The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
Studio album by The Housemartins
Released	21 September 1987[1]
Studio	Yellow 2, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Genre	Indie rock jangle pop
Length	38:06
Label	Go! Discs (UK) Elektra Entertainment (US)
Producer	John Williams
The Housemartins chronology
London 0 Hull 4 (1986) The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death (1987) Now That's What I Call Quite Good (1988)

The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death is the second and final studio album by The Housemartins. It was released in 1987, and produced three singles - "Five Get Over Excited" (#11 UK), "Me and the Farmer" (#15) and "Build" (#15 UK). The title song is about the British Royal Family, which found them gaining controversy in the tabloid papers similar to that of other bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Smiths and The Stone Roses.