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The Hearts and Flowers Collection
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony Nos. 1 & 2/Capriccio Espagnol
Music: Dance to Dance [CD-single] [Import]
Primitive Tracks, Soundtrack to Photosynthesis [Soundtrack]
Raining Again [CD-single] [Import]
Roll Of The Dice [CD-single] [Import]
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The Housemartins used crazily bouncing melodies to sweeten their political pop. After they broke up after just two albums, P.D. Heaton tried a similar technique with the Beautiful South--lush melodies, rolling piano, and beautiful voices sugar-coating delightfully subversive lyrics. Only where the Housemartins railed against bankers and unthinking sheep, the Beautiful South moved from the political to the personal (except for some delicious swipes at the music biz), writing gorgeous love songs to dull partners ("I Love You But You're Boring"), gruesome murders ("Woman in the Wall"), and conversation fear ("You Keep It All In"). Funnier still is "Song for Whoever," which reveals the man behind the love song: "Oh Shirley, Oh Deborah, Oh Julie, Oh Jane/I wrote so many songs about you/I forget your name." --David Daley --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.