The Beautiful South 
The best album credited to The Beautiful South is Welcome To The Beautiful South which is ranked number 4,720 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 292.
The Beautiful South is ranked number 1,710 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 746.
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- Paul Heaton
- See also:
- Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
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The Beautiful South best albums
The following albums by The Beautiful South are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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This may not be a complete discography for The Beautiful South.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
The Beautiful South bestography composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 5 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
The Beautiful South best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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95/100  | 04/27/2019 12:45 |  TheDude85 | | 83/100 |
55/100 | 09/24/2018 17:45 |  Nowhereman1965 | | 66/100 |
70/100 | 05/20/2018 00:46 | TheSmiths82-87 | | 78/100 |
80/100 | 06/14/2017 17:57 | mostlymor | | 70/100 |
70/100 | 07/15/2016 18:22 | Rich150 | | 75/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 10.8.
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TheDude85 04/27/2019 12:48
Criminally under-rated band. Their snide, snarky lyrics may deter some listeners, but the melodies this group has produced should have endeared them to throngs of fans both in Europe and in the U.S. from where I am writing. Despite a lack of recognition this band has soldiered on for 30 years, bringing hours of enjoyment to lucky fans like me!
Was never a fan but saw them support R.E.M. in 95 when they stepped in last minute after Oasis pulled out. With the number of catchy singalong singles that they had, by the 3rd song they'd won over what was a pretty hostile crowd and had the whole arena jumping. They even did a version of Some Might Say for all the people who were expecting Oasis and that got a massive cheer. Have to admit now that they are my guilty pleasure.
Their early work(1989 - 1998) was amazing and full of clever lyrics but their later - apart from their covers album - was a bit too country & western for my liking. However, they were a brilliant band should have had more than one Number 1.
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