Welcome To The Beautiful South is a Rock album by The Beautiful South, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 59 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Power Pop
- jangly
- sarcastic
- witty
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
- 1Song for Whoever6:09
- 2Have You Ever Been Away5:10
- 3From Under the Covers4:03
- 4I'll Sail This Ship Alone (Mix)4:38
- 5Girlfriend2:53
- 6Straight In At 374:29
- 7You Keep It All In2:53
- 8Woman In the Wall5:16
- 9Oh Blackpool2:59
- 10Love Is...7:03
- 11I Love You (But You're Boring)4:30
Credits
Performers
- Mel WessonDRUMS KEYBOARDS DRUM PROGRAMMING
- Martin DitchamPERCUSSION
- David HemingwayVOCALS
- David RotherayGUITAR
- David SteadDRUMS
- Paul HeatonVOCALS
- Sean WelchBASS
- Pete WingfieldPIANO KEYBOARDS
- Gary BarnacleSAXOPHONE FLUTE
- Peter ThomsTROMBONE
- John ThirkellTRUMPET
- Briana CorriganVOCALS
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 59 pressings tracked on Gatefold