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Revelations carries some very political songs, such as the aforementioned ' As Good As it Gets ', ' The British Disease ' and ' Mayday '.

Rossiter, who had an occasional political spot on BBC Radio Five Live, launched a vitriolic critique on New Labour's first term in office.

The album charted disappointingly at number 23, and the second single from the album, ' Fill Her Up ', charted at number 37 that April.

Despite a successful and comprehensive tour around the country, again selling out many venues, as well as making a successful appearance at the Reading Festival of that year, Gene and Polydor parted ways.

It must be said that the band felt somewhat undermined by their label's lack of support and failure to market the album adequately.

As Rossiter explained: " Only when we got to Gretna Green did we realise that Polydor had disembarked at Crewe.

" Whilst the band made the best of Revelations raw, live sound during the album's promotion, as well as the fact that the recording of the album took less than a month to complete ( the marketing literature said it was in order to best convey the energy apparent from their live shows ), after the split they claimed that they could have made it a better album had they been given more time by their label.

Certainly, Revelations was by no means a failure, and it probably would have been a greater popular success given the right backing.

Although Gene lost a lot of the benefits of being on a major label, they did at least gain artistic independence again.