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- Original Release Date: 25 Oct 2004
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. You're The One That I Want | 3:54 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Livin' Thing | 3:13 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. This Will Be Our Year | 2:35 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Ciao! | 3:44 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Valentine | 3:47 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Don't Fear The Reaper | 4:03 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. This Old Skin | 3:52 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Don't Stop Moving | 4:49 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Till I Can't Take It Anymore | 3:02 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Rebel Prince | 3:36 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Blitzkrieg Bop | 3:30 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. I'm Stone In Love With You | 3:31 | £0.89 |
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Cover albums are always dangerous territories. On one side they can scream creative flare with an artist putting their own spin on already existing records; on the other side they can seem a desperate attempt to try and cover up a bad album and bad album sales. It can also suggest a lack of inspiration for new material. It seemed that the Beautiful South were doing the latter following on from 2003's less-than-mediocre 'Gaze'. For obvious reasons, BS fans were beginning to become a little concerned.
We needn't have worried.
The Beautiful South have really bounced back with this album; twelve cover songs all sounding different but all having that typical BS quirkiness put on them. The CD opens with 'You're The One That I Want' (yes, the one from 'Grease'), a much less sprightly affair than the original. But somehow it is pulled off marvellously with Paul Heaton and new vocalist Alison Wheeler providing the heartfelt vocals as they always successfully do.
Following on from this is 'Livin' Thing', originally done by ELO. Here, Dave Hemingway takes charge on lead - is it me or is he getting even better? Onwards we go to hear covers of songs by the likes of The Zombies, Willie Nelson and The Ramones amongst others. My personal favourite track is a cover of 'Ciao!' by the long forgotten (and may I state underrated) Lush. Jaunty and bold, this track really opens your eyes.
My favourite cover however is a different story. How The Beautiful South have taken S Club 7's 'Don't Stop Moving', turned it into a dark and bitter affair and make it work is beyond me. But that's what I love about The Beautiful South - they can take anything and make it sound wonderfully original, and that's why this cover album works so well.
Closing with the touching 'I'm Stone In Love With You', you finally feel that after a few years in the wilderness The Beautiful South are back to their best. All I can hope for now is that their next studio album is a brilliant affair and I hope that this album has given them the inspiration to once again provide that BS sound over a variation of songs.
If you bought 'Gaze' and were disappointed, do not be afraid to buy this album! 'Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs' is simply brilliant, and even if you don't know the original versions of these songs, The Beautiful South sound is well and truly back and nobody else can match it. A wonderful addition to any CD collection!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'm a sucker for cover versions, partly because the songs will usually be familiar, and only if the coveror has done something worthwhile with them, rather than just doing carbon-copies. So I was looking forward to this album, and on reflection it comes down in the good, but could have been better category.
The big plus point is, of course, that they have, by and large, sung and played these songs as if they were their own, and some they have twiddled with radically. It is right, and rather strange, to have "You're The One That I Want" slowed right down to a smooch; it's no less camp for it. ELO's "Livin' Thing" is turned into a Western jazz/country swing number, though they've retained some very ELO strings in the background. Lush's "Ciao!" becomes an upbeat chugger - the "Ying Tong (Tiddle-I-Po)" notation in the booklet is very apt. I love the new rumbha version of Blue Oyster Cult's "Reaper", and on "Rebel Prince" they give the best impression of Sting I've heard in a long time.
I suppose it was expecting a lot for all twelve tracks to be as innovative. "Don't Stop Moving" repeats the trick done on John and Olivia, and the lyric doesn't really match; it sounds funny once, but does it bear repetition? Similarly they take the old Brrok Benton / Ray Charles warhorse "Till I Can't..." uptempo like "Ciao".
"This Old Skin", a relatively obscure number, sounds just like a Beautiful South song, and the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" is
also done as a BS number. Which leaves "Stone In Love With You"; I confess this never has been a favourite of mine and nothing changes here, because they sound just like the Stylistics, or Johnny Mathis in tight pants.
The musicianship and production is, as ever, excellent, and they sound suitably laid-back and as if they had fun recording it. On the whole I like it, but not as much as I was expecting, based upon their brilliant track record. You do get the impression they had to get an album out and had a bout of writer's block so did some covers instead; it is very unlikely they will get away with it again.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the first time I have really felt compelled to leave a review. Spread the word, this album is great !!
My favourite track by far is 'This Old Skin' where Hull meets the Deep South beautifully. This is the best harmonised and most skillfully crafted track I have ever heard (by any artist) and I can't stop listening to it !!
Just one thing though Mr.Heaton on some early Housemartins demo's I have there's a track called 'I bit my lip'....you just have to release this with the South.
Please please more uptempo country like 'This Old Skin' with guest vocalists....SUPERB STUFF !!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs, Beautiful South -...
The Beautiful South have long defied attempts to categorise them. They have spent 20 years turning out a series of highly individual albums, characterised by jaunty tunes and... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2009 by Victor
From Over The Covers....
Much of this album is rather charming and winsome.
"Don't Stop Movin'" works well as a sinister country groove and "This Will Be Our Year" is great pop music. Read more
"Don't Stop Movin'" works well as a sinister country groove and "This Will Be Our Year" is great pop music. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2006 by Merry Terry
Awful music
After being a great fan of BS I was really upset with this album. After just one listen I removed it from the CD player and destroyed it, so it can never be played again. Read more
Published on 25 April 2006 by Phil B
Grows on you
It's an odd album. Not much like their previous work - vocals apart - and that made it a bit off-putting at first. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2006
WOW - TBS have done it again!!!
Wow! I love this album, is is brill - who knew Travolta and Newton-Johns Classic, You are the one I want, could be made into a ballard! Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2005 by Kelly Ryder
Very original
Excellent range of tracks and eras covered with Paul Heaton's beautifully dulcet tones coming to the fore on all of them. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2005
Better next time chaps...
The guy's could and should have done a lot better here (4/10). The CD borders between medeocre and pants. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2005 by A. Taylor
Top of the Class, almost
The Beautiful South achieve the near impossible on this album by performing S Club 7'S 'Don't Stop Moving'as if it were a lyric which demanded respect. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2004 by Colin Campbell
Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs
A fan of The Beautiful South since the beginning I was both pleased and intrigued to hear of this new album, especially as it was a first for them, being a whole album of cover... Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2004 by Rich Milligan
The Best non-Best Of South Album IMHO
Yep the header says it all. I have a MP3 collection of all B.S. Singles, including Housemartins and P.Heaton Solo stuff. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2004 by Terry McDonald
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