The Beautiful South - Cover Songs, Volume 3: 2004-2020

This is the third and final volume of the Beautiful South performing cover songs. Although, I must admit there isn't much music here technically by the Beautiful South. as I will explain. 

The Beautiful South was a British band that existed from 1988 to 2007. The first three songs here are from the Beautiful South proper. But the rest are from key members after the band broke up. In my opinion, the key person to watch was Paul Heaton, the lead singer and main songwriter for the band. But he also often liked to have women sing his songs, either solo or in duets with him, and that continued after the band broke up. 

Jacqui Abbott was the female singer for band during their most popular years, 1994 to 2001. She reunited with Heaton in 2011, and went on to release four duet albums with him from 2014 to 2020 (with hopefully more to come). So there are three songs with just Heaton solo, and then six songs with Heaton and Abbott. In my opinion, all the songs have that same Beautiful South sound, and you can't really tell if it's solo or not unless you look at the credits.

About half of the songs here are unreleased. The released ones (tracks 1 through 3 and 8 through 10) generally are B-sides or from various artists compilations. The unreleased ones are from concerts or radio shows, and essentially have the same sound quality as the released ones.

I like the range of material covered here. For instance, songs in a row originally done by Whitesnake, Michael Jackson, and Oasis. That's range.

This album is 39 minutes long.

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:

01 I'm Living Good - Ovations
02 For the Good Times - Kris Kristofferson
03 Never Mind - Nanci Griffith
04 White Man in Hammersmith Palais - Clash
05 A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder
06 Career Opportunities - Clash
07 Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
08 Caravan of Love - Isley Jasper Isley
09 Loving Arms - Dobie Gray
10 Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
11 Heal the World - Michael Jackson
12 Some Might Say - Oasis

Here's the usual song list:

01 I'm Living Good (Beautiful South)
02 For the Good Times (Beautiful South)
03 Never Mind (Beautiful South)
04 White Man in Hammersmith Palais (Paul Heaton)
05 A Place in the Sun (Paul Heaton)
06 Career Opportunities (Paul Heaton)
07 Islands in the Stream (Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott)
08 Caravan of Love (Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott)
09 Loving Arms (Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott)
10 Here I Go Again (Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott)
11 Heal the World (Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott)
12 Some Might Say (Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15124462/BeautifulSth_2004-2020_CverSongsVolume3_atse.zip.html

The cover photo shows the Beautiful South in 2006.