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Discs, the collection presents seven Housemartins tracks followed by fifteen Beautiful South favourites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eThe Housemartins section covers their principal singles from 1985–1987, including “Flag Day”, “Happy Hour”, “Think For A Minute”, “Caravan Of Love”, “Five Get Over Excited”, “Me And The Farmer” and “Build”. It neatly captures the Hull band's distinctive mixture of melodic guitar pop, sharp humour, social observation and infectious hooks before their split in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eThe remaining fifteen tracks trace the evolution of The Beautiful South from their 1989 debut through to 2003, including “Song For Whoever”, “You Keep It All In”, “A Little Time”, “Old Red Eyes Is Back”, “Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)”, “Don't Marry Her”, “Perfect 10” and “How Long's A Tear Take To Dry?”. The compilation therefore works particularly well as a concise overview of the songwriting partnership of Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, while also highlighting the band's distinctive combination of pop melodies, indie rock and often darkly humorous lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eWith recordings spanning 1985–2003, \u003cem\u003eSoup\u003c\/em\u003e provides a 22-track overview of almost two decades of some of the UK's most recognisable indie and alternative pop songwriting. 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