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{{Infobox album
| name = Carry On Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South
| type = greatest
| artist = [[The Beautiful South]]
| cover = Carry on up the Charts.jpg
| alt =
| released = 7 November 1994
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[Jangle pop]], [[Pop rock]]
| length = 50:58
| label = [[Go! Discs]]
| producer = Jon Kelly, [[The Beautiful South]]
| prev_title = [[Miaow (album)|Miaow]]
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = [[Blue Is the Colour]]
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Carry On Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South
| type = compilation
| single1 = One Last Love Song
| single1date = 24 October 1994<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=22 October 1994 |page=51}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/carry-on-up-the-charts-the-best-of-the-beautiful-south-mw0000175704 |title=Carry on Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South – The Beautiful South |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2score = A−<ref>{{cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=The Beautiful South: Carry On Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3491 |access-date=6 July 2022 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2 |pages=21–22}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Keith |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |chapter=The Beautiful South |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/55 55]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Carry On Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South''''' is an album by English [[Alternative rock]] band [[The Beautiful South]]. It is the group's fifth album and their first [[greatest hits]] collection. It was a major commercial success, reaching number one in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and going on to become the [[1994 in British music#Best-selling albums|second-biggest-selling album of 1994]].

==Release==
''Carry On Up the Charts'' was released in November 1994, the same year as the band's previous album ''[[Miaow (album)|Miaow]]'', with its only single, "One Last Love Song", being released in October 1994 - only two months after "Prettiest Eyes", the last single to be taken from ''Miaow''. "One Last Love Song" reached number 14 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].

The album includes all of the single releases from the band's first five years in order of their release. Its title is a reference to the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' film series]]. A two-disc Limited Edition version was also released, with the bonus disc containing Non-LP/CD B-sides from the singles.

==Chart performance==
Released at a time when the group's album sales had been waning, it proved to be a surprise success.<ref name="allmusic"/> The album reached no. 1 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] on 3 December 1994 and went on to become the [[1994 in British music#Best-selling albums|second biggest selling album of 1994]]. By the summer of 1995 it was [[Music recording sales certification|certified]] as 5× platinum in the UK.<ref name="allmusic" /> Such was the album's popularity, it was claimed that one in seven British households owned a copy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sutherland |first=Ben |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6320709.stm |title=The South's bitter-sweet legacy |publisher=BBC News |date=1 February 2007 |accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{Track listing
| headline = ''Carry On Up the Charts'' track listing
| extra_column = Album
| total_length = 50:58
| all_writing = [[David Rotheray|Dave Rotheray]]/[[Paul Heaton]], except where noted
| title1 = [[Song for Whoever]]
| note1 = single edit
| extra1 = ''[[Welcome to the Beautiful South]]''
| length1 = 4:06
| title2 = [[You Keep It All In]]
| extra2 = ''Welcome to the Beautiful South''
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = [[I'll Sail This Ship Alone]]
| extra3 = ''Welcome to the Beautiful South''
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = [[A Little Time]]
| extra4 = ''[[Choke (album)|Choke]]''
| length4 = 3:00
| title5 = My Book
| extra5 = ''Choke''
| length5 = 2:53
| title6 = Let Love Speak Up Itself
| extra6 = ''Choke''
| length6 = 4:20
| title7 = [[Old Red Eyes Is Back]]
| extra7 = ''[[0898 Beautiful South]]''
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = We Are Each Other
| extra8 = ''0898 Beautiful South''
| length8 = 3:37
| title9 = Bell Bottomed Tear
| extra9 = ''0898 Beautiful South''
| length9 = 4:35
| title10 = [[36D]]
| extra10 = ''0898 Beautiful South''
| length10 = 4:02
| title11 = Good as Gold
| extra11 = ''[[Miaow (album)|Miaow]]''
| length11 = 3:49
| title12 = [[Everybody's Talkin'|Everybody's Talkin{{'-}}]]
| note12 = [[Fred Neil]]
| extra12 = ''Miaow''
| length12 = 2:37
| title13 = Prettiest Eyes
| extra13 = ''Miaow''
| length13 = 3:49
| title14 = One Last Love Song
| extra14 = Non-LP/CD single
| length14 = 3:33
}}

*Initial copies of the double-CD pack had a 1994 BBC Radio 1 session version of "Let Love Speak Up Itself" with [[Jacqui Abbott|Jacqueline Abbott]] on vocals instead of the single version fronted by Paul Heaton.
*Copies of the Canadian release also include the album tracks "I Think the Answer's Yes" and "I'm Your No.1 Fan".
*The US, German and Japanese releases also include a cover of "[[Dream a Little Dream of Me (song)|Dream a Little Dream]]" (music by [[Fabian Andre]] & [[Wilbur Schwandt]], lyric by [[Gus Kahn]]).
*The Japanese release also includes "Les Yeux Ouverts" (music by [[Fabian Andre]] & [[Wilbur Schwandt]], French lyric by Brice Homs & Kurin Ternovizeff). Both it and "[[Dream a Little Dream of Me (song)|Dream a Little Dream]]" were recorded for the movie ''[[French Kiss (1995 film)|French Kiss]]''. It was re-used in the film ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]''.

==Limited edition bonus disc==
The limited edition bonus disc contains non-LP/CD B-sides from their single releases.<ref name="The Beautiful South Discography">{{cite web|last1=King|first1=David|title=The Beautiful South Discography|url=http://user.xmission.com/~dking/bsdiscog.htm|publisher=xmission.com|accessdate=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219222511/http://user.xmission.com/~dking/bsdiscog.htm|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Notes
| total_length =
| all_writing = [[David Rotheray|Dave Rotheray]]/[[Paul Heaton]], except where noted
| title1 = Diamonds
| note1 = M.G. Greaves
| extra1 = (Taken from the single "Old Red Eyes Is Back")
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = They Used to Wear Black
| extra2 = (Taken from the single "Bell Bottomed Tear")
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Throw His Song Away
| extra3 = (Taken from the single "[[36D]]")
| length3 = 2:54
| title4 = Trevor You're Bizarre
| extra4 = (Taken from the single "[[36D]]")
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = [[Love Wars]]
| note5 = [[Womack & Womack]]
| extra5 = (Edited version of track taken from the single "Love Speak Up Itself" – originally 3:54)
| length5 = 3:41
| title6 = You Just Can't Smile It Away
| note6 = [[Bill Withers]]
| extra6 = (Taken from the single "[[You Keep It All In]]")
| length6 = 3:28
| title7 = But 'Til Then
| extra7 = (Taken from the single "[[I'll Sail This Ship Alone]]")
| length7 = 4:09
| title8 = Size
| extra8 = (Edited version of track taken from the single "Prettiest Eyes" – originally 5:40)
| length8 = 3:34
| title9 = Frank and Delores
| note9 = M.G. Greaves
| extra9 = (Taken from the single "[[Good as Gold (Stupid as Mud)|Good as Gold]]")
| length9 = 3:39
| title10 = I Started a Joke
| note10 = [[Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb]]
| extra10 = (Edited version of track taken from the single "We Are Each Other" – originally 4:33)
| length10 = 3:57
| title11 = Woman in the Wall
| note11 = Recorded live at St. Georges Hall, Blackburn, 25 April 1992
| extra11 = (Taken from the single "Bell Bottomed Tear")
| length11 =5:17
| title12 = [[Danielle Steel]] (The Enemy Within)
| extra12 = (Edited version of track taken from the single "Let Love Speak Up Itself" – originally 3:39)
| length12 = 3:06
| title13 = In Other Words I Hate You
| extra13 = (Taken from the single "[[A Little Time]]")
| length13 = 1:52
| title14 = His Time Ran Out
| extra14 = (Taken for the single "We Are Each Other")
| length14 = 2:11
}}

*Copies of the Canadian release also include "Fleet St. BC" (from "Old Red Eyes Is Back") and "Mr. Obsession" (from "One Last Love Song").

==CD single/CDEP B-sides==
As was their usual modus operandi, the Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.<ref name="The Beautiful South Discography"/> One new single was released for this compilation. Details of CD singles for the other 13 tracks can be found under the entries for their original studio albums.

from the "One Last Love Song" CD1
*"One Last Love Song"
*"Right Man for the Job"
*"[[Java (instrumental)|Java]]"

from the "One Last Love Song" CD2
*"One Last Love Song"
*"Mr Obsession"
*"You're Only Jealous"

==Personnel==
*[[Paul Heaton]] – vocals
*[[Dave Hemingway]] – vocals
*[[Briana Corrigan]] – vocals (tracks 1–10)
*[[Jacqui Abbott]] – vocals (tracks 11–14)
*[[David Rotheray|Dave Rotheray]] – guitar
*[[Sean Welch]] – bass
*[[Dave Stead]] – drums

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Carry On Up the Charts''
! scope="col"| Chart (1994–1995)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|50|chartid=7999|rowheader=true|access-date=17 October 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|53|id=5738|artist=The Beautiful South|album=Carry On Up the Charts – The Best of the Beautiful South|rowheader=true|access-date=17 October 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=19941218|rowheader=true|access-date=17 October 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19941127|rowheader=true|access-date=17 October 2022}}
|}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Carry On Up the Charts''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Beautiful South|title=Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of|award=Platinum|number=6|relyear=1994|certyear=1996|salesamount=1,828,890|id=1223-1846-2|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html|title=Queen rules – in album sales|work=[[Jam!]]|date=November 17, 2006|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629073900/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/Q/Queen/2006/11/17/2391437.html|archive-date=29 June 2012|url-status=usurped|first=Bill|last=Harris}}</ref>}}
{{Table end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{youTube|dbCFbyRvIp8|One Last Love Song}}

{{The Beautiful South}}
{{UK Christmas No. 1 albums in the 1990s}}
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[[Category:The Beautiful South albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jon Kelly]]
[[Category:B-side compilation albums]]
[[Category:1994 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:Go! Discs compilation albums]]
[[Category:Jangle pop compilation albums]]
[[Category:1994 in British music]]

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