“Woman In The Wall” by The Beautiful South

"Woman in the Wall" turns up on Welcome to the Beautiful South, the band's debut album, which Go! Discs released on 23 October 1989 before Elektra took it to America the following year. Paul Heaton wrote the words and split the music with guitarist Dave Rotheray, and Mike Hedges produced, with Ian Grimble engineering.

The arrangement is dressed up generously. Gary Barnacle brings flute and saxophone, John Thirkell trumpet and flugelhorn and Peter Thoms trombone, over Sean Welch's bass and David Stead's drums, with Martin Ditcham on percussion and both Mel Wesson and Pete Wingfield on keyboards, Wingfield adding piano. This one wasn't among the album's three singles, all of which reached the UK top 40.

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