Album
Welcome To The Beautiful South
1989 · Rock, Pop
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Welcome To The Beautiful South is a Rock album by The Beautiful South, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 59 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
The songs on on this 1989 masterpiece found the band (with former members of The Housemartins) constructing pop opuses with jazzy R&B textures, mellifluous vocals, and startling lyrics that sport a novelist’s eye for ironic gestures. The instantly hummable “Woman in the Wall,” for example, tells of a drunk who kills his wife and makes “a cross from knitting needles” and “a grave from Hoover bags.” The song’s graceful pop belies dark lyrical wit. That musical and lyrical contradictions simmer throughout this debut, giving it a heady (yet strangely relaxing) sense of conflict. The album proves The Beautiful South to be one the era’s most underrated bands.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Song For Whoever6:10
- A2Have You Ever Been Away?5:40
- A3From Under The Covers3:59
- A4I'll Sail This Ship Alone4:47
- A5Girlfriend2:55
Side B
- B1You Keep It All In2:52
- B2Woman In The Wall5:15
- B3Oh Blackpool3:06
- B4Love Is ...7:00
- B5I Love You (But You're Boring)4:30
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Power Pop
- jangly
- sarcastic
- witty
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Briana CorriganVOCALS
- David HemingwayVOCALS
- David RotherayGUITAR
- David SteadDRUMS
- Gary BarnacleFLUTE, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE , FLUTE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- John ThirkellTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Martin DitchamPERCUSSION
- Mel WessonDRUM PROGRAMMING DRUMS DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
- Paul HeatonVOCALS
- Pete WingfieldKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, PIANO PIANO
- Peter ThomsTROMBONE
- Sean WelchBASS
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 59 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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