[ August 23, 2004 ]
Hall or Nothing: Golddiggas
GOLDDIGGAS, HEADNODDERS & PHOLK SONGS
August 23, 2004
Courtesy of Craig Nicholl
The Beautiful South release their ninth album Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs on their new label Sony Music UK on 18th October 2004.
Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs is a collection of versions of songs dear to the hearts of The Beautiful South. Rendered in their own 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’. Ouch.
Other artists represented include Lush, Rufus Wainwright and Willie Nelson.
Full track listing follows:
You're The One That I Want (Olivia Newton John and John Travolta/Grease
Soundtrack)
Living Thing (ELO)
This Will Be Our Year (The Zombies)
Ciao (Lush)
Valentine (Willie Nelson)
Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
This Old Skin (The Heppelbaums)
Don't Stop Moving (SClub7)
Til I Can't Take It Anymore (Ben E King)
Rebel Prince (Rufus Wainwright)
Blitzkreig Bop (Ramones)
Stone In Love With You (Stylistics)
Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs is The Beautiful South’s eleventh album and will be preceded by a single (details to follow) on October 4th.
Paul Heaton had this to say about it: “It provided us with the perfect opportunity to ruin songs we liked and turn songs we didn’t like into masterpieces.”
The Beautiful South are: Paul Heaton (vocals), Alison Wheeler (vocals), Dave Hemingway (vocals), Sean Welch (bass), Dave Rotheray (guitar) and Dave Stead (drums). ‘This Old Skin’ also features the vocals of Chip Taylor, the man who wrote ‘Wild Thing’. Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs was recorded at Olympic Studios in London and was produced by Paul Heaton and Jon Kelly.
For more information: Terri Hall, Julian Carrera or Gillian Porter on 020 8740 6288 email: firstname@hallornothing.com
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