Superbi

Studio album by The Beautiful South

Released

15 May 2006 (UK)

Recorded

2005

Length

47:42

The Beautiful South chronology

Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
(2004)

Superbi
(2006)

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Superbi is the tenth and final album by the British group The Beautiful South, released on 15 May 2006 by SonyBMG. The album entered the British chart at No. 6 before dropping to No. 20 and No. 37 in its second and third weeks respectively. It was released before their split on 30 January 2007. The album was produced by former Tears for Fears keyboard player Ian Stanley.

Track listing

"The Rose of My Cologne"
"Manchester"
"There Is Song"
"The Cat Loves the Mouse"
"The Next Verse"
"When Romance Is Dead"
"Meanwhile"
"Space"
"Bed of Nails"
"Never Lost a Chicken to a Fox"
"From Now On"
"Tears"

Singles

"Manchester" was released on 8 May 2006 in the UK. It reached 41 in the singles chart, a very disappointing position compared to other first singles. This is thought to be due to the decline of CD singles which, by 2006, were increasingly the preserve of an older audience.

"The Rose Of My Cologne" was released on 10 July 2006 in the UK. It reached 99 in the singles chart for the first week. This made this single the worst performing out of all of those released by the band.

As was their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.^[1]

from the "Manchester" CD single

"Manchester"
"If Teardrops Were Silver"

from the "The Rose Of My Cologne" CD single

"The Rose Of My Cologne"
”Farewell” (although its title is a coincidence, this turned out to be the last new track released by the band)

Personnel

Paul Heaton – vocals
Dave Hemingway – vocals
Alison Wheeler – vocals
Dave Rotheray – guitar
Sean Welch – bass
Dave Stead – drums

with

Damon Butcher - keyboards
Gary Hammond - percussion
Johnny Scott - banjo, dobro, mandolin
The London Session Orchestra - strings, arranged by Simon Hale

References

↑ King, David. "The Beautiful South Discography". xmission.com. Retrieved 2014-11-15.

The Beautiful South

Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Sean Welch Dave Stead David Rotheray Briana Corrigan Jacqui Abbott Alison Wheeler

Studio albums	Welcome to the Beautiful South Choke 0898 Beautiful South Miaow Blue Is the Colour Quench Painting It Red Gaze Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs Superbi

Compilation albums	Carry on up the Charts Solid Bronze: Great Hits Gold Soup The BBC Sessions Live at the BBC

Singles	"Song For Whoever" "You Keep It All In" "I'll Sail This Ship Alone" "A Little Time" "My Book" "Let Love Speak Up Itself" "Old Red Eyes Is Back" "We Are Each Other" "Bell Bottomed Tear" "36D" "Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)" "Everybody's Talkin'" "Prettiest Eyes" "One Last Love Song" "Dream a Little Dream" "Pretenders to the Throne" "Rotterdam (or Anywhere)" "Don't Marry Her" "Blackbird on the Wire" "Liars' Bar" "Perfect 10" "Dumb" "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" "The Table" "Closer than Most" "The River/Just Checkin'" "The Root of All Evil" "Just a Few Things That I Ain't" "Let Go with the Flow" "Livin' Thing" "This Old Skin" "This Will Be Our Year" "Manchester" "The Rose of My Cologne"

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