Blue Is The Colour - The Beautiful South

~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~ It is beyond doubt - in my mind at least - that a good song is formed of that rare combination of melody and lyrics. In my view, a song that sounds good but has no lyrical depth has little staying power - melody appeals to the heart, but lyrics are what engage the brain. To belabour the point just one stage further, the melody attracts you, but the lyrics are what ultimately keep you interested. Indeed, it was the catchy melodies and compelling hooks that drew me to the music of the Beautiful South in the first place, but even after listening to their songs and albums countless times over the years, ...  Read the complete review

Blue is the Colour is not a favourite of mine, but then I should be judging an album on how good it is, I happen to think there are better TBS albums, althouh coming back to Blue is always pleasing, some songs like 'Have Fun' have matured well, there is a certain sound to Blue and you have to like that sound, some songs sound really good 'One God' great singing by Dave Hemmingway, 'Liars Bar' is an all time favourite for the lyrics alone. The album was meant to be a comeback album but TBS never have gone away. Each South album has a unquie sound and for me I never really felt at home with 'Blue', but is it a good album, well ...  Read the complete review

With computer problems persisting , it was time for a break , time to recharge my batteries , and what better a way than to listen to music . Fancying a break from the norm , I trawled my way through my CD collection , and came across a much forgotten CD - ?Blue Is The Colour? by The Beautiful South - now hey that?s an album worth re-aqainting with again , and while at it , why not do a DooYoo review , for when those little bugs have been sidelined . So who are The Beautiful South , well in a previous incarnation they were known as The Housemartins , but when that group split , the founding members regrouped , along with a few new faces as The Beautiful ...  Read the complete review

Blue is the colour is the sixth album that was released by The Beautiful South and it really is a very beauitfully written album. The album is considered to be one of the more depressing and is suppose to reflect on Paul Heaton's life at the time. I bought this album for £12 from Asda and it is now available for just £5 from Amazon. Blue is the colour is a pop, rock album although it definately has a very country and folk appeal to it. I really liked how every song in this album was different which is more than I can say for a lot of albums. There are some great hits within the album such as "Don't marry her" which is quite pop rock and very upbeat. ...  Read the complete review

Contrary to popular beleif i think 'blue is the colour' is the best album that beautiful south have produced. It has their two best songs on: - Don't marry her and Rotterdam and all the other songs are good also. i do not have all the album but out of the ones i do have this is definately my favourite and i would recommend it to all. I would like more of this type of album please and then the music industry would be sucessful once again. ...  Read the complete review