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In a nutshell: Seven years, five albums and countless great songs on from Ed Harcourt's eye-opening debut is a fitting time to take stock of one of the most startlingly diverse and inventive bodies of work in the annals of British singer-songwriting. Throw in two brand new tracks and you have something all hardcore Harcourts will need.

Imagine if you will: Tom Waits trying his hand at suburban Anglo whimsy while Macca pours the cough syrup down his throat.