Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral

Critical reception

• Stewart Mason, AllMusic: "Half Man Half Biscuit released this album within one calendar year of its predecessor, 1997's Voyage to the Bottom of the Road, and perhaps that accounts for the somewhat lackluster feel. here is enough of interest here to appeal to the converted, but newcomers should perhaps start elsewhere."
• Simon Williams, NME: "Chances of cracking open the notoriously fickle American market: slimmer than Lena Zavaroni's mop handle."