Choke (album)

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Choke
GO! Discs[2]
Elektra Records[3]
ProducerMike Hedges, The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South chronology
Welcome to the Beautiful South
(1989) 		Choke
(1990) 		0898
(1992)
Singles from Choke
  1. "A Little Time"
    Released: 24 September 1990
  2. "My Book"
    Released: November 1990
  3. "Let Love Speak Up Itself"
    Released: 4 March 1991[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Musical Express
8/10[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Choke is the second studio album by the English pop-rock group the Beautiful South, released in the UK on 29 October 1990.[9][10] Upon its release, it was pushed to number 2 in the charts after the release of the band's only number one single, "A Little Time". It would remain in the charts for 22 weeks.[11]

The album was followed by two more singles, both of which were flops. "My Book", which became the band's first single to chart outside the top 40, peaked at number 43, and "Let Love Speak Up Itself" reached number 51.

The original release of the album contained 11 tracks. The twelfth track, exclusive to the German release, was intended for the album from the beginning but was removed at a late stage of production.[citation needed] The cassette release of the standard version feature a long silence at the end of the first side, possibly indicating that this would have been the location originally intended for the track.[citation needed]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "Choke makes it clear that the Beautiful South has ample pop sense and pure venom to keep its unique act going for quite a while."[12] The New York Times wrote positively that the album "reads like an 11-chapter novella from a criminally sane mind."[13]

Track listing

All tracks by Paul Heaton, David Rotheray unless otherwise noted

  1. "Tonight I Fancy Myself" – 3:26
  2. "My Book" – 3:18
  3. "Let Love Speak Up Itself" – 5:04
  4. "Should've Kept My Eyes Shut" – 3:27
  5. "I've Come For My Award" – 3:14
  6. "Lips" – 1:11
  7. "I Think The Answer's Yes" – 5:15
  8. "A Little Time" – 3:00
  9. "Mother's Pride" – 2:03
  10. "I Hate You (But You're Interesting)" – 3:46
  11. "The Rising Of Grafton Street" – 3:05
  12. "
    What You See Is What You Get
    " (Tony Hester) – 4:28 (German release only)

Non-LP/CD B-Sides

The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.

from the "A Little Time" 12" single and CDEP

  • "A Little Time"
  • "In Other Words I Hate You"
  • "
    What You See Is What You Get
    " (Tony Hester)

from the "My Book" 12" single and CDEP

  • "My Book"
  • "Big Beautiful South"
  • "Bigger Doesn't Mean Better"
  • "Speak To Me"

from the "Let Love Speak Up Itself" 12" single and CDEP

  • "Let Love Speak Up Itself"
  • "
    Carry on up the Charts
    )
  • "
    Carry on up the Charts
    )
  • "Headbutting Husband"

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ISSN 0144-5804
    .
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 494.
  3. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 46.
  4. ^ "First Reports: South rise yet again". Sounds. 2 March 1991. p. 2.
  5. AllMusic
  6. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Beautiful South". www.robertchristgau.com.
  7. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 562.
  8. New Musical Express
    . p. 37.
  9. ^ "The Beautiful South | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ISBN 9781843531050
    – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "The Beautiful South | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  12. ^ "Beautiful South". Trouser Press. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. ^ Schoemer, Karen (10 April 1992). "Review/Rock; So Smooth, So Smiling, So Nasty (Published 1992)" – via NYTimes.com.
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