Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs

Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
Studio album by The Beautiful South
Released	October 25, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	43:41
Label	Sony International
Producer	Paul Heaton, Jon Kelly
The Beautiful South chronology
Gaze (2003) Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs (2004) Superbi (2006)

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Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs is the ninth and penultimate album by The Beautiful South released in 2004. It is almost entirely a covers album; the track "This Old Skin" was originally claimed to be by an obscure band called The Heppelbaums but was in fact the only original track on the album. This was confirmed in 2006 by frontman Paul Heaton during a Question and Answer session entitled "Ask the Band".

"Livin' Thing", "This Old Skin", and "This Will Be Our Year" were all released as singles.

A website for the hoax band was created in which many more clues to the real identity of the band were revealed. The domain was created on August 5 2004, and registered to Sony, the band's record label. Although the website no longer exists, the contents can still be found on archive.org.

Track listing

1. "You're The One That I Want" (originally recorded by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John)
2. "Livin' Thing" (Electric Light Orchestra)
3. "This Will Be Our Year" (The Zombies)
4. "Ciao!" (Lush)
5. "Valentine" (Willie Nelson)
6. "Don't Fear the Reaper" (Blue Öyster Cult)
7. "This Old Skin" (an original Beautiful South song)
8. "Don't Stop Moving" (S Club 7)
9. "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" (Ben E. King)
10. "Rebel Prince" (Rufus Wainwright)
11. "Blitzkrieg Bop" (The Ramones)
12. "I'm Stone In Love With You" (The Stylistics)

Personnel

• Paul Heaton - vocals
• Dave Hemingway - vocals
• Alison Wheeler - vocals
• Dave Rotheray - guitar
• Sean Welch - bass
• Dave Stead - drums