Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Song For Whoever
2. Little Time
3. Prettiest Eyes
4. Don't Marry Her
5. Alone
6. Table
7. Old Red Eyes Is Back
8. Window Shopping For Blinds
9. Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud)
10. Closer Than Most
11. Baby Please Go
12. You Keep It All In
13. Dumb
14. 36d
15. From Under The Covers
16. Let Love Speak Up Itself
17. Masculine Eclipse
18. Perfect 10

Disc 2:

1. Rotterdam
2. Let Go With The Flow
3. Well Bottomed Tear
4. I'll Sail This Ship Alone
5. Just A Few Things That I Ain't
6. Liars Bar
7. Have You Ever Been Away
8. We Are Each Other
9. Root Of All Evil
10. Hit Parade
11. My Book
12. Losing Things
13. Everybody's Talking
14. Property Quiz
15. One Last Love Song
16. Mirror
17. One God
18. Blackbird On The Wire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4271 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-06
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 133 minutes

Customer Reviews

Superbi value!
I may be biased as a long-standing fan, but it's a measure of my own love of the Beautiful South that despite already owning every track on this collection, I bought it anyway.

Even if you only know the singles, you're getting more than your money's worth. On reflection it's a curious collection, since it's not all that long since their second greatest hits collection Solid Bronze came out. What the Beautiful South have done here is to pack some of their best 'unknown' songs in among the hits to make a must-have collection. Classic album tracks like One God, Property Quiz, Alone and Masculine Eclipse really deserved a wider audience than hardcore fans, and here's a chance for everyone to sample just what makes the Beautiful South so good.

The timing may turn out to be astute, with the release of new album Superbi in May 2006, and I repeat the essential point of this review. Gold is simply outstanding value for money, and if someone who already owns all the songs is telling you that, you can't really quibble, can you?

Good as Gold, definately not Stupid as Mud!
This is a great collection of the Beautiful South's greatest hits.

THe superb, witty lyrics from Paul Heaton are timeless and I believe that they don't get enough credit or airplay on the Radio.

The only song really missing from the album is Woman in the Wall, otherwise a masterpiece

Can't wait for Superbi or their tour this summer.

Not all I'd expected
If you wanted the uncensored version of "Don't Marry Her" then this isn't the CD for you (go for "Blue is the Colour" instead). Equally, if you were looking for the full version of "Song for Whoever" you'll only find the shortened single version here ("Welcome to the Beautiful South" is where you'll find the full length version).