' show the bristling sarcasm of yore."
Track listing
- "Outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis"
- "Prag Vec at the Melkweg"
- "Christian Rock Concert"
- "Let's Not"
- "Yipps "
- "Hedley Verityesque"
- "A Lilac Harry Quinn"
- "Our Tune"
- "Girlfriend's Finished with Him"
- "Everything's A.O.R."
Cultural references
- Outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis - Vitas Gerulaitis, Virginia Wade, Rampton Secure Hospital, a high security psychiatric hospital in Nottinghamshire, Scooby-Doo, Tarkus.
- Prag Vec at the Melkweg - Lyric refers to The Beatles song "Yellow Submarine". The Enterprise Allowance Scheme, Meadowlark Lemon, Tony Monopoly, Conny Plank, Johnny Kwango, Dawlish, Craig Stadler, Frisbees, Spandex, PragVEC, the Melkweg, listeria.
- Christian Rock Concert - Kerrang magazine for rock fans, Stryper, backwards lyrics, Shane Fenton, Euston Station, After the Fire, Wendy Wimbush, space hoppers
- Let's Not - caravan holidays, acid, Peter Grummitt, footballer, the Highway Code, Norfolk, Godzilla, Diss, Jack Kerouac's On the Road, folk song "One Man Went to Mow", author Carla Lane, grindcore, Vanburn Holder, Jesus, Grant Baynham,.
- Yipps - A golfing song. Yips, Jack Nicklaus, Care Bears, Greg Norman, Julio Iglesias, Ultra Surs.
- Hedley Verityesque - Hedley Verity, Caves of Drach in Majorca, paper rounds, Alsatian dogs, film noir, Blockbusters, Peter Sarstedt, Kip Keino.
- A Lilac Harry Quinn - Title refers to a bicycle frame maker in Liverpool. Jim Jones, Journey, Pink Floyd song Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Wirral, Dick Quax, Dire Straits album Alchemy, the Goodyear Blimp, Sturmey-Archer and Campagnolo.
- Our Tune - Alan Brazil, the A47, the Goombay Dance Band, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, golf, St Neots, Bunty James, rugby league ground Hilton Park, "Grocer Jack", Alessi brothers song Oh Lori, Eagle Comics strip Billy's Boots.
- Girlfriend's finished with him - Frazier Chorus, Wim van Hanegem, Telly Savalas, Whitechapel.
- Everything's A.O.R. - Kendo Nagasaki, Millican & Nesbitt, Flintlock, Sade, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, T'Pau, Jackie.