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Abbott left in 2000 and was replaced by Alison Wheeler. The band released their final album, Superbi, in 2006. a b King, David. "The Beautiful South Discography". xmission.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012 . Retrieved 15 November 2014. Whatever happens next, it seems certain that the music of The Beautiful South and The Housemartins will live on for many years to come. Read More Related Articles It's All Two Beautiful". NME. 23 November 2000. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009 . Retrieved 14 August 2008.

It’s such a wonderful song and another which is body positive. This time about someone you love getting older but still finding them attractive, knowing that the lines on their face chart your history together. After a band meeting on 30 January 2007, the Beautiful South decided to split. They released a statement on 31 January 2007, in which they joked that their reasons for splitting were "musical similarities"—an ironic reference to "musical differences", which are often cited as the reason for a band's split. "The band would like to thank everyone for their 19 wonderful years in music", the statement also said. [2] The album Quench (1998) was released with similar commercial success, again reaching number one in the UK album charts. " Perfect 10", the first single to be released from the album, also provided the band with further singles chart success. The album is also notable for being more uptempo, and being the first on which Heaton and Hemingway's former Housemartins colleague Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) was used in a consultancy role. [14] Painting It Red release and Abbott's departure [ edit ] A BBC review of the album stated "Often misunderstood and overlooked by the barometer of cool, Heaton and his minions have beavered away nevertheless and become two of the finest exponents of pop Britain has ever had", [2] while the Manchester Evening News declared "the early work shows them as being a jewel in our pop heritage." [3] Chart performance [ edit ] We never really split up – all that happened was Paul made the decision to leave," Stead told The Hull Daily Mail at the time. "We're going to be playing all our greatest hits and the old favourites along with a few new songs."

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The group were known for their wry and socially observant lyrics. They broke up in January 2007, claiming the split was due to "musical similarities", [2] having sold around 15 million records worldwide. French album positions". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008 . Retrieved 1 March 2010. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (9 October 1995). "Carry on Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South - The Beautiful South". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 February 2014. At Glastonbury, Heaton and Abbott will play a range of classics by The Beautiful South and from their career as a duo, as well as Housemartins anthems, likely to include songs such as Me and the Farmer, and Think For A Minute. Will The Beautiful South reform?

From their Choke album, it’s a complicated song about the rollercoaster of love and how it can’t be forced. It speaks of love as an uncontrollable force and highlights the folly in trying to understand it. The simple instrumentation and brilliant vocal of the song makes it all the more powerful. The Beautiful South – the Band". BBC News. 29 November 2001. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011 . Retrieved 29 August 2023. As a duo, they recorded a successful new album, What Have We Become? In 2020, their fourth album, Manchester Calling, reached number one in the album charts.

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a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Carry on Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South – The Beautiful South". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 February 2014. In 1994, St Helens supermarket shop-worker Jacqui Abbott was brought on board to fill in as the new third lead vocalist for the band. Heaton had heard her sing at an after-show party in St Helens and remembered her vocal talents. Heaton referred to her as "the lass from the glass" [9]—a reference to the Pilkington factory in St Helens. Abbott's first album with the band was Miaow in the same year. Hits included "Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)" and a cover of Fred Neil's " Everybody's Talkin'", previously popularised by Harry Nilsson. Clark, Graham (8 August 2022). "Interview With Dave Hemingway - Ex Beautiful South Singer". The Yorkshire Times . Retrieved 30 August 2023. Power, Mark (28 July 2020). "When REM created a Monster: inside the tour that almost destroyed them". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 August 2023.

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