Editing Welcome to the Beautiful South (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic review">{{cite web |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-the-beautiful-south-mw0000202283 |title=''Welcome to the Beautiful South'' – The Beautiful South |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=15 August 2009}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Calgary Herald]]''
| rev2score = B+<ref name="CH">{{cite news |last1=Mayes |first1=Alison |title=Recent Releases |work=Calgary Herald |date=1 Feb 1990 |page=E3}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Waller |first=Don |author-link=Don Waller |title=The Beautiful South, 'Welcome to the Beautiful South,' Elektra / Beats International, 'Let Them Eat Bingo,' Elektra |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=13 May 1990}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4score = 5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Brown |first=Len |title=Heaton Trifles |magazine=[[NME]] |date=21 October 1989 |page=41}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Gettelman |first=Parry |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/04/27/the-beautiful-south/ |title=The Beautiful South |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=27 April 1990 |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Keith |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |chapter=The Beautiful South |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/55 55]}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev7score = A−<ref>{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv790-90.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=31 July 1990 |access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref>
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The ''[[Calgary Herald]]'' stated that "Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway set killer-clever lyrics against clean, techno-free arrangements."<ref name=CH/> ''[[The Times]]'' noted the success of the first two singles, but opined that the rest of the album "offers little advance on that same tuneful but ineffably twee indie-pop formula."<ref>{{cite news |title=Update – Rock |work=The Times |date=11 November 1989 |department=Features}}</ref>

''[[NME]]'' included the album in their "Top 100 Albums You've Never Heard" list, in 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 Albums You've Never Heard |magazine=[[NME]] |date=February 2012}}</ref>