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"Manchester" was released on 8 May 2006 in the UK. It reached 41 in the singles chart, a very disappointing position compared to other first singles. This is thought to be due to the decline of CD singles which, by 2006, were increasingly the preserve of an older audience.

"The Rose of My Cologne" was released on 10 July 2006 in the UK. It reached 99 in the singles chart for the first week. This made this single the worst performing out of all of those released by the band.

As was their usual modus operandi, The Beautiful South included unreleased material on the B-sides of the singles taken from their albums.^[2]

from the "Manchester" CD single

• "Manchester"
• "If Teardrops Were Silver"

from "The Rose of My Cologne" CD single

• "The Rose of My Cologne"
• "Farewell" (although its title is a coincidence, this turned out to be the last new track released by the band)

The Beautiful South

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

with:

• Damon Butcher – keyboards
• Gary Hammond – percussion
• Johnny Scott – banjo, dobro, mandolin
• The London Session Orchestra – strings; arranged by Simon Hale

Technical

• Bruno Ellington, Kieran Lynch – engineer
• Bill Price, Richard Rainey – mixing
• Martin Parr – cover photography