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Notes: This was far and away the band's best-selling album, and arguably
their finest. It reached the UK national top ten, perhaps partly because of the
exposure the band had been getting on TV, notably on the Esther Rantzen
show That's Life. The album has the usual variety of material, both nostalgic and
humorous, but this time the songs are thoughtfully sequenced, interlinked by
spoken and sung passages with "brass band" accompaniment. This coherent
arrangement is very effective and no doubt helps to explain the album's great
success. Some of the band's best-loved songs appeared on this album, including the northern humour of Where
There's Muck There's Brass, Affluence and Hear All, See All, Say Nowt; the lovely
Watercolour Morning and Sail Away, Tin Soldier Friend; and the thought-provoking
Old England - and of course the title song. A point to note is that the band's name was shown on the front cover as
Fivepenny Piece (not The Fivepenny Piece), for the first time.
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