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| Greatest hits album by The Beautiful South | ||||
| Released | November, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
Solid Bronze: Great Hits is The Beautiful South's ninth album and second greatest hits compilation. It was released in November 2001 and contains 19 tracks. The album contains two songs ("Pretenders to the Throne" and "Dream a Little Dream") that were released between Carry on up the Charts and Blue Is the Colour, and never made it onto any album.
It produced one single, "The Root of All Evil", released the same month as the album, and only getting to number 50 in the UK Singles Chart. The album got to number 10. The name of the album parodies other compilation albums e.g. "Solid Gold - Greatest Hits" by self deprecating the popularity of the band.
All songs written and composed by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Notes | Length |
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| 1. | "Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" | (Taken from the album Blue is the Colour) | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Perfect 10" | (Taken from the album Quench) | 3:39 |
| 3. | "You Keep It All In" | (Taken from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South) | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Don't Marry Her" | (Taken from the album Blue is the Colour) | 3:24 |
| 5. | "A Little Time" | (Taken from the album Choke) | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil) | (Taken from the album Miaow) | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)" | (Taken from the album Miaow) | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Dream a Little Dream" (Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt) | (Taken from the US version of the compilation Carry On up the Charts) | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Song for Whoever [Single Edit]" | (Original taken from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South) | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Old Red Eyes Is Back" | (Taken from the album 0898 Beautiful South) | 3:35 |
| 11. | "The Root of All Evil" (Rotheray, Heaton, Shields, Slattery) | (New Song) | 2:39 |
| 12. | "One Last Love Song" | (Taken from the compilation Carry On up the Charts) | 3:33 |
| 13. | "Dumb" | (Taken from the album Quench) | 3:47 |
| 14. | "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry? [Single Edit]" | (Original taken from the album Quench) | 3:18 |
| 15. | "Blackbird on the Wire [Radio Edit]" | (Original taken from the album Blue is the Colour) | 3:12 |
| 16. | "Closer Than Most" | (Taken from the album Painting It Red) | 3:08 |
| 17. | "The River [Single Edit]" | (Original taken from the album Painting It Red) | 4:12 |
| 18. | "Pretenders to the Throne" | (Non-Album single from 1995) | 3:14 |
| 19. | "The Mediterranean [ Morcheeba Mix]" | (Original taken from the album Painting It Red) | 3:42 |
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