Album
Beautiful Curse
Beautiful Curse is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Quireboys, released on 24 June 2013 through Off Yer Rocka Recordings. It came out in the UK and Europe on that date.
The record sits in the middle of a busy stretch for the band. It follows Halfpenny Dancer from 2009 and comes a year before Black Eyed Sons in 2014, part of a run of albums that kept the group active well beyond their early days. For anyone who has followed the Quireboys since A Bit of What You Fancy in 1990, it is a useful marker of where they stood in the 2010s.
Beautiful Curse: tracklist and charts
12 tracks · 49:56Tracklist
- 1Too Much of a Good ThingGuy Griffin and Spike3:58
- 2Chain Smokin’Guy Griffin and Spike3:51
- 3Talk of the TownGuy Griffin and Spike4:29
- 4Mother MaryGuy Griffin and Spike4:53
- 5King of FoolsGuy Griffin and Spike3:50
- 6Homewreckers and Heartbreakers5:28
- 7Diamonds and Dirty StonesGuy Griffin and Spike3:35
- 8Beautiful Curse4:40
- 9Don’t Fight It4:06
- 10For Crying Out Loud3:33
- 11Twenty Seven Years3:45
- 12I Died Laughing3:49
- Recorded
- 2012–2013
- Labels
- Off Yer Rocka Recordings, Off Yer Rocka
- Length
- 49:56
Singles
- “Too Much of a Good Thing” · 15 May 2013
- “Diamonds and Dirty Stones” · 24 August 2013
- “Mother Mary” · 15 December 2013
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Independent Albums · 2013 | 44 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 June 2013 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 June 2013 | |
| Wikidata | 2013 | |
| Deezer | 24 June 2013 | |
| UK / Europe release | 24 June 2013 | earliest UK or European date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2013 | XW | Off Yer Rocka Recordings | 3610152898355 | original |
| 24 June 2013 | GB | Off Yer Rocka Recordings | 5055664100035 | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1440x1440, upscaled to 1500 (x1.04)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1440×1440 | upscaled: minor: best source 1440x1440, upscaled to 1500 (x1.04) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |