Superbi

Superbi
Studio album by The Beautiful South
Released	15 May 2006 (UK)
Recorded	2005
Length	47:42
Label	SonyBMG
Producer	Ian Stanley
The Beautiful South chronology
Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs (2004) Superbi (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 former Tears for Fears keyboard player Ian Stanley.

Track listing

1. "The Rose of My Cologne"
2. "Manchester"
3. "There Is Song"
4. "The Cat Loves the Mouse"
5. "The Next Verse"
6. "When Romance Is Dead"
7. "Meanwhile"
8. "Space"
9. "Bed of Nails"
10. "Never Lost a Chicken to a Fox"
11. "From Now On"
12. "Tears"

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.^[1]

from the "Manchester" CD single

• "Manchester"
• "If Teardrops Were Silver"

from the "The Rose Of My Cologne" CD single

• "The Rose Of My Cologne"
• ”Farewell” (although its title is a coincidence, this turned out to be the last new track released by the band)

Personnel

• Paul Heaton – vocals
• Dave Hemingway – vocals
• Alison Wheeler – vocals
• Dave Rotheray – guitar
• Sean Welch – bass
• Dave Stead – drums

with

• Damon Butcher - keyboards
• Gary Hammond - percussion
• Johnny Scott - banjo, dobro, mandolin
• The London Session Orchestra - strings, arranged by Simon Hale

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