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Welcome to the Beautiful South

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Beautiful South Format: Audio CD
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 244 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Song for Whoever
2 Have You Ever Been Away?
3 From Under the Covers
4 I'll Sail This Ship Alone
5 Girlfriend
6 Straight in at 37
7 You Keep It All in
8 Woman in the Wall
9 Oh Blackpool
10 Love Is
11 I Love You (But You're Boring)

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1991 UK 11-track CD album debut long-player from the band includes the singles Song for Whoever Ill Sail This Ship Alone and You Keep It All in picture sleeve with 12-page lyric booklet.

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The Housemartins used crazily bouncing melodies to sweeten their political pop. After they broke up after just two albums, P.D. Heaton tried a similar technique with the Beautiful South--lush melodies, rolling piano, and beautiful voices sugar-coating delightfully subversive lyrics. Only where the Housemartins railed against bankers and unthinking sheep, the Beautiful South moved from the political to the personal (except for some delicious swipes at the music biz), writing gorgeous love songs to dull partners ("I Love You But You're Boring"), gruesome murders ("Woman in the Wall"), and conversation fear ("You Keep It All In"). Funnier still is "Song for Whoever," which reveals the man behind the love song: "Oh Shirley, Oh Deborah, Oh Julie, Oh Jane/I wrote so many songs about you/I forget your name." --David Daley

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.92 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.25 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ MERCURY UK
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 26, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ MERCURY UK
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000024K12
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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rudeboy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great LPversion
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018
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It was exactly what i expected it to be...a vinyl version of Welcome to The Beautiful South
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2019
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Product was well kept
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carol mccarthy
5.0 out of 5 stars remember the "housemartins"
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2013
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this is the band who formed from the "housemartins" they are a quirky and yet easy listening group, with both a female and male lead singer who are brilliant
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Bookie
4.0 out of 5 stars Twisted Little Stories
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2006
I love this CD. I got it in the Nineties and couldn't put it down for a while. Each song is like a twisted little story that stays with you long after you listen to it. The lyrics are not only clever and catchy, they're also frequently funny. And the lite, upbeat, happy-sounding tunes defy the darkness in the lyrics--it's a winning combination. I thought of it today because I picked up a CD by a guy named Daniel Powter and thought, What does this remind me of? Then it hit me: Welcome to the Beautiful South (but not completely--more like the Beautiful South meets Macy Gray).
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Mark Handy
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Keep it All In
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015
A classic. I saw "Beautiful South" twice at the Metropol in Berlin. The small, intimate venue with a big brass back-up to the vocals by Heaton and Corrigan was magical. Paradoxically wonderful deep, dark lyrics offset by upbeat rhythms. If you don't like to listen to lyrics -- or are easily offended -- skip this one. But, if you like things complicated, this is for you. Great cover art, too.
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CQ DX
5.0 out of 5 stars Just a great band and sound! Anything by The Beautiful South is fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015
This is a great album! Great 'tongue in cheek', wry British lyrics, songwriting, and music. I love Paul Heaton's voice as well. If you liked The Housemartins, you will most likely like The Beautiful South. They are one of the best 'alternative' rock bands to come out of that late 80's and early 90's era. I had the privelege of seeing them in concert in NYC a while back. It was a magical show!
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mrovich
5.0 out of 5 stars What a combination
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2000
Great lyrics with great music - simple as that. The lyrics are cynical, sometimes over-clever, and always compassionate in a dark and brooding kind of way. And they always challenge you, without leaving the domain of popular music. A song like "Have You Ever Been Away" could so easily have been political (see for example, "Maggie what have we done" - Roger Waters in 1982), yet it isn't - it just makes you think, and occasionally laugh out loud.
But that does not mean that the Beautiful South are just a thinking man's band - their music is great. On this album it is mostly quite soft, a good album to chill to in the evening, with some beautiful songs like Under the Covers, Sail This Ship Alone, and the opening track. The singing in particular is so pure that it makes a mockery of the more evil lyrics, a sweet & sour mix that works extremely well. This works as an album, too, with a great finish that, aah - makes you want to start all over again.
I hate albums like that, because you never get to listen to anything else...but really, that means that I love it. If the idea of clever lyrics puts you off, listen to some of the tracks, and you will see that the music is good enough on its own to warrant thinking seriously about purchasing it. And if you do like good lyrics - I am thinking fans of Pink Floyd, or the Manic Street Preachers, or the Smiths (or any number of other "clever" bands) - then you really should go for it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Why aren't they big in the US?
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2003
The best work by TBS. Woman in the Wall and You Keep It All In are my two favorites. I meet few people in the US who dig this band. Youn can't compare this original band to anyone, they don't have as much as that "pop" sound as Heatens old band The Housemartins did. When will these guys get big? Who knows I didn't here of them until 1994 and they have been my favorite since. This album is better then the gloomy Choke which I like a lot but many songs seem to be about vomiting and loving ones self and not as cheerful as 0898. Buy it you should like it.
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Terry Buckley
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2023
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The item is perfect and is what ibwant
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wasson
5.0 out of 5 stars Grazie arrivato Oggi
Reviewed in Italy on January 12, 2023
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Tutto Ok
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DELORME
5.0 out of 5 stars Super
Reviewed in France on December 26, 2018
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Cadeau apprécié
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ramon
5.0 out of 5 stars eines der Schönsten Alben aller Zeiten
Reviewed in Germany on December 9, 2003
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Diese Album kaufte ich mir damals als Teenie (also vor über 10 Jahren!) und ich höre es bis heute noch immer genauso gerne!
"The Beautiful South" schufen mit diesem Werk einen Klassiker, der eigentlich in keiner CD-Sammlunge fehlen dürfte. Wunderschöne melodische Lieder, in sich harmonísch und natürlich "very british". Man kann die CD einfach durchlaufen lassen. Eignet sich sowohl zum bewussten Hören, als auch als Hintergrungmusik beim Lesen, Putzen, Kochen etc. ;o)
Die Lieder verbreiten durch ihre Leichtigkeit, wenn auch die Texte es nicht immer sind, einfach eine heitere, fröhlich Stimmung, von der man mitgerissen wird. Besonder an regnerischen, trüben Tagen zu empfehlen... besser als jeder Bachblütentee! ;o)
Ach, und wer die "Housemartins" & ihre Musik mochte, wird auch diese CD lieben! Einfach schön!
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Lave
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2021
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They remind you of the Smiths except happy
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