Solid Bronze: Great Hits is The Beautiful South's ninth album and second greatest hits compilation.
 It was released in November 2001 and contains 19 tracks.
 The album contains two songs ("Pretenders to the Throne" and "Dream a Little Dream") that were released between "Carry on up the Charts" and "Blue Is the Colour", and never made it onto any album.
This is the discography of British pop group S Club 7.
 The group went on to release 11 singles, 4 studio albums and 2 compilation albums throughout their career.
 The group formed in 1998 and rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, "Miami 7" in 1999 and have been widely referred to as inspiring a new generation of teenage TV musicals including "High School Musical" and "Glee".
 Over the five years they were together, S Club 7 had four UK number-one singles, one UK number-one album, a string of hits throughout Europe, including a top ten single in the United States, Asia, Latin America, and Africa, and went on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide.
 Their first album, "S Club", had a strong 1990s pop sound, similar to many artists of their time.
 However, through the course of their career, their musical approach changed to a more dance and R&B sound which is heard mostly in their final album, "Seeing Double".
Blue Is the Colour is the fifth studio album from English band The Beautiful South, released in October 1996 through Go!
 Discs and in America through Ark 21 Records.
 Following the two singles "Pretenders to the Throne" and "Dream a Little Dream", which never featured on any album until the release of the second greatest hits "Solid Bronze" in 2001, it was named after a pub in Sheffield.
"Solid Gold Easy Action" is a song by T. Rex, written by Marc Bolan.
 It was released as a single in 1972 and reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
 The song did not feature on an original studio album but was included on the 1972 "Great Hits" compilation album issued by EMI Records.
The Magic Lanterns were an English pop rock group formed in Warrington, Lancashire.
 They formed in 1962 as The Sabres, playing locally in Manchester and changing their name a few years later.
 They signed to CBS Records after releasing the single, "Excuse Me Baby", which charted at #44 in the UK in 1966, and a few singles later they put out an album, "Lit Up".
 In 1968 they switched to Atlantic Records and released their first US hit, "Shame, Shame", which hit #29 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and peaked on #3 on Canada's RPM Charts.
 "Shame Shame" was also released in the UK, on the short lived 'Camp' record label, as was "Melt All Your Troubles Away" the following year, but neither enjoyed any chart success.
 The single "Give Me Love" followed, as did a Stateside album.
 Changing record labels again in 1970 to Big Tree Records, a second album followed, but it would be their last.
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels is the debut studio album by English pop group Dexys Midnight Runners, released on 11 July 1980, through EMI Records.
 Led by Kevin Rowland, the group formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England, and formed a strong live reputation before recording their first material.
 Recorded during April 1980, the album combines the aggressiveness of punk rock with soul music, particularly influenced by the Northern soul movement.
The Spice Girls were an English pop girl group formed in 1994.
 The group originally consisted of Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams ("Posh Spice").
 They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established them as a global phenomenon.
 Their debut album "Spice" sold more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history.
 Their follow-up album "Spiceworld" sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
 The Spice Girls have sold 85 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling female group of all time, one of the best-selling pop groups of all time, and the biggest British pop phenomenon since Beatlemania.
 Among the highest profile acts in 1990s British popular culture, "Time" called them "arguably the most recognisable face" of Cool Britannia, the mid-1990s celebration of youth culture in the UK.
Gold: Their Great Hits was the first greatest hits collection released by the American rock band Steppenwolf.
 The album, released in 1971, charted at #24 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts and was certified "gold" by the RIAA on April 12, 1971.
The Beautiful South was an English pop/rock group formed in 1988 by two former members of the Hull group the Housemartins—Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway—both of whom performed lead and backing vocals.
 Other members throughout the band's tenure were former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar).
 After the band's first album (recorded as a quintet), they were joined by a succession of female vocalists, all of whom performed lead and backing vocals alongside Heaton and Hemingway – Briana Corrigan for albums two and three after appearing as a guest vocalist on one, followed by Jacqui Abbott for the fourth through seventh albums, and finally Alison Wheeler for the final three Beautiful South albums.
S Club 7 are an English pop group from London created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller consisting of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt, Bradley McIntosh, and Jon Lee.
 The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, "Miami 7".
 In their five years together, S Club 7 had four UK number-one singles, one UK number-one album, and a string of hits throughout Europe, including a top-ten single in the United States, Asia, Latin America and Africa.
 They recorded four studio albums, released 11 singles and went on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide.

Question: Solid Bronze – Great Hits is the album by the English pop group formed in what year?
Answer: 1988