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the Beautiful South The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's exi ...

's sixth original album, released in the UK on 12 October 1998. Including the compilation '' Carry On Up The Charts'', it was the band's third album in a row to reach the top of the charts. The cover depicts a boxer by Scottish painter

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. Commissioned for the album, the original painting can be seen in the

Ferens Art Gallery The Ferens Art Gallery is an art gallery in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. The site and money for the gallery were donated to the city by Thomas Ferens, after whom it is named. The architects were S. N. Cooke and E. C. Davie ...

, Hull. After the band cropped the image and used it in merchandise and promotional material, Howson took legal action against the band, receiving around £30,000 in damages.Beautiful South Legal Action Settled
Accessed 2008-10-09 Whilst the first two singles from the album also have artwork by Howson, "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" and "The Table" do not.

Singles

*" Perfect 10" - released August 1998,

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pos.- #2, *"Dumb" - released November 1998, UK Singles Chart pos.- #16, *" How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" - released March 1999, UK Singles Chart pos.- #12, *"The Table (feat. The

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)" - released June 1999, UK Singles Chart pos.- #47.

Track listing

All songs written by

Paul Heaton Paul David Heaton (born 9 May 1962) is an English singer-songwriter. He was the frontman of the Housemartins, who had success with the singles " Happy Hour" and the UK number one "Caravan of Love" in 1986 before disbanding in 1988. He then form ...

and

Dave Rotheray David Rotheray (born 9 February 1963, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is an English rock and pop musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for The Beautiful South. Rotheray was born the last of five children. His parents were ...

# " How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" # "The Lure of the Sea" # "Big Coin" # "Dumb" # " Perfect 10" # "The Slide" # "Look What I Found in My Beer" # "The Table" # "Window Shopping for Blinds" # "Pockets" # "I May Be Ugly" # "Losing Things" # "Your Father and I"

B-sides

As was their usual modus operandi, ''The Beautiful South'' included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums. from the " Perfect 10" CD1 *"Perfect 10" *"If" *"I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (performed by the East Yorkshire Motor Services Band) from the " Perfect 10" CD2 *"Perfect 10" *"Loving Arms" (

Tom Jans Tom Jans (February 9, 1948 – March 25, 1984) was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Jose, California. He is perhaps best known for his song "Loving Arms" (also known as "Lovin' Arms"), which was recorded initially by Kris ...

) *"One Last Love Song" (performed by the East Yorkshire Motor Services Band) from the "Dumb" CD1 *"Dumb" *"Suck Harder" *"Especially For You" (performed by the East Yorkshire Motor Services Band, sleeve lists "Blackbird On The Wire") from the "Dumb" CD2 *"Dumb" *"

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" (

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) *"Blackbird On The Wire" (performed by the East Yorkshire Motor Services Band, sleeve lists "Especially For You") from the " How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" CD1 *"How Long's A Tear Take To Dry?" *"How Long's A Tear Take To Dry?" (Remix) *"Perfect 10" (Acoustic) from the " How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" CD2 *"How Long's A Tear Take To Dry?" *"Big Coin" (Acoustic, live on

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Show) *"Rotterdam" (Acoustic with

on vocals, recorded for BBC Radio 2 and UK Arena's songwriter circle 'In The Round' Dec. 2, 1998. from "The Table" CD1 *"The Table" (featuring The

) *"Old Red Eyes Is Back" (Acoustic) *"Your Father And I" (Recorded live at

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in 1998 for BBC Radio 2) from "The Table" CD2 *"The Table" (featuring The

) *"Don't Marry Her" (Acoustic) *"Look What I Found In My Beer" (Acoustic) All the acoustic tracks were recorded for BBC Radio 2 and UK Arena's songwriter circle 'In The Round' Dec. 2, 1998.

Personnel

;The Beautiful South *

- vocals *

Dave Hemingway Dave Hemingway (born David Robert Hemingway, 20 September 1960) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as a vocalist for the Hull-based band The Beautiful South until they disbanded in 2007. Previously he had been a member of The House ...

- vocals *

Jacqui Abbott Jacqueline Abbott (born 10 November 1973) is an English singer who was a vocalist with the band The Beautiful South from 1994 to 2000, following the departure of Briana Corrigan. With Abbott, the band released several Top 10 singles. Amongst t ...

- vocals *

- guitar *

Sean Welch Sean Welch (born 12 April 1965, Enfield, England) was the bassist for The Beautiful South and previously roadie for The Housemartins The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s and chart ...

- bass *

Dave Stead David Stead (born 15 October 1966), is a drummer from Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Stead was the drummer for the alternate pop / rock band, The Beautiful South. After his parents separated, Stead moved with his mother and siblings to Co ...

- drums with: *Damon Butcher - keyboards *Gary Hammond - percussion *

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- brass * The London Community Gospel Choir - backing vocals "The Slide" *

Paul Weller Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/ new wave/mod revival band the Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul mu ...

- additional guitar " Perfect 10"

Charts

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References

{{Authority control The Beautiful South albums 1998 albums Albums produced by Jon Kelly