Carry on up the Charts
| Carry On up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by The Beautiful South | ||||
| Released | November, 1994 (UK) October, 1995 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Label | GO! Discs | |||
| Producer | Jon Kelly, The Beautiful South | |||
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Carry On up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful South is an album by English pop/rock band The Beautiful South. It is the group's fifth album and their first greatest hits collection. It was a major commercial success, reaching number one in the UK Albums Chart and going on to become the second biggest selling album of 1994.
Carry On up the Charts was released in November 1994, the same year as the band's previous album Miaow, with its only single, "One Last Love Song", being released in October 1994, only two months after "Prettiest Eyes"; the last single to be taken from Miaow. "One Last Love Song" reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart.
The album includes all of the single releases from the band's first five years in order of their release. Its title is a reference to the Carry On film series. A two-disc Limited Edition version was also released, with the bonus disc containing Non-LP/CD B-sides from the singles.
Released at a time when the group's album sales had been waning, it proved to be a surprise success. The album reached no. 1 on the UK Albums Chart on 3 December 1994 and went on to become the second biggest selling album of 1994. By the summer of 1995 it was certified as 5x platinum in the UK. Such was the album's popularity, it was claimed that one in seven British households owned a copy.
All tracks written by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.
The Limited Edition disc contains Non-LP/CD B-sides from their single releases.
All tracks written by Dave Rotheray/Paul Heaton, except where noted.
As was their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums. One new single was released for this compilation. Details of CD singles for the other 13 tracks can be found under the entries for their original studio albums.
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