The Voltarol Years

The Voltarol Years is the fifteenth^[1] album by Wirral-based rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released on 25 February 2022^[2] on the band's own R. M. Qualtrough^[3] label. It is their first album release since Probe Plus founder Geoff Davies announced his retirement and the shuttering of the label.

The Voltarol Years
Studio album by Half Man Half Biscuit
Released	25 February 2022 (2022-02-25)
Genre	Post punk
Length	44:03
Label	R. M. Qualtrough
Half Man Half Biscuit chronology
No-One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut (2018) The Voltarol Years (2022) All Asimov and No Fresh Air (2025)

Its songs cover themes of class, football and Catholicism.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Getting Buried in the Morning"	2:30
2.	"Rogation Sunday's Here Again!"	1:59
3.	"Awkward Sean"	3:10
4.	"Tess of the Dormobiles"	2:24
5.	"Grafting Haddock in the George"	4:04
6.	"Big Man up Front"	2:52
7.	"When I Look at My Baby"	1:08
8.	"Beneath This Broken Headstone (There Lies a Broken Heart)"	1:50
9.	"In a Suffolk Ditch"	4:22
10.	"Persian Rug Sale at the URC"	3:37
11.	"Midnight Mass Murder"	1:57
12.	"Token Covid Song"	3:34
13.	"Slipping the Escort"	4:53
14.	"Oblong of Dreams"	5:43

Charts

Chart performance for The Voltarol Years

Chart (2022)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	37
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6]	10
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[7]	5