Choke (album)

Choke
Studio album by
The Beautiful South
Released29 October 1990 (UK)[1]
Recorded1990
GenreAlternative rock, pop rock
Length36:55
LabelGO! 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
AllMusic[5]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[7]
New Musical Express8/10[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]

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (27 October 1990). "This Week - The Next Seven Days in View: Releases". Record Mirror. p. 32. 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. ^ Choke at 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. ^ Collins, Andrew (27 October 1990). "Long Play: Sound and Gagged". New Musical Express. p. 37.
  9. ^ "The Beautiful South | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ^ Buckley, Peter (5 March 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "The Beautiful South | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.