Description: Ugly Beautiful is a 1996 album by Babybird, the band's sixth, though their first for Echo Records. Released on 21 October, the album includes the singles "Goodnight", "Candy Girl", "You're Gorgeous" and "Cornershop". "You're Gorgeous" was a surprise top-three UK and international hit for the group. The album was written entirely by band-leader Stephen Jones. Many of the songs were written and recorded by Jones alone between 1988 and 1994. Several of the songs had been released in these demo incarnations on Jones' solo lo-fi work as Baby Bird that he did prior to forming the band with John Pedder, Robert Gregory, Luke Scott and Huw Chadbourn. Think of Morrissey fronting Prefab Sprout by way of the Go-Betweens, and you're in the game with New Zealander Stephen Jones. His six-year bedsit gestation period, neatly documented in recent months via three Handsome Boy reissues, suggested a pop maestro in the raw. Here he takes wing with a trio of supple, lyrically ripe U.K. hits ("You're Gorgeous," "Goodnight," "Candy Girl"), plus some sharp remakes of older material ("Dead Bird Sings," the uncanny Blue Nile imitation, "Bad Shave"). Tunefully addictive stuff from a pop original. --Jeff Bateman Babybird – Ugly Beautiful Label: Echo – ECH CD11 Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 1996 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Leftfield, Abstract, Synth-pop, Brit Pop Tracklist 1 Goodnight 2:53 2 Candy Girl 3:56 3 Jesus Is My Girlfriend 5:24 4 I Didn't Want To Wake You Up 5:15 5 Dead Bird 5:11 6 Atomic Soda 5:08 7 You're Gorgeous 3:42 8 Bad Shave 3:27 9 Cornershop (Producer – Ian Caple) 3:48 10 King Bing 9:53 11 You & Me 4:10 12 45 & Fat 4:11 13 Too Handsome To Be Homeless 4:44 14 July 3:46 15 Baby Bird 5:01 Combined shipping discount on all items unless otherwise noted. Just use the add to cart option and proceed to checkout when done. Please note that the Buy It Now button voids the discount. See the shipping link for more shipping options.
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Artist: Babybird
CD Grading: Good (G)
Record Label: Echo Records
Release Title: Ugly Beautiful
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Case Condition: Mint (M)
Inlay Condition: Very Good (VG)
Catalog Number: ECH CD11
Edition: First Edition
Type: Album
Format: CD
Release Year: 1996
Language: English
Producer: Stephen Jones, Steve Power
Era: 1980s
Style: Alternative/Indie, Cabaret Rock, Gothic/Darkwave, Singer-Songwriter
Features: Import
Run Time: 70
Genre: Rock
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
