Happiness by the Beloved Happiness is the debut studio album, and second album overall, by English electronic group The Beloved, released in February 1990 by Atlantic Records. The group's first album since slimming down from a four-piece to a duo comprising Jon Marsh and Steve Waddington in 1987, the two members moved away from their previous, New Order-styled sound and drew influence from the late 1980s rave scene in London and from American house music.