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 enlarge | Artist: The Beautiful South The Housemartins
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 6913
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 77
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602517471474
EAN: 0602517471474
ASIN: B000W01G1K
Release Date: November 12, 2007
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| • | Flag Day - The Housemartins | | • | Happy Hour - The Housemartins | | • | Think For A Minute - The Housemartins | | • | Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins | | • | Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins | | • | Me And The Farmer - The Housemartins | | • | Build - The Housemartins | | • | Song For Whoever - The Beautiful South | | • | You Keep It All In - The Beautiful South | | • | I'll Sail This Ship Alone - The Beautiful South | | • | A Little Time - The Beautiful South | | • | Old Red Eyes Is Back - The Beautiful South | | • | 36D - The Beautiful South | | • | Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) - The Beautiful South | | • | Everybody's Talkin' - The Beautiful South | | • | Prettiest Eyes - The Beautiful South | | • | One Last Love Song - The Beautiful South | | • | Rotterdam (Or Anywhere) - The Beautiful South | | • | Don't Marry Her - The Beautiful South | | • | Perfect 10 - The Beautiful South | | • | How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? - The Beautiful South | | • | Just A Few Things That I Ain't - The Beautiful South |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
You'll hear talk of national treasures, and there's no denying that erstwhile singer Paul Heaton is as quintessentially English as they come. Given his service to pop over the past 20 years, he's fairly valuable too. But he's certainly not the shiny sort, "bling" was just the sound a football made when it rebounded off rusting goalposts in the park when he started making records--his value is more akin to a warm mug of tea and a custard cream from the corner shop on a rainy afternoon. For a newer generation perhaps only familiar with the likes of The Beautiful South's "Perfect 10" it's worthwhile going back to the beginning to see why. The Housemartins (also the all singing--if not all dancing--apprenticeship for superstar DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim) were a very fine singles band indeed, rushes of acoustic pop and Humberside barbershop harmonies with all the keenness that youth can afford. A virulent "Five Get Over Excited" and "Happy Hour", alongside peerless a capella cover "Caravan of Love", stand testament to an all too brief career. This is where the Beautiful South took up the reigns with a more mature, but no less catchy or vocally impressive, output, spinning timeless comforts like "You Keep It All In", "A Little Time" and "Old Red Eyes Is Back". Soup is the first time the work of the two bands has been collected onto one disc and while 22 tracks is never going to do justice to such an expansive back catalogue, it's a splendid starting point. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Let's try to sell the same thing for the 4th time April 28, 2008
Fully agree with other reviewers: why to lauch another compilation, while - if I remember well - at least 3 other from Beautiful South official catalogue and "singles" one from Housemartins' were released within past 14 years (most of them with extras) and all are fully "in stock" in most at least mid-size record shops throughout Europe (quite often at bargain prices). The reason is obvious.
Additionally: the idea of mixing the output of both bands on one recored may be naturally fully justified in whatever way one wishes, but makes more or less the same kind of sense as in case of eg. George Harrison's 1976 "Best of" (with side A being Harrison's output with the Beatles, while B - its solo items).
Beautiful South is a fantastic band, with unquestioned contribution to contemporary music (despite some "lows" from time to time), thus 1 star refers of course to the concept (and greedy issuer) - not the content.
 Music made easy April 16, 2008
Unlike everyone else who seems to review this album, I really like it. I don't buy many albums, as you tend to get a few good songs, and then the rest are ok nothing more! But this mix for me is brilliant, two great bands one album!
 Buy the other best off albums December 9, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The review for the Beautiful South's "Carry on up the Charts" album states that one in every four households owns that album, so why buy this one? Is it simply for the few addittional Housemartins's tracks? if so buy their best of compilation it is not only more comprehensive but cheaper.
 Pointless compilation November 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A great band - but a totally pointless compilation. Is there a household in the land with out a BS album? A totally cynical pre-Christmas marketing effort.
Now don't get me wrong - the music is fantastic... November 19, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
... but this must be one of those unnecessary pre-Christmas releases that some 12-year old record company goon has dreamed up.
Both The Housemartins and The Beautiful South were quality bands, with a fantastic back catalogue which I urge you to discover. Cramming tracks from both bands onto one CD simply does not do either of them justice.
Take my advice: spend your money on two 'best of' CDs and discover these bands properly. You won't regret it!
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