The Beautiful South - The Best Of The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Charts (1995)

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Artist: The Beautiful South
Title: The Best Of The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Charts
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Go! Discs – 422 828 652-2 / Mercury – 422 828 652-2 / CD, Compilation
Genre: Alternative Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Britpop
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log artwork)
Total Time: 54:39
Total Size: 401 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Song For Whoever (4:04)
02. You Keep It All In (2:53)
03. I'll Sail This Ship Alone (4:05)
04. A Little Time (2:59)
05. My Book (2:51)
06. Let Love Speak Up Itself (4:18)
07. Old Red Eyes Is Back (3:33)
08. We Are Each Other (3:36)
09. Bell Bottomed Tear (4:34)
10. 36D (4:01)
11. Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) (3:47)
12. Everybody's Talkin' (2:36)
13. Prettiest Eyes (3:47)
14. One Last Love Song (3:34)
15. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:35)

This is a definitive best-of from the scathingly satiric, invariably tuneful band that arose from the ashes of The Housemartins. Sadly, Paul Heaton and friends have always been too twee and clever for the colonies, though classics like "My Book" and "Old Red Eyes Is Back" deserved better. A lovely, sing-along new track, "One Last Love Song," sounds like a farewell to arms, while the limited-edition disc of B sides proves that only XTC can match them in terms of high-caliber throwaways. --Jeff Bateman

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