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Long live subversive, cutting lyrics couched in pastel-colored, unassuming, melodic pop. But aren't two compilation albums -- even if the second one has the modest superlative-eschewing subtitle "Great Hits" -- in 13 years a bit much? With 19 tracks to the 15 on 1994's Carry on Up the Charts, the intention on Solid Bronze, it would seem, is to be the definitive Beautiful South collection, never mind the squillion-odd people who bought Carry On. Unforgivably, Solid Bronze shares not one, not two, but a whopping seven tracks with its predecessor. Which effectively means you are buying the Morcheeba remix of "The Mediterranean," a couple of other tracks off Painting It Red, the Mama Cass cover "Dream a Little Dream" from the French Kiss soundtrack, a couple tunes from Quench, the one mandatory new song, "The Root of All Evil," and a "rarity," "Pretenders to the Throne." And don't forget the cleaned-up version of "Don't Marry Her." Sure, Paul Heaton is a great songwriter, Jacqueline Abbott and Brianna Corrigan have lovely voices, and every song here is good in its own way, but you can't help thinking of the whole album as an enterprise ironically marked by the cynicism that distinguishes some of the Beautiful South's best songs.
© Leslie Mathew /TiVo
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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.
Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Sanders, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Clarke, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Annie Whitehead, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Weller, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hammond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Dave Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Grimble, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Dave Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Hemingway, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Briana Corrigan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Go! Discs Ltd.
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.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Rupert Coulson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Kape, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Lance Phillips, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Go! Discs Ltd.
Fred Neil, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - The Magic Pumpkin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - The Magic Pumpkin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Go! Discs Ltd.
Jon Kelly, Producer - Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Schwandt, Composer - Fabian Andre, Composer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - The Magic Pumpkin, Producer
℗ 1995 Go! Discs Ltd.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Grimble, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Dave Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Hemingway, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Briana Corrigan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Dave Stead, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hemingway, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Corrigan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Scott Shields, ComposerLyricist - Martin Slattery, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BROUGH, Producer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - The Magic Pumpkin, Producer
℗ 1994 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hammond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Go! Discs Ltd.
Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Sanders, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Clarke, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Annie Whitehead, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hammond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - The Magic Pumpkin, Producer
℗ 1995 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - Morcheeba, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Paul Haeton, Producer
℗ 2001 Go! Discs Ltd.
Album review
Long live subversive, cutting lyrics couched in pastel-colored, unassuming, melodic pop. But aren't two compilation albums -- even if the second one has the modest superlative-eschewing subtitle "Great Hits" -- in 13 years a bit much? With 19 tracks to the 15 on 1994's Carry on Up the Charts, the intention on Solid Bronze, it would seem, is to be the definitive Beautiful South collection, never mind the squillion-odd people who bought Carry On. Unforgivably, Solid Bronze shares not one, not two, but a whopping seven tracks with its predecessor. Which effectively means you are buying the Morcheeba remix of "The Mediterranean," a couple of other tracks off Painting It Red, the Mama Cass cover "Dream a Little Dream" from the French Kiss soundtrack, a couple tunes from Quench, the one mandatory new song, "The Root of All Evil," and a "rarity," "Pretenders to the Throne." And don't forget the cleaned-up version of "Don't Marry Her." Sure, Paul Heaton is a great songwriter, Jacqueline Abbott and Brianna Corrigan have lovely voices, and every song here is good in its own way, but you can't help thinking of the whole album as an enterprise ironically marked by the cynicism that distinguishes some of the Beautiful South's best songs.
© Leslie Mathew /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:11
- Main artists: The Beautiful South
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2001 Go! Discs Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 2001 Go! Discs Ltd.
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