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Post by ManicKangaroo on Jan 31, 2007 19:35:53 GMT 1
Pop group The Beautiful South - known for such melodious hits as Song For Whoever, A Little Time, Perfect 10 and Rotterdam - have split.
In a two-line statement, the Hull-based band, formed by former members of the Housemartins, attributed their break-up to "musical similarities".
"The band would like to thank everyone for their 19 wonderful years in music," the statement said.
The band's last album Superbi reached number six in the UK album chart.
But their most recent single - 2006's The Rose of My Cologne - barely bothered the singles chart, peaking at 99.
Known for their jovial melodies and darkly humorous lyrics, the Beautiful South were formed at the tail end of the 1980s by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway.
Their debut album, 1989's Welcome to the Beautiful South, reached number two in the UK and set the band's jaunty yet melancholy tone with such songs as I'll Sail This Ship Alone and You Keep It All In.
A Little Time - featuring original female vocalist Briana Corrigan - became their only UK number one in 1990.
The band's greatest success, however, came in 1994 with the release of Carry On Up the Charts.
A greatest hits compilation, it rode high in the album chart for several months and sold more than 1.8 million copies in the UK.
The same year saw Corrigan replaced by former supermarket worker Jacqui Abbott, who was herself replaced in 2003 by Allison Wheeler.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jan 31, 2007 19:51:23 GMT 1
thought they already had split up. they were never as good after the lineup change
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Post by Chris on Jan 31, 2007 20:07:50 GMT 1
Liked some of their songs.
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Post by dandyhighwayman on Jan 31, 2007 20:16:38 GMT 1
 Their best 20 singles or so are up there with the best of any group. |
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Post by Al on Jan 31, 2007 20:31:04 GMT 1
Does this possibly mean a new greatest hits collection??
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 31, 2007 22:09:55 GMT 1
Paul Heaton had a little venture outside a few years ago with Biscuit Boy, but really they had struggled to chart recently. They have continued though to release great pop records. "Manchester" was very close to becoming an NM #1 last year but I think it just missed the UK Top 40 which was a shame because it's a great song.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2007 23:23:50 GMT 1
Sad news, they were a good group. I loved The Housemartins too, the group Paul Heaton was in before.
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Post by Chris on Jan 31, 2007 23:27:33 GMT 1
Does this possibly mean a new greatest hits collection?? Doubt it,wasn't there Solid Bronze quite recently? |
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Post by Admin on Feb 1, 2007 11:42:21 GMT 1
Good group, top lyrics and songs!
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Post by dandyhighwayman on Feb 1, 2007 20:29:13 GMT 1
Does this possibly mean a new greatest hits collection?? Doubt it,wasn't there Solid Bronze quite recently? And more recently than that there's been a 2cd greatest hits of some sort. |
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Post by *~Julzywoo~* on Feb 1, 2007 21:08:33 GMT 1
aww thats no good, i love Beautiful South |
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Post by Smurfie on Feb 1, 2007 21:22:02 GMT 1
They had some great songs, Don't Marry Her and You Keep It All In were fantastic.
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Post by *~Julzywoo~* on Feb 1, 2007 21:31:43 GMT 1
a little time is an all time classic, don't marry her and perfect 10 are my 2 faves me thinks  |
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Feb 1, 2007 22:09:27 GMT 1
i have the top score on on singstar on "a little time" whooooo
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Post by -Big Dan- on Feb 1, 2007 22:11:11 GMT 1
The Root Of All Evil is a classic!
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Post by Admin on Feb 2, 2007 9:54:26 GMT 1
I think a little time is overrated, or overplayed at least, I'll sail this ship alone I loved as well, and My Book.
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Post by Chris on Feb 2, 2007 9:56:31 GMT 1
My faves were Don't Marry Her and Perfect 10.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Feb 2, 2007 16:32:58 GMT 1
I do think they'd run their course though, to be fair.
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Post by fathomless on Feb 4, 2007 18:32:32 GMT 1
Yeh I loved them, but the last album I actually bought was Quench. I lost interest after Jacqueline left and they got a new female singer who sounded really boring. Liked Painting It Red but havent touched any of their albums since.
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Post by Tom on Feb 10, 2007 20:32:53 GMT 1
I like them, but to be fair I'm surprised they lasted as long as this. Their Carry On.. hits album is really good, when listening through its easy to forget just how many good songs they did. But their stuff in the last few years just hasnt had much commercial appeal, and I've only played their covers album once since buying it in 2004/2005? I'm with Andy, A little time was good but not worthy of a No 1 imo, and although I like Perfect 10 some of their bigger hits from the 90s, like Rotterdam and Don't Marry Her...(incidentally "have me in the chorus of that latter song was an edit, it was actually some thing else quite obvious  ) are quite boring to me now. I prefer their early stuff and some of the early 90s stuff really underperformed imo when single sales were low. Its not as if the coresponding albums sold that well either. They became big with the hits albums, which like the James Greatest Hits album were famous for bringing to attention songs that people may not otherwise been aware of. |
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) are quite boring to me now. I prefer their early stuff and some of the early 90s stuff really underperformed imo when single sales were low. Its not as if the coresponding albums sold that well either. They became big with the hits albums, which like the James Greatest Hits album were famous for bringing to attention songs that people may not otherwise been aware of.