Gaze is the eighth studio album by the rock band The Beautiful South. It was released in 2003 on Mercury Records. The release was accompanied by the Gaze With The Beautiful South tour. This was also the band debut for Allison Wheeler who replaced the departing Jacqui Abbott. All songs were written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray.

Gaze
Studio album by
Released27 October 2003 (UK)
GenreAlternative rock
Length47:52
LabelGo! Discs Records/Mercury
ProducerJon Kelly, John Brough, Paul Heaton
The Beautiful South chronology
Solid Bronze
(2001)
Gaze
(2003)
Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
(2004)
Singles from Gaze
  1. "Just a Few Things That I Ain't"
    Released: October 2003
  2. "Let Go with the Flow"
    Released: December 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
RTÉ[3]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray

  1. "Pretty" 3:19
  2. "Just a Few Things That I Ain't" 2:47
  3. "Sailing Solo" 3:17
  4. "Life Vs. The Lifeless" 3:35
  5. "Get Here" 3:35
  6. "Let Go with the Flow" 3:13
  7. "The Gates" 4:11
  8. "Angels and Devils" 2:49
  9. "101% Man" 3:05
  10. "Half of Him" 4:27
  11. "Spit It All Out" 4:08 (UK only)
  12. "The Last Waltz" (3:55)
  13. "Loneliness" (4:52) (UK only hidden track)

CD Single/CDEP B-Sides

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As was their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.[4]

from the "Just A Few Things That I Ain't" ECD1

  • "Just A Few Things That I Ain't"
  • "Cheap"
  • "Care As You Go"
  • "Just A Few Things That I Ain't" (music video)

from the "Just A Few Things That I Ain't" CD2

  • "Just A Few Things That I Ain't"
  • "The New Fence"
  • "A Long Time Coming"

from the "Let Go With The Flow" CD1

  • "Let Go With The Flow"
  • "School Daze"

from the "Let Go With The Flow" CD2

Personnel

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The Beautiful South

with:

  • Damon Butcher - piano, keyboards
  • Gary Hammond - percussion
  • Tony Robertson - trumpet
  • Kevin Brown - saxophone
  • Gary Wallis - programming

References

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  1. ^ "Gaze - the Beautiful South | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "CD: The Beautiful South, Gaze". TheGuardian.com. 24 October 2003.
  3. ^ "The Beautiful South - Gaze". RTÉ.ie. 28 November 2003.
  4. ^ King, David. "The Beautiful South Discography". xmission.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2014.