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In what has become a familiar pattern, Quench, the Beautiful South's sixth regular album release (not counting the singles compilation Carry on Up the Charts), entered the British charts at number one in October 1998, following the number two success of its single, "Perfect 10," while in the U.S. its release was delayed until July 1999, when it made no commercial impression at all. As usual, Paul Heaton and his comrades take a jaundiced look at the world while crooning melodically over pop, rock, and cocktail jazz tracks. The CD booklet contains only one photograph, an out-of-focus shot of a barroom, and as the album's title implies, Quench is awash in alcohol. Its most telling self-portrait may be "Look What I Found in My Beer," in which Heaton views his musical career as his salvation from alcoholism and self-loathing. "Look what I found in the mic," he sings, "An end to screwed-up drinking and a Paul I actually like." But he often uses metaphors to get across his viewpoint, notably on such songs as "The Slide," "The Table," and "Window Shopping for Blinds." Singer Jacqueline Abbott serves as his foil and expands the dramatic possibilities, especially on the album-closing "Your Father and I," in which parents tell conflicting stories about a child's conception and birth, only to conclude, "Your father and I won't tell the truth." If the Beautiful South's early work mixed biting sarcasm with pop riffs, Quench finds the group playing in less of a pop style, while Heaton's lyrics have become more bitter and self-pitying, but no less witty. Still, American recognition continues to seem unlikely for a writer who likes to make puns involving Peter Lorre and a lorry (that's a truck to us Yankees).
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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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 - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Hammond, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
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 - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roddie Lorimer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Roddy Lorimer, Trumpet, 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 - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 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.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 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 - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 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 - Samantha Smith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Mixer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - David Rotheray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
Album review
In what has become a familiar pattern, Quench, the Beautiful South's sixth regular album release (not counting the singles compilation Carry on Up the Charts), entered the British charts at number one in October 1998, following the number two success of its single, "Perfect 10," while in the U.S. its release was delayed until July 1999, when it made no commercial impression at all. As usual, Paul Heaton and his comrades take a jaundiced look at the world while crooning melodically over pop, rock, and cocktail jazz tracks. The CD booklet contains only one photograph, an out-of-focus shot of a barroom, and as the album's title implies, Quench is awash in alcohol. Its most telling self-portrait may be "Look What I Found in My Beer," in which Heaton views his musical career as his salvation from alcoholism and self-loathing. "Look what I found in the mic," he sings, "An end to screwed-up drinking and a Paul I actually like." But he often uses metaphors to get across his viewpoint, notably on such songs as "The Slide," "The Table," and "Window Shopping for Blinds." Singer Jacqueline Abbott serves as his foil and expands the dramatic possibilities, especially on the album-closing "Your Father and I," in which parents tell conflicting stories about a child's conception and birth, only to conclude, "Your father and I won't tell the truth." If the Beautiful South's early work mixed biting sarcasm with pop riffs, Quench finds the group playing in less of a pop style, while Heaton's lyrics have become more bitter and self-pitying, but no less witty. Still, American recognition continues to seem unlikely for a writer who likes to make puns involving Peter Lorre and a lorry (that's a truck to us Yankees).
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:23
- Main artists: The Beautiful South
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1998 Go! Discs Ltd. ℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd.
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