Complex sentence: As with most Beautiful South albums the songs were written by Dave Rotherway and Paul Heaton at the time of its writing Paul was going through a depressed time, this is reflected in the songs.
Split into simpler sentences: As with most Beautiful South albums, the songs were written by Dave Rotherway and Paul Heaton. At the time of its writing, Paul was going through a depressed time; this is reflected in the songs.