Superbi

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Superbi
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Studio album by
Released15 May 2006 (2006-05-15)
Recorded2005
Genre Alternative rock
Length47:26
Label SonyBMG
Producer Ian Stanley
The Beautiful South chronology
Gold
(2006)
Superbi
(2006)
Soup
(2007)
Singles from Superbi
  1. "Manchester"
    Released: 8 May 2006
  2. "The Rose of My Cologne"
    Released: 10 July 2006
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Superbi is the tenth and final album by the British group the Beautiful South, released on 15 May 2006 by SonyBMG. The album entered the British chart at No. 6 before dropping to No. 20 and No. 37 in its second and third weeks respectively. It was released before their split on 30 January 2007. The album was produced by the former Tears for Fears keyboard player Ian Stanley. [1]

Contents

Recording

The album was recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire, a farm in Bakewell, Derbyshire, and producer Ian Stanley's studio in Enniskerry, Ireland. It was mixed by Bill Price (Sex Pistols, the Clash, Guns N' Roses).

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray

  1. "The Rose of My Cologne" – 3:47
  2. "Manchester" – 3:54
  3. "There Is Song" – 4:08
  4. "The Cat Loves the Mouse" – 3:36
  5. "The Next Verse" – 4:53
  6. "When Romance Is Dead" – 3:01
  7. "Meanwhile" – 3:18
  8. "Space" – 3:37
  9. "Bed of Nails" – 4:10
  10. "Never Lost a Chicken to a Fox" – 4:14
  11. "From Now On" – 4:43
  12. "Tears" – 4:05

Singles

"Manchester" was released on 8 May 2006 in the UK. It reached 41 in the singles chart, a very disappointing position compared to other first singles. This is thought to be due to the decline of CD singles which, by 2006, were increasingly the preserve of an older audience.

"The Rose of My Cologne" was released on 10 July 2006 in the UK. It reached 99 in the singles chart for the first week. This made this single the worst performing out of all of those released by the band.

As was their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums. [2]

from the "Manchester" CD single

from "The Rose of My Cologne" CD single

Personnel

The Beautiful South

with:

Technical

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