The Beautiful South - Blue Is The Color

Artist: The Beautiful South
Title Of Album: Blue Is The Color
Year Of Release: September 23, 1997
Label: ARK 21
Genre: Blues, Folk, Indie, Pop/Rock, Alternative
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / VBRkbps / 44.1 Khz / Stereo / Studio
Total Time: 51:39 min
Total Size: 76,3 mb
WebSite: http://www.beautifulsouth.co.uk/

The Beautiful South: Paul Heaton, Jacqueline Abbott, Dave Hemingway (vocals); David Rotherary (guitar); Sean Welch (bass); David Stead (drums).

Additional personnel: Damon Butcher (keyboards, programming); Andy Duncan (percussion, programming); Martin Ditcham (percussion).

Formed in 1988 from the ashes of the short-lived, socialist pop 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 its own 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. 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.

Tracklist
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01. Don't Marry Her
02. Little Blue
03. Mirror
04. Blackbird On The Wire
05. Sound Of North America, The
06. Have Fun
07. Liar's Bar
08. Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)
09. Foundations
10. Artificial Flowers
11. One God
12. Alone

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