What Have We Become?

What Have We Become? is a studio album by the former The Beautiful South collaborators Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, which was released on 19 May 2014 through Virgin EMI Records.

What Have We Become?
Studio album by
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott
Released19 May 2014
Recorded2013
StudioThe Chairworks, Castleford, West Yorkshire
GenreAlternative, indie rock
Length45:28
LabelVirgin EMI
ProducerJohn Owen Williams
Paul Heaton chronology
Paul Heaton Presents the 8th
(2012)		 What Have We Become?
(2014)		 Wisdom, Laughter and Lines
(2015)
Jacqui Abbott chronology
What Have We Become?
(2014)		 Wisdom, Laughter and Lines
(2015)
Singles from What Have We Become
  1. "D.I.Y."
    Released: 5 May 2014
  2. "Moulding of a Fool"
    Released: 21 July 2014
  3. "When It Was Ours"
    Released: 29 September 2014
  4. "Real Hope"
    Released: 24 November 2014

It charted at number three in the UK Albums Chart, just behind Michael Jackson's posthumous album Xscape and Coldplay's Ghost Stories at number one. The album was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 30 October 2015 for sales over 100,000 copies.

The album's first single, "D.I.Y", reached number 75 on the UK Singles Chart, and was added to BBC Radio 2's playlist in April 2014.

The cover painting is by David Storey.

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