Welcome to the Beautiful South
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Original cover art by Jan Saudek | ||||||||||
Studio album by The Beautiful South | ||||||||||
Released | October 1989 | |||||||||
Recorded | 1988 | |||||||||
Genre | Sophisti-pop, alternative rock | |||||||||
Length | 50:17 | |||||||||
Label | Go!, Elektra | |||||||||
Producer | Mike Hedges, The Beautiful South | |||||||||
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Welcome to the Beautiful South is the debut album by English sophisti-pop band The Beautiful South, released in October 1989 by Go! Discs and the next year in America by Elektra Records. Three singles were released from the album: "Song for Whoever" (#2 in the UK), "You Keep It All In" (#8) and "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (#31).
The original album cover depicted two pictures by Jan Saudek, one of a woman with a gun in her mouth, and another with a man smoking. Woolworths refused to stock the album, in the words of the band, to "prevent the hoards [sic] of impressionable young fans from blowing their heads off in a gun-gobbling frenzy, or taking up smoking";[2] an alternative cover featuring a picture of a stuffed toy rabbit and a teddy bear was therefore made.
NME included it in the "Top 100 Albums You've Never Heard" list in 2012.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, except where noted.
- "Song for Whoever" – 6:10
- "Have You Ever Been Away?" – 5:12
- "From Under the Covers" – 4:05
- "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" – 4:41
- "Girlfriend" (Antonio Reid/Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds) – 2:54
- "Straight in at 37" – 4:29 (Cassette and Compact Disc bonus track)[4]
- "You Keep It All In" – 2:54
- "Woman in the Wall" – 5:16
- "Oh Blackpool" – 3:01
- "Love Is..." – 7:04
- "I Love You (But You're Boring)" – 4:31
Japanese version
There is also a Japanese reissue released in 2004. It features all eleven original songs, plus five additional bonus tracks:[4]
- "You and Your Big Ideas"
- "You Just Can't Smile It Away" (Bill Withers)
- "It's Instrumental"
- "But 'Til Then"
- "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (Orchestral Mix)
Non-LP/CD B-Sides
As what was to become their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.[4]
from the "Song For Whoever" 12" single and CDEP
- "Song For Whoever"
- "Straight In At 37"
- "You And Your Big Ideas"
from the "You Keep It All In" 12" single and CDEP
- "You Keep It All In"
- "You Just Can't Smile It Away" (Bill Withers)
- "I Love You (But You're Boring)"
- "It's Instrumental"
from the "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" 12" single and CDEP
- "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (single mix)
- "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (LP Mix )
- "But 'Til Then"
- "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (Orchestral Mix )
Personnel
- Paul Heaton - vocals
- Dave Hemingway - vocals
- Dave Rotheray - guitar
- Sean Welch - bass
- Dave Stead - drums
additional personnel
- Briana Corrigan - vocals
- Pete Wingfield - keyboards & piano
- Mel Wesson - keyboards and drum programs
- Martin Ditcham - percussion
- Peter Thoms - trombone
- Gary Barnacle - sax and flute
- John Thirkle - trumpet and fluglehorn
References
- ↑ Loftus, Johnny. "Review: Welcome to the Beautiful South". Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ↑ "Welcome To The Beautiful South". www.beautifulsouth.co.uk. 2000-05-21. Archived from the original on 2000-05-21. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ↑ February 2012 issue of NME
- 1 2 3 King, David. "The Beautiful South Discography". xmission.com. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
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