Quench (album)

Quench
Studio album by
The Beautiful South
Released12 October 1998
GenreAlternative rock, Pop rock, jazz[1]
Length52:42
LabelGo! Discs Records
ProducerPaul Heaton, Jon Kelly
The Beautiful South chronology
Blue Is the Colour
(1996) 		Quench
(1998) 		Painting It Red
(2000)
Singles from Quench
  1. "Perfect 10"
    Released: 21 September 1998
  2. "Dumb"
    Released: December 1998
  3. "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?"
    Released: 8 March 1999
  4. "The Table"
    Released: July 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
PopMatters6.7/10[5]

Quench is the Beautiful South's sixth original album, released in the UK on 12 October 1998. Including the compilation Carry On Up The Charts, it was the band's third album in a row to reach the top of the charts.

The cover depicts a boxer by Scottish painter Peter Howson. Commissioned for the album, the original painting can be seen in the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. After the band cropped the image and used it in merchandise and promotional material, Howson took legal action against the band, receiving around £30,000 in damages.[6] Whilst the first two singles from the album also have artwork by Howson, "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?" and "The Table" do not.

  1. ^ a b Allmusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2496. ISBN 9780857125958.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 55. ISBN 9780743201698.
  5. ^ Zupko, Sarah (3 September 2000). "The Beautiful South, Quench". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 3 September 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Beautiful South Legal Action Settled Accessed 2008-10-09