| 词条 | Blue Is the Colour |
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| name = Blue Is the Colour | type = studio | artist = The Beautiful South | cover = Blue Is the Colour.jpg | alt = | released = 21 October 1996 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, Pop rock[1] | length = 49:56 | label = Go!, Ark 21 | producer = Jon Kelly | prev_title = Carry on up the Charts | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Quench | next_year = 1998 }}{{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[1] |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2score = A[2] }} Blue Is the Colour is the fifth studio album from English band The Beautiful South, released in October 1996 through Go! Discs and in America through Ark 21 Records. Following the two singles "Pretenders to the Throne" and "Dream a Little Dream", which never featured on any album until the release of the second greatest hits Solid Bronze in 2001, it was named after a pub in Sheffield. The album continued the melancholic tone of its predecessor Miaow, and is generally considered to be the band's darkest effort, reflecting Heaton's life at the time. This comes across in songs such as "Liars’ Bar" (about alcoholism), "The Sound of North America" (a sarcastic look at capitalism), "Mirror" (Prostitution), "Blackbird on the Wire", "Have Fun" (which Heaton has cited as his saddest song), and the self-explanatory "Alone". The album spawned 4 singles, the first being "Rotterdam", which peaked at No. 5 in the charts in September 1996. The follow ups were "Don't Marry Her" which reached No. 8 in December, "Blackbird on the Wire", which got to No. 23 in March 1997 and finally the single "Liar's Bar" which just missed the Top 40 in June. The lyrics to "Don't Marry Her" were substantially altered for radio release – changing from "Don't marry her, fuck me" to "Don't marry her, have me", and with "sweaty bollocks" becoming "Sandra Bullocks". On "Liars' Bar", Paul Heaton's vocal consciously imitates the style of Tom Waits, while in "Alone" the bass line serves as another allusion to him. The album itself topped the album charts on 2 November 1996. Some versions of the album come with a sticker saying "WARNING track one contains some possibly offensive blue language" Track listingAll tracks by Paul Heaton & Dave Rotheray (except where noted)
B-sidesAs was their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.[3] from the "Rotterdam" CD5
from the "Don't Marry Her" CD1
from the "Don't Marry Her" CD2
Note: The French version of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" ("Les Yeux Ouverts") was recorded for the movie French Kiss. It was re-used in the film The Devil Wears Prada. from the "Blackbird on the Wire" CD1
from the "Blackbird on the Wire" CD2
from the "Liars’ Bar" CD1
from the "Liar's Bar" CD2
Personnel
References1. ^1 {{cite web|first= Tom |last= Schulte |title= The Beautiful South – Blue Is the Colour |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-is-the-colour-mw0000027238 |accessdate= 27 April 2016}} {{The Beautiful South}}2. ^Robert Christgau review 3. ^{{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}} 4 : 1996 albums|The Beautiful South albums|Albums produced by Jon Kelly|Go! Discs albums |
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