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Blue Is The Colour [Explicit Lyrics]

~ Beautiful South
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  • Audio CD (19 Mar 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B000005S0M
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,695 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Don't Marry Her 3:23£0.69
Listen  2. Little Blue 3:16£0.69
Listen  3. Mirror 4:07£0.59
Listen  4. Blackbird On The Wire 4:54£0.79
Listen  5. The Sound Of North America 4:01£0.69
Listen  6. Have Fun 4:45£0.69
Listen  7. Liars' Bar 5:51£0.79
Listen  8. Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) 3:39£0.69
Listen  9. Foundations 2:43£0.69
Listen10. Artificial Flowers 3:58£0.69
Listen11. One God 4:10£0.69
Listen12. Alone 5:02£0.69

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Formed in 1988 from the ashes of the short-lived, socialistpop group The Housemartins by singer/songwriter Paul Heaton(a Scotsman from Hull), The Beautiful South has continued plumbing Heaton's fascination with underdogs, domestic breakdowns, drunkenness (both relative to the previous and for itsown sake) and social inequities. In place of The Housemartins' ringing, British Invasion-inspired guitar backdrops, however, songwriter/guitarist David Rotheray and singers Dave Hemingway and Jacqueline Abbott have crafted a distinctive, folk-laced variety of chamber pop to draw Heaton into a more adult milieu.
Buoyed by great singing and stately melodies, the arrangements pointedly underscore each composition's lyrical content. As the group's fifth studio outing (a sixth, hits package CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS, was the fourth-fastest selling UK album of all time), BLUE IS THE COLOUR breaks no new ground for The Beautiful South, yet for consistent quality and stylistic variety, it ranks with their very best.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful album., 26 Jan 2001
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This is the album that first really got me into The South. I'd always been aware of them, with 'Song For Whoever' being an example of something that stuck in my mind for years. But it was'nt until hearing this album that it finally clicked just how good TBS really are. More specifically, 'Blackbird On The Wire' is the key for me. Its haunting lyric about how the writer cannot, darenot, express his love for his dream woman for fear of his inadequacies really struck a chord with me. Once that barrier of regognition was broken down, I began to see other parellels in my life with the lyrics ('Have Fun' on this album, 'Worthless Lie' on Miaow) and other songs just became the soundtrack to my life that I could not do without. Paul Heaton is one of those rare people who can see the beauty in the ordinary, and the ugliness in the perfect. This album's only real weak track is 'Artificial Flowers', a misconcieved cover, that has a bigger, better cousin on 'Painting It Red's' 'The River', musically speaking. Even the radio friendly 'Rotterdam' has its darkness; 'This could be anywhere, anywhere alone...'. If you want to listen to a Beautiful South album, this is the one you should buy. Its as close to perfect as The South have come. Carry on up the charts guys.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent music for any mood, 4 Sep 2000
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When 'Blue is the Colour' came out, The Beautiful South had a tough act to follow after the titanic succes of Carry On Up The Charts. They surpassed every expectation. Full of haunting, uplifting, bitter and oten blue lyrics, the combination of Heatons and Abbots vocals make the absolute most of the song writing tallent, such is evident here. 'Alone' should've been released as a single, where as the beautiful love ballad 'Blackbird on the Wire' sees silver tongued Heaton laid bare before an object of his desire. This album has something for everyone, and at more than one point, we all know we've been there before at some point. Thankfully The Beautiful South seem blissfully incapable of drinking away their sorrows. marvelous stuff and one of their best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb. The best album TBS have produced, 9 Mar 2000
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A fantastic album, showing the true strengths of the band. Two of the songs - 'Dont Marry Her' and ' Rotterdam' are probably well known, even to those who are not fans. But in my opinion, the best songs on the album are 'Little Blue', 'Have Fun' and 'Liars Bar'. These three songs are brilliantly written, and in the case of 'Liars Bar' combines the sublime talent of two great singers. I believe this should have been released as a single. The exchanges between Paul and Jacqui remind me a lot of my favourite TBS song - 'A Little Time' - which has a similar style of exchanges featuring Paul and an old member Briana Corrigan, who was almost as good as Jacqui is.
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5.0 out of 5 stars As nature (or Don Rotheray) intended
This has to be my favourite with the two local radio standards "Don't marry her" and "Amsterdam" to try and sing along with. Read more
Published 4 months ago by I. K. Innes

3.0 out of 5 stars Have someone elses fun
There is a criminally overlooked gem on this album called "Have Fun" which rates as one of the most moving and profound things to come from the nail-bitten bic pen of Heaton and... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2006 by Merry Terry

2.0 out of 5 stars The decline of The Beautiful South
I'm a massive fan of The Beautiful South. I'm not just one of these people that bought Carry On Up The Charts and then bought the rest of the CD's. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This is such a good album and defitnetely the best album by beautiful south. All the songs are great and this album will never get boring. The best song is Marry me
Published on 26 Jul 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy listening with beautiful melodies
This is one of my favourite abulms by the Beatiful South. All the tracks are beatifully sung combined with very pleasant tunes. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2000

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