Painting It Red
Painting It Red | ||||
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Studio album by the Beautiful South | ||||
Released | 9 October 2000 (2000-10-09)[1] | |||
Genre | Indie rock, pop rock | |||
Label | Ark 21 | |||
Producer | Jon Kelly, Paul Heaton | |||
the Beautiful South chronology | ||||
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Singles from Painting It Red | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
Pitchfork Media | 6.1/10[4] |
Painting It Red is the seventh album by the Beautiful South, released in 2000.[5] 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.[6]
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'."[7] 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."[8]
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
- ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting October 9, 2000: Albums". Music Week. 7 October 2000. p. 28.
- ^ "Painting It Red - The Beautiful South | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Beautiful South". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Painting It Red | Pitchfork". 5 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008.
- ^ "The Beautiful South | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Beautiful South | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Beautiful South Painting It Red". exclaim.ca.
- ^ "THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH "Painting It Red" Ark 21". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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- Welcome to the Beautiful South
- Choke
- 0898 Beautiful South
- Miaow
- Blue Is the Colour
- Quench
- Painting It Red
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- Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
- Superbi
- Carry On Up the Charts
- Solid Bronze – Great Hits
- Gold
- Soup
- Live at the BBC
- "Song for Whoever"
- "You Keep It All In"
- "I'll Sail This Ship Alone"
- "A Little Time"
- "Old Red Eyes Is Back"
- "36D"
- "Everybody's Talkin'"
- "Dream a Little Dream"
- "Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)"
- "Don't Marry Her"
- "Perfect 10"
- "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?"
- "Livin' Thing"
- "This Old Skin"
- "Manchester"
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