Pellow, David McAlmont, Brian Kennedy, Kris Drever, Sarah Jane Morris, Alex Parks, and Natalie Imbruglia. Awards and recognition "Patience of Angels" brought a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Hewerdine in 1995. In a 2009 review of his album God Bless the Pretty Things, the BBC described Hewerdine as "one of Britain's most consistently accomplished songwriters". Nick Coleman of The Independent on Sunday described Hewerdine as "one of the best songwriters we have". The Birmingham Evening Mail described him as "one of the country's finest lyricists". Discography For his releases with The Bible see The Bible (band)#Discography Albums Ignorance (1992), Ensign/Compass Baptist Hospital (1996), WEA Thanksgiving (1999), Compass Anon (2002), Haven Harmonograph (2005), MVine God Bless the Pretty Things (2009), Navigator – reissued in 2012 by Reveal Records as a 2-CD set including both Toy Box EPs Open (2015), Reveal Swimming In Mercury (2017), Reveal Before (2019), Reveal Understudy (2022), Reveal with The Great Divide Money and Time (2007), Gott Discs with Darden Smith Evidence (1989), Chrysalis/Capitol with State of the Union State of the Union (2011) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal Snake Oil (2012) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal The Saltwell Sessions (2017) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal Compilations A Live One (2002), Madan My Name In The Brackets (The Best Of Boo Hewerdine & The Bible) (2014), Reveal EP's History (1992), Ensign 59 yds (1992), Ensign Extras (2001), Shellshock Ontario (2005), MVine Toy Box No. 1 (2008), Navigator Toy Box No. 2 (2008), Navigator Born (2016), Reveal A Letter To My Younger Self (2018), Reveal with State of the Union Rent (2012) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal with Kris Drever Last Man Standing (2015), Reveal Singles "World's End" (1995), Blanco y Negro "Joke" (1996), Blanco y Negro with The Great Divide "Who Broke The Love Bank" (1982), Wimp "Whispered In Heaven" (1983), Ensign "It's Got To Be Love" (1984), Blue Murder "Money And Time" (1984), Ensign with Darden Smith "All I Want Is Everything" (1989), Ensign with Eddi Reader and Clive Gregson "Wonderful Lie" (1993), Haven Compilation appearances Rubber Folk: A Folk Tribute to the Beatles (2006), Gott Discs: "What Goes On" (Boo Hewerdine & Eddi Reader) DVD Transatlantic Sessions 2 (2011) – Various Artists DVD References External links State of the Union official website 1961 births Living people English male singer-songwriters English new wave musicians People from Cambridge People from Ely, Cambridgeshire Musicians from Cambridgeshire Male new wave singers