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0898 Beautiful South, released March 1992, was The Beautiful South’s third album. The album reached number 4 on the UK charts, unlike their previous two albums which reached number 2; the record company blamed this on the cover which showed ladies’ faces on the back of terrapins’ shells.
The full title of the album is 0898 Beautiful South, but it is usually shortened to just 0898, which is how it appears on the back cover of the album. The spacing and typography difference on the front cover and spine can be taken to imply it should be read as “0898” (by) “Beautiful South” - two separate phrases. The title refers to the 0898 premium rate dialling code associated with sex hotlines in the UK at the time.
While the first two singles, “Old Red Eyes Is Back” and “We Are...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ This is the woman you laid ... And this is the woman you laid ... There's a tear, there's a tear ♫
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