Painting It Red
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Template:Album ratings Painting It Red is the seventh album by the Beautiful South, released in 2000.[1] A concept album about impending middle age, Painting it Red is among the band's longest. A two-disc UK bonus version contains 20 tracks. The American release on Ark21 has only 17 tracks.
The album made it to number 2 in the charts, and two singles were produced: "Closer Than Most", which reached number 22 in September, and the double A-side "The River"/"Just Checkin'", which reached number 59 in December.[2]
Critical reception
Exclaim! wrote that the album "shows the strains of a band running out of new ideas [although] the music is certainly not terrible and there are good moments, such as 'Baby Please Go' or '10,000 Feet'."[3] The Washington Post wrote that it "does occasionally muster an assertive beat--in part thanks to the assistance of Norman 'Fatboy Slim' Cook, who formerly played with Heaton and Hemingway in the Housemartins."[4]
Track listing
British, European, Canadian & Japanese versions
- "Who's Gonna Tell?" - 2:37 (UK, Canada, Europe & Japan only)
- "Closer Than Most" - 3:07
- "Just Checkin'" - 3:38
- "Hit Parade" - 3:45
- "Masculine Eclipse" - 3:55
- "'Til You Can't Tuck It In" - 3:30
- "If We Crawl" - 4:14
- "Tupperware Queen" - 3:34
- "Half-Hearted Get (Is Second Best)" - 4:24
- "White Teeth" - 3:04 (UK two-disc set only)
- "The River" - 5:23
- "Baby Please Go" - 2:46
- "You Can Call Me Leisure" - 4:31
- "Final Spark" - 5:03
- "10,000 Feet" - 3:01
- "Hot on the Heels of Heartbreak" - 4:00
- "The Mediterranean" - 4:02
- "A Little Piece of Advice" - 3:55
- "Property Quiz" - 3:50
- "Chicken Wings" - 4:29 (UK, Canada, Europe & Japan only)
US version
All songs written by Paul Heaton and David Rotheray.
- "Closer Than Most"
- "Just Checkin'"
- "Hit Parade"
- "Masculine Eclipse"
- "'Til You Can't Tuck It In"
- "If We Crawl"
- "Tupperware Queen"
- "Half-Hearted Get (Is Second Best)"
- "The River"
- "Baby Please Go"
- "You Can Call Me Leisure"
- "Final Spark"
- "10,000 Feet"
- "Hot on the Heels of Heartbreak"
- "The Mediterranean"
- "A Little Piece of Advice"
- "Property Quiz"
CD single/CDEP B-sides
As was their usual practice, the Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.
from "Closer Than Most" (CD1)
- "Closer Than Most"
- "Moths"
- "The Table" (Acoustic, recorded live at The Cambridge Folk Festival, July 29, 2000)
from "Closer Than Most" (CD2)
- "Closer Than Most"
- "The State That I'm In"
- "Blackbird On The Wire" (Acoustic, recorded live at The Cambridge Folk Festival, July 29, 2000)
from "The River/Just Checkin'" (CD1)
- "The River" (Edit)
- "Just Checkin'" (Remixed by David Bascombe & Norman Cook)
- "Valentine's Day W**k"
from "Just Checkin'"/The River" (CD2)
- "Just Checkin'" (Remixed by David Bascombe & Norman Cook)
- "The River" (Edit)
- "Little Chef"
Personnel
- The Beautiful South
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- Paul Heaton - vocals
- Dave Hemingway - vocals
- Jacqui Abbott - vocals
- Dave Rotheray - guitar
- Sean Welch - bass
- Dave Stead - drums
References
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