Fat Chance

"Fat Chance" is the first solo album by British artist Paul Heaton, the former frontman of both The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, released in 2001 by Polygram International ,in the guise of Biscuit Boy (a.k.a. Crackerman). The album was re-released the following year by Mercury Records complete with new artwork and crediting the artist as Paul Heaton. Though this is technically a solo project, he's not going completely alone, with help coming from Martin Slattery and Scott Shields (from Joe Strummer's backing band the Mescaleros), two of his Beautiful South colleagues David Rotheray and Damon Butcher and regular Beautiful South producer Jon Kelly. The album was critically acclaimed, but was not a commercial success.