The Housemartins ‎ London 0 Hull 4 Rare 1986 Elektra Records Orig. Vinyl NM
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London 0 Hull 4 Studio album by  The Housemartins Released June 1986 Studio Strongroom Studios, London Genre

  • Indie rock 
  • jangle pop
Length 46:55 Label Go! Discs Producer John Williams The Housemartins chronology London 0 Hull 4
(1986) The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
(1987) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Christgau's Record Guide A− Encyclopedia of Popular Music Q Record Collector The Rolling Stone Album Guide

London 0 Hull 4 is the debut album by The Housemartins, released in June 1986. It contains the singles "Flag Day" (#124 UK), "Sheep" (#54 UK), "Happy Hour" (#3 UK) and "Think for a Minute" (#18 UK).

The title refers to the band's home city of Kingston upon Hull and is in the format of a football score. It also refers to Paul Heaton's assertion that the Housemartins were only the fourth best band in Hull. In other words, Hull had four great bands, compared to none from London. The other three Hull bands in question were Red Guitars, Everything but the Girl and The Gargoyles. The title 'London 0 Hull 4' was used by various newspapers as a headline in October 2008 after the city's newly promoted football team, Hull City, beat West Ham United to take a fourth win out of four against London-based clubs (having previously beaten Fulham, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur).

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".

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Heaton and Stan Cullimore, except for where noted.

Original release (1986)

  1. "Happy Hour"
  2. "Get Up Off Our Knees" (Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key)
  3. "Flag Day" (Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key)
  4. "Anxious"
  5. "Reverends Revenge" (instrumental)
  6. "Sitting on a Fence"
  7. "Sheep"
  8. "Over There"
  9. "Think for a Minute"
  10. "We're Not Deep"
  11. "Lean on Me" (Paul Heaton, Pete Wingfield)
  12. "Freedom" (Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key)


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