Carry On up the Charts

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Recorded 1994 Release date 9 November 1994 Label Go! Discs		Artist The Beautiful South Producer Jon Kelly

Released November, 1994 (UK) October, 1995 (US) Carry On up the Charts The Best of The Beautiful South (1994) Blue Is the Colour (1996) Genres Pop music, Alternative rock Similar The Beautiful South albums, Pop music albums

You keep it all in

Carry On up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South is an album by English pop/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 second biggest selling album of 1994.

Beautiful south song for whoever lyrics

Release

Carry On up the Charts was released in November 1994, the same year as the band's previous 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 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. The album reached no. 1 on the UK Albums Chart on 3 December 1994 and went on to become the second biggest selling album of 1994. By the summer of 1995 it was certified as 5x platinum in the UK. Such was the album's popularity, it was claimed that one in seven British households owned a copy.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.

Initial copies of the double CD pack had the demo version of "Let Love Speak Up Itself" with Jacqueline Abbott on vocals instead of the single version with 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 U.S., German and Japanese releases also include a cover of "Dream a Little Dream" (music by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt, lyrics by Gus Kahn).

The Japanese release also includes "Les Yeux Ouverts" (music by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt, French lyrics by Brice Homs & Kurin Ternovizeff). Both it and "Dream a Little Dream" were recorded for the movie French Kiss. It was re-used in the film The Devil Wears Prada.

Limited Edition disc listing

The Limited Edition disc contains Non-LP/CD B-sides from their single releases.

All tracks written by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.

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. 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"

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 1-12)

Jacqui Abbott — vocals (Tracks 11-14)

Dave Rotheray — guitar

Sean Welch — bass

Dave Stead — drums

Songs

1Song for Whoever4:06
2You Keep It All In2:54
3I'll Sail This Ship Alone4:07

References

Carry On up the Charts Wikipedia

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