Painting It Red by The Beautiful South

Painting It Red is the seventh original album released by The Beautiful South in October 2000. A concept album about impending middle age, Painting it Red album is the band's joint longest, with 19 tracks. A two-disc UK bonus version contains 20 tracks. The American release on Ark21 has only 17 tracks.The album made it to number 2 in the charts, but despite the number of tracks, only two singles were produced: "Closer Than Most", which reached number 22 in September and the double A-side "The River"/"Just Checkin'", which reached number 59 in December.