The Beautiful South created this far-flung anthology of songs just because they wanted to sing them in their own distinctive style. Twelve tracks range from well-known (but very different) titles such as soul show-stopper ˝Till I Can’t Take It Anymore˝ to ˝You’re The One That I Want˝ (from the movie GREASE). Songs from Rufus Wainwright, Ramones, and Willie Nelson also included.
A collection of versions of songs dear to the hearts of The Beautiful South members. Rendered in their uniquely familiar style, these nuggets include the familiar and the not-so, making for a particularly random, definitely idiosyncratic, but ultimately genius Saturday night party selection. ‘You’re The One That I Want’, made famous by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta from the Grease Soundtrack rubs hips with ELO’s obscenely symphonic ‘Livin’ Thing’, ‘Til I Can’t Take It Anymore’ (a soul classic made famous by Ben E. King and Ray Charles) plays tit cricket with S Club 7’s stoner rock classic ‘Don’t Stop Moving’ and ‘This Old Skin’, a lost cut from legendary act The Heppelbaums, finds itself helplessly lodged by the fridge with Blue Oyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’. Other artists represented include Lush, Rufus Wainwright, Ramones, Stylistics and Willie Nelson.