An English musician sits on the outskirts of the Spanish desert town of Tabernas, where Italians shot American cowboy movies on now abandoned sets, and concocts a widescreen country rock record influenced by the mariachi hued soundtracks bashed out to accompany them.
Scott Walker only sang themes to two Spaghetti westerns, Joe Hill and The Rope And The Colt, but the Choppers’ musical director and vocalist Ben Nicholls swells his lungs and ghosts the tortured troubadour a whole album of horse opera hits.
Be Ready is so ingrained with acutely observed inauthenticity it swallows its own tail and becomes thoroughly convincing.
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter