Biography

Following the demise of literate UK pop-rockers the Housemartins, singer/songwriter Paul Heaton formed the somewhat similarly inclined Beautiful South at the tail end of the 1980s. With Heaton playing off a series of female vocal foils over the years, the band racked up numerous UK chart hits. Though Heaton released his first solo album in 2001, he nevertheless kept the Beautiful South going into the 21st century, keeping fans guessing with an eclectic album of cover tunes in 2004.

Top Tracks

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• 36d

• A Little Time

• Alone

• Baby Please Go

• Bell Bottomed Tear

• Don't Fear The Reaper

• Dumb

• Especially For You

• Everybody's Talkin'

• From Now On

• Have You Ever Been Away

• Hit Parade

• I'll Sail This Ship Alone

• Just A Few Things That I Ain't

• Let Go With The Flow

• Let Love Speak Up Itself

• Liars' Bar

• Livin' Thing

• Losing Things

• Manchester

• Masculine Eclipse

• Meanwhile

• Mirror

• My Book

• One Last Love Song

• Prettiest Eyes

• Pretty

• Property Quiz

• Rotterdam (or Anywhere)

• Should've Kept My Eyes Shut

• Song For Whoever

• We Are Each Other

• Window Shopping For Blinds

• You Keep It All In

Discography

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• Live at the BBC

  Universal

  2011

• Superbi

  Sony Music Distribution

  2006

• Gaze

  Mercury

  2003

• Painting It Red

  ARK 21

  2000

• Quench

  Mercury

  1998

• Blue Is the Colour

  ARK 21

  1996

• Miaow

  Go! Discs

  1994

• 0898

  Elektra / Go! Discs

  1992

• Choke

  Go!

  1990

• Welcome to the Beautiful South

  Go! Discs

  1989