Carry On up the Charts

Carry on up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South

Greatest hits album by The Beautiful South

Released

November, 1994 (UK) October, 1995 (US)

Recorded

1994

GO! Discs

Jon Kelly, The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South chronology

Miaow (album)
(1994)

Carry on up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South
(1994)

Blue Is the Colour
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Carry On up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South is an album by UK band The Beautiful South. It is the group's fifth album and their first greatest hits collection. It was a major commercial success.

Release

Carry On up the Charts was released in November 1994, the same year as the band's previous album Miaow, with its only single, "One Last Love Song", being released in October 1994, only two months after "Prettiest Eyes"; the last single to be taken from Miaow. "One Last Love Song" reached number 14 in the UK charts.

The album includes all of the single releases from the band's first five years in order of their release. Its title is a reference to the Carry On film series. A two-disc Limited Edition version was also released, with the bonus disc containing Non-LP/CD B-sides from the singles.

Chart performance

Released at a time when the group's album sales had been waning, it proved to be a surprise success.^[2] The album reached no. 1 on the UK Albums Chart on 3 December 1994 and went on to become the second biggest selling album of 1994. By the summer of 1995 it was certified as 5x platinum in the UK.^[2] Such was the album's popularity, it was claimed that one in seven British households owned a copy.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.

No.	Title	Notes	Length
1.	"Song for Whoever [Single Edit]"	(Original taken from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South)	4:06
2.	"You Keep It All In"	(Taken from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South)	2:54
3.	"I'll Sail This Ship Alone"	(Taken from the album Welcome to the Beautiful South)	4:07
4.	"A Little Time"	(Taken from the album Choke)	3:00
5.	"My Book"	(Taken from the album Choke)	2:53
6.	"Let Love Speak Up Itself"	(Taken from the album Choke)	4:20
7.	"Old Red Eyes Is Back"	(Taken from the album 0898 Beautiful South)	3:36
8.	"We Are Each Other"	(Taken from the album 0898 Beautiful South)	3:37
9.	"Bell Bottomed Tear"	(Taken from the album 0898 Beautiful South)	4:35
10.	"36D"	(Taken from the album 0898 Beautiful South)	4:02
11.	"Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)"	(Taken from the album Miaow)	3:49
12.	"Everybody's Talkin'" (Fred Neil)	(Taken from the album Miaow)	2:37
13.	"Prettiest Eyes"	(Taken from the album Miaow)	3:49
14.	"One Last Love Song"	(non-LP/CD single)	3:33

Initial copies of the double CD pack had the demo version of "Let Love Speak Up Itself" with Jacqueline Abbott on vocals instead of the single version with Paul Heaton.
Copies of the Canadian release also include the album tracks "I Think the Answer's Yes" and "I'm Your No.1 Fan".
The U.S., German and Japanese releases also include a cover of "Dream a Little Dream" (music by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt, lyrics by Gus Kahn).
The Japanese release also includes "Les Yeux Ouverts" (music by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt, French lyrics by Brice Homs & Kurin Ternovizeff). Both it and "Dream a Little Dream" were recorded for the movie French Kiss. It was re-used in the film The Devil Wears Prada.

Limited Edition disc listing

The Limited Edition disc contains Non-LP/CD B-sides from their single releases.^[4]

All songs written and composed by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.

No.	Title	Notes	Length
1.	"Diamonds" (M.G. Greaves)	(Taken from the single Old Red Eyes Is Back)	2:27
2.	"They Used to Wear Black"	(Taken from the single Bell Bottomed Tear)	3:07
3.	"Throw His Song Away"	(Taken from the single 36D)	2:54
4.	"Trevor You're Bizarre"	(Taken from the single 36D)	3:37
5.	"Love Wars" (Womack & Womack)	(Taken from the single Let Love Speak Up Itself)	3:41
6.	"You Just Can't Smile It Away" (Bill Withers)	(Taken from the single You Keep It All In)	3:28
7.	"But 'Til Then"	(Taken from the single I'll Sail This Ship Alone)	4:09
8.	"Size"	(Taken from the single Prettiest Eyes)	3:34
9.	"Frank and Delores" (M.G. Greaves)	(Taken from the single Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud))	3:39
10.	"I Started a Joke" (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb)	(Taken from the single We Are Each Other)	3:57
11.	"Woman in the Wall" (Recorded live at St. Georges Hall, Blackburn, April 25, 1992)	(Taken from the single Bell Bottomed Tear)	5:17
12.	"Danielle Steel (The Enemy Within)"	(Taken from the single Let Love Speak Up Itself)	3:06
13.	"In Other Words I Hate You"	(Taken from the single A Little Time)	1:52
14.	"His Time Ran Out"	(Taken for the single We Are Each Other	2:11

Copies of the Canadian release also include "Fleet St. BC" (from "Old Red Eyes Is Back") and "Mr. Obsession" (from "One Last Love Song").

Personnel

Paul Heaton — vocals
Dave Hemingway — vocals
Briana Corrigan — vocals (Tracks 1-12)
Jacqui Abbott — vocals (Tracks 11-14)
Dave Rotheray — guitar
Sean Welch — bass
Dave Stead — drums

Preceded by Cross Road by Bon Jovi Live at the BBC by The Beatles	UK number one album 3 December 1994 – 9 December 1994 17 December 1994 – 26 January 1995	Succeeded by Live at the BBC by The Beatles The Colour of My Love by Celine Dion

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1995-10-09). "Carry on Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South - The Beautiful South". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
↑ Sutherland, Ben (2007-02-01). "The South's bitter-sweet legacy". BBC News. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
↑ King, David. ""The Beautiful South Discography"". xmission.com. Retrieved 2014-11-15.

The Beautiful South

Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Sean Welch Dave Stead David Rotheray Briana Corrigan Jacqui Abbott Alison Wheeler

Studio albums	Welcome to the Beautiful South Choke 0898 Beautiful South Miaow Blue Is the Colour Quench Painting It Red Gaze Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs Superbi

Compilation albums	Carry on up the Charts Solid Bronze: Great Hits Gold Soup The BBC Sessions Live at the BBC

Singles	"Song For Whoever" "You Keep It All In" "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" "A Little Time" "My Book" "Let Love Speak Up Itself" "Old Red Eyes Is Back" "We Are Each Other" "Bell Bottomed Tear" "36D" "Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)" "Everybody's Talkin'" "Prettiest Eyes" "One Last Love Song" "Dream a Little Dream" "Pretenders to the Throne" "Rotterdam (or Anywhere)" "Don't Marry Her" "Blackbird on the Wire" "Liars' Bar" "Perfect 10" "Dumb" "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" "The Table" "Closer than Most" "The River/Just Checkin'" "The Root of All Evil" "Just a Few Things That I Ain't" "Let Go with the Flow" "Livin' Thing" "This Old Skin" "This Will Be Our Year" "Manchester" "The Rose of My Cologne"

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