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Featuring a picture of can of soup on the cover, the top half titled "The Housemartins Condensed" and the bottom half "The Cream of the Beautiful South," the album known as Soup was rather biased toward the latter of Paul Heaton's groups with just seven of 22 tracks from only two of the Housemartins' albums, London 0 Hull 4 (named after the fact that there were four of them and they were from Hull) and The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. That's not a lot, considering that during their brief existence, the Housemartins only achieved seven Top 40 hits, all of which are included here except their cover of "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me." The band was more influential than its chart success would have indicated. Both the Housemartins' other major hits were included, the bouncy, jolly "Happy Hour" and the a cappella cover of "Caravan of Love," along with lesser hits "Five Get Over Excited," "Me and the Farmer," and "Build." Fifteen of the 22 tracks here are devoted to Heaton's second and even more commercially successful band, the Beautiful South. With nine Top Ten albums behind them, the Beautiful South had achieved more radio-friendly hits and continued to enjoy play on easy listening stations long after their peak in the early '90s. Songs such as "Song for Whoever," "You Keep It All In," "A Little Time," "Rotterdam," "Don't Marry Her," and "Perfect 10" are all here, along with some lesser hits spread throughout their career from 1989 to 2003. The Housemartins have not been very well served by their highly visible greatest-hits campaigns, including the low-key release Best Of in 2004 and Now That's What I Call Quite Good! (a parody title of Now That's What I Call Music, the compilation series) in 1988. The Beautiful South, however, had enjoyed one of the biggest-selling albums of the '90s with Carry on Up the Charts, and Solid Bronze had also been a successful hits compilation, but Soup is the first time that both of Paul Heaton's bands' songs had been brought together.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
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Norman Cook, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeffrey Wood, Producer - Ian Peter Cullimore, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Matthew Key, ComposerLyricist - The Housemartins, MainArtist - Ted Key, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Cullimore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Whitaker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 Go! Discs Ltd.
Norman Cook, Bass Guitar, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Heaton, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Williams, Producer - Phil Bodger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Peter Cullimore, ComposerLyricist - The Housemartins, MainArtist - Stan Cullimore, Guitar, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Whitaker, Drums, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Go! Discs Ltd.
Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - John Williams, Producer - Ian Peter Cullimore, ComposerLyricist - The Housemartins, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Go! Discs Ltd.
Christopher Jasper, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Isley, ComposerLyricist - Norman Cook, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Heaton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Williams, Producer - The Housemartins, MainArtist - Stan Cullimore, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hemingway, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Go! Discs Ltd.
Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - John Williams, Producer - Ian Peter Cullimore, ComposerLyricist - The Housemartins, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Go! Discs Ltd.
Norman Cook, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Williams, Producer - Ian Peter Cullimore, ComposerLyricist - The Housemartins, Producer, MainArtist - Stan Cullimore, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Go! Discs Ltd.
Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - John Williams, Producer - Ian Peter Cullimore, ComposerLyricist - The Housemartins, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1987 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.
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.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, ComposerLyricist - The Beautiful South, MainArtist
℗ 1989 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.
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 - Steve Orchard, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOHN BROUGH, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Lance Phillips, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1992 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.
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, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Dave Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jacqui Abbott, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Magic Pumpkin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 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, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Dave Stead, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Welch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hemingway, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqui Abbott, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 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.
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.
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.
Dave Rotheray, ComposerLyricist - Paul Heaton, Producer, Co-Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Kelly, Producer - JOHN BROUGH, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Co-Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - The Beautiful South, MainArtist - Gary Wallis, Percussion, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Butcher, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Wheeler, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Hemingway, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Go! Discs Ltd.
Album review
Featuring a picture of can of soup on the cover, the top half titled "The Housemartins Condensed" and the bottom half "The Cream of the Beautiful South," the album known as Soup was rather biased toward the latter of Paul Heaton's groups with just seven of 22 tracks from only two of the Housemartins' albums, London 0 Hull 4 (named after the fact that there were four of them and they were from Hull) and The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. That's not a lot, considering that during their brief existence, the Housemartins only achieved seven Top 40 hits, all of which are included here except their cover of "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me." The band was more influential than its chart success would have indicated. Both the Housemartins' other major hits were included, the bouncy, jolly "Happy Hour" and the a cappella cover of "Caravan of Love," along with lesser hits "Five Get Over Excited," "Me and the Farmer," and "Build." Fifteen of the 22 tracks here are devoted to Heaton's second and even more commercially successful band, the Beautiful South. With nine Top Ten albums behind them, the Beautiful South had achieved more radio-friendly hits and continued to enjoy play on easy listening stations long after their peak in the early '90s. Songs such as "Song for Whoever," "You Keep It All In," "A Little Time," "Rotterdam," "Don't Marry Her," and "Perfect 10" are all here, along with some lesser hits spread throughout their career from 1989 to 2003. The Housemartins have not been very well served by their highly visible greatest-hits campaigns, including the low-key release Best Of in 2004 and Now That's What I Call Quite Good! (a parody title of Now That's What I Call Music, the compilation series) in 1988. The Beautiful South, however, had enjoyed one of the biggest-selling albums of the '90s with Carry on Up the Charts, and Solid Bronze had also been a successful hits compilation, but Soup is the first time that both of Paul Heaton's bands' songs had been brought together.
© Sharon Mawer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:39
- Main artists: The Beautiful South The Housemartins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2007 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2007 Mercury Records Limited
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