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"Don't marry her... f**k me." Light, dreamy pop that includes lines like this may knock the listener over. An added feature is the various ways vocal duties are shared by Jacqueline Abbot, Dave Hemingway, and Paul Heaton. Finely produced, it should be noted that the knob-twiddler here was Jon Kelly (Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Tori Amos, Kate Bush). Beautiful South reminds one of the blunt simplicity of some of the Ann Magnuson-sung Bongwater, but much more accessible. Dulcet harmonies with casual bar talk rewritten as poetry. "Have fun/And if you can't have fun/Have someone else's fun." The songs here transform spite and hurt into tuneful gems. "The whole place is pickled/The people are pickles for sure/And no one knows if they've done more here/Than they would do in a jar." Yes, yes, yes. Next time your significant other does you significant pain, just put Blue Is the Colour on for a few spins. It will be more healing than a public drunk and save you any day-after embarrassment.
© Tom Schulte /TiVo
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Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqui Abbott, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - JOHN KELLY, Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Dave Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Hemingway, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqui Abbott, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Jon Kelly, Producer - Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sheldon Harnick, ComposerLyricist - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Additional Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
Album review
"Don't marry her... f**k me." Light, dreamy pop that includes lines like this may knock the listener over. An added feature is the various ways vocal duties are shared by Jacqueline Abbot, Dave Hemingway, and Paul Heaton. Finely produced, it should be noted that the knob-twiddler here was Jon Kelly (Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Tori Amos, Kate Bush). Beautiful South reminds one of the blunt simplicity of some of the Ann Magnuson-sung Bongwater, but much more accessible. Dulcet harmonies with casual bar talk rewritten as poetry. "Have fun/And if you can't have fun/Have someone else's fun." The songs here transform spite and hurt into tuneful gems. "The whole place is pickled/The people are pickles for sure/And no one knows if they've done more here/Than they would do in a jar." Yes, yes, yes. Next time your significant other does you significant pain, just put Blue Is the Colour on for a few spins. It will be more healing than a public drunk and save you any day-after embarrassment.
© Tom Schulte /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:51
- Main artists: The Beautiful South
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1996 Go! Discs Ltd. ℗ 1996 Go! Discs Ltd.
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