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Beautiful South

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 31, 1991)
• Original Release Date: November 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B0000261BE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,097 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1990 Album (their 2nd), now out of print in the U.S. Features the singles 'Let Love Speak Up Itself', 'My Book' & 'A Little Time' + the rare bonus track, 'What You See Is What You Get'. 12 tracks in all.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfully innovative, warped lyrics set to melodic genius, October 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Choke (Audio CD)

Borrowed the album off a friend. I thought one or two tunes hit the spot but with successive playings the whole album took on a mesmerising effect. I've since played the grooves off and bought all their other CDs on speculation. The lyrics are mischievious, funny, delinquent and at times surreal. I've been spreading the good word about the CD and now most visitors to my place know who they're going to hear a lot of. By the way after several weeks I finally returned the CD and bought my own. Probably my favourite CD of the last four years. My recommendation is try it, persevere with it and buy it. You'll like it! 'Quench' also approaches this CD for quality but falls slightly short in lyrical deviousness.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky with attitude, January 28, 2002

By	John Lilley (Duffy, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This British group's bright and clear pop sound complements their sharp and acidic lyrics surprisingly well. The best example is the disturbingly upbeat and cheery backing to 'Should've Kept My Eyes Shut' which gives a grim glimpse of domestic violence.

The album opens with the sweeping sound in 'Tonight I Fancy Myself', which refers to, among other things, lost legs and a "partly severed head". 'A Little Time', the beautifully simple single with an intriguing film clip, should become a classic tale of lover versus lover. Dave Hemingway and Briana Corrigan make it more of a duel than a duet.

Again, sounding like we're about to hear a happy Madness or Style Council-esque tune, Hemingway sings of "ugly babies" and admits to failure in 'Book'.

This contrast is used almost throughout and works well right to the final track, 'I Hate You Tonight (But You're Interesting)'.

Housemartins Paul Heaton and Hemingway launched The Beautiful South in 1989 and this is the outfit's second album. Second albums are notoriously disappointing. Not this one.

4.0 out of 5 stars thinly disguised insanity, April 24, 2008

By	Bert (Rochester NY) - See all my reviews

If I believed that this is the music that was in the hearts of its creators; that is to say when they picked up a guitar or sat at the piano and this was a true expression of their soul I'd diagnose them insane. I use the term according to Webster. The insanity of resentment dripping from every offering on this record has provided me with a compelling account of dysfunction for the past 17 years regardless of my level of emotional maturity.