Soup (The Best Of) - Beautiful South/The Housemartins

...it is pretty much condensed soup from The Housemartins, and reheated soup from The Beautiful South. ~~~~ Track Listing ~~~~ Housemartins 1. Flag Day Unmistakeable Paul Heaton vocals but rather sombre number. 2. Happy Hour Undoubtedly the Housemartins greatest ever song. This has a much more upbeat and happy tone to it. 3. Think for a Minute To much like Flag Day for my liking. One to avoid. 4. Caravan of Love Another classic Housemartins ...
...on this album. 5. Five get over excited One of the better tracks on the album but I want quantity as well as quality and sadly there isn't enough. 6. Me and the Farmer Another decent track but same comments as before apply. 7. Build Another decent track but I want more. Beautiful South 8. Song for Whoever A decent track to start the Beautiful South part of the album, but the problem with all these tracks is they have all been included on ...

supercityfan 30.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Soup (The Best Of) - Beautiful South/The Housemartins

I was never a big fan of the Housemartins (a bit nerdy) or the Beautiful South (too twee) but feel more kindly towards them after seeing main man Paul Heaton play Stoke's Sugarmill the other week. I'm not a fan of his bands and didn't know his solo material yet had a really good time. This greatest hits collection contains the condensed Housemartins (only seven tracks) and the cream of Beautiful South (the remaining 15 songs). From the HMs you ...
...love", while from the BS hits such as "Rotterdam", "Don't marry her" and "Perfect 10". (All but "I'll sail this ship alone", "36D", "Prettiest eyes" and "Just a few things I ain't" were on the "Solid bronze" collection, I have to point out). After seeing Heaton I actually sat down and read his lyrics. Thus I had forgotten the rude word in "Don't marry her" that lifts it above a soppy love song or that Heaton himself had drink problems, which probably ...

JeroBear 09.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Soup (The Best Of) - Beautiful South/The Housemartins

The best and I mean the best of the Housemartins and Beautiful South. Nice easy listening to music from one of the best bands ever to come out of Hull. With all the greatest hits like Caravan of love and Happy hour from the Housemartins and Don't marry her and Perfet 10 from The Beautiful SOuth. A must have for any fan. ...

markos002300 09.03.2008
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Review of Soup (The Best Of) - Beautiful South/The Housemartins