Crooked Calypso

Crooked Calypso is the third studio album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, both formerly members of the Beautiful South. The album was released in the UK on 21 July 2017 by Virgin EMI.

Crooked Calypso
Studio album by
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
Released21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)
StudioThe Chairworks, Castleford
Genre
Length46:30 (standard edition)
71:52 (deluxe edition)
Label
  • Virgin EMI
ProducerJohn Owen Williams
Paul Heaton chronology
Wisdom, Laughter and Lines
(2015)		 Crooked Calypso
(2017)		 The Last King of Pop
(2018)
Jacqui Abbott chronology
Wisdom, Laughter and Lines
(2015)		 Crooked Calypso
(2017)		 Manchester Calling
(2020)
Singles from Crooked Calypso
  1. "I Gotta Praise"
    Released: 16 June 2017
  2. "She Got the Garden"
    Released: 25 August 2017

When writing the lyrics for the album, Heaton again retreated to the Netherlands, while the music was written in Gran Canaria together with guitarist Jonny Lexus. The photography for the album was by Sean Welch, the bassist for The Beautiful South.

A deluxe edition was also available upon the album's release, which included a DVD of a live performance recorded at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on 5 August 2016.

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