https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AxdcVKWArc
― omar little, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Walking Wounded was part of my high school soundtrack. That woman's voice is so soulful and sad in its tone. Such a contrast to her twitter feed. I wish she would tour so I can see her live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_MKsZlisi8
― Okay Pet Shop Boys Aren't That Bad. (lilsoulbrother), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 03:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Clock Opera remix of "You Are a Lover" is goooorgeous!
http://soundcloud.com/buzzinfly/tracey-thorn-you-are-a-lover
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 March 2011 11:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Why wasn't her work with Massive Attack in this poll?
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 28 March 2011 11:22 (thirteen years ago) link
if you read the first post you might actually be able to work this out
― kris menace isn't even french (sic), Monday, 28 March 2011 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link
OK. Missed the poll anyway, would have voted for "Eden", but also love her more dance oriented 90s work.
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Monday, 28 March 2011 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxX1E6IAKnk&feature=related
I think this may be what cements her as "the thinking gay man's Kylie", at least in my eyes
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Saturday, 11 June 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
Last year's solo record was so good -- one of the best singer-songwriter things in a while.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 June 2011 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
I'll recommend that Clock Opera remix again...just because.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 12 June 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred, i give in. I will check out this album asap since you mention it so often ;)
― jed_, Sunday, 12 June 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
Missed this poll but might vote s/t for "Riverbed Dry" and other side 2 gems on top of "Fascination."
― 27 Dresses, 13 Assassins (Eazy), Sunday, 12 June 2011 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
Very curious to hear the Green Gartside song.
http://thequietus.com/articles/09608-tracey-thorn-tinsel-and-lights-christmas-album
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
That's a good choice for her voice.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Her Twitter feed is hilarious, I kid you not. And she posts ALOT
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 6 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
Tracey Thorn @tracey_thornJust had to listen to A Distant Shore, for a thing. God but I loved singing that record! I can hear it in every note - I AM LOVING THIS!
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
this isn't the first xmas record made by/for depressives, but it is the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9GLTrmiJDQ
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 28 October 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
Man, her cover of Low's "Taking Down the Tree" with Green is completely gorgeous.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Sunday, 28 October 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
i forgot that was a low song!
yeah, that's a good one. her dolly parton doesn't really go anywhere, unfortunately, though it's hardly unpleasant.
i'll probably be listening to this one for a few months. it's already getting me in the mood for xmas (which i don't celebrate, but i enjoy the xmas sense-scape).
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 29 October 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
Ordered the CD off the strength of listening to a few tracks streaming - given that first listen to "Joy" made me choke up like no other song this year the least I could do was actually pay for the album. Have a feeling this will get a lot of play in the A household over the festive season.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Monday, 29 October 2012 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
"col cold night" is terrific
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 October 2012 08:17 (eleven years ago) link
"joy" and a handful of others greyed out on uk spotify... w.. tf
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 October 2012 08:45 (eleven years ago) link
Really looking forward to buying this and busting it out over Christmas.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 29 October 2012 09:22 (eleven years ago) link
I adore this woman.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 October 2012 11:01 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, this is fantastic. i want to be besties with her.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 9 November 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
here you go y'all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VaUO4opTwg
but srsly buy the album.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 9 November 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
OK now I am following TT and Ben Watt on Twitter....so awesome! Their tandem x factor tweets are hilarious
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 17 November 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
the new album is very nice, a cosy christmas album. but what happened to the last two songs? they have the most annoying drum machine on i can imagine. cheap sounding, unbearably loud and mixed to the front. how to kill one of the most gorgeous female voices with shitty "instruments" and production.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
one of the most terrific songs i have heard this year. it has this cottonish cocteau twins sound. plus a tune going straight to the heart.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQ7yNtEBbo
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
she's looked the same for 20-odd years but now she looks bloody great at 50.
― jed_, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
new album stream
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 26 November 2012 05:40 (eleven years ago) link
Really liking her version of "River." Wasn't sure initially if her voice would be right for it but her lower, breathier vox and deliberate phrasing works great.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 1 December 2012 06:46 (eleven years ago) link
Temperamental only got a couple of votes in the poll at the start of the tread. I'd be pretty tempted to vote for it.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 1 December 2012 06:56 (eleven years ago) link
finally an xmas song i can get behind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maRckqODJnA
― fauxmarc, Monday, 10 December 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
i wanted to like this but ultimately it felt too "grown-up" in a sort of sunday paper family section way.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
that is definitely not the best song on the album!
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 00:39 (eleven years ago) link
try hard candy christmas, e.g. what a wonderful xmas song!
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't like her cover of hard candy xmas much.
has anyone picked up her autobiography/memoir? bedsit disco queen. i'm curious to read it, but i worry--well i have a hard time imagining a tracey thorn memoir being terribly exciting, as much as i love a lot of her music.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
she seems literate and thoughtful in interviews, so who knows?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 February 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'm sure it's thoughtful and smart--she is both of those things, and a good writer too. whether it's interesting is another matter. i'll probably pick it up eventually, but i haven't seen any reviews.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
as opposed to, say, Rosanna Cash, whose humorless memoir mirrored the way she abandoned what made her music most vital.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 February 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
a cursory glance online at a couple of reviews indicates it might be vv good.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 15 February 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:15 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, she really lost her mojo when she divorced her husband and went all "singer-songwriter" on us. kings record shop 4eva.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 15 February 2013 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone picked up her autobiography/memoir? bedsit disco queen
probably halfway through it now, it's a really interesting read and she has a appealing writing style. i note she thinks calvin johnson started sub pop records
― rave revue (electricsound), Monday, 25 February 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
radio 4's book of the week :-D
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Monday, 4 March 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
" i note she thinks calvin johnson started sub pop records"
:(
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 4 March 2013 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty simple mistake really. They're both labels started by smelly NW hippies.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
Christgau's complimentary review of the memoir. Don't think he's heard their records much.
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Rock-Roll/They-Don-t-Want-to-Talk-About-It/ba-p/9981
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
Just listened to Out of the Woods for the first time in a while. What an album. I think Raise the Roof might be my favourite song she's ever done. The whole album is great though.
Think I'm going to spend the day listening to Everything But the Girl now.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 7 April 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
This remix of a remix has been floating about for a few years but I've been coming back to it loads over spring. The backing vocals are by Cortney Tidwell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcTfT40yQOM
― boxedjoy, Monday, 7 April 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
my favourite thing about this record is her willingness to tackle subject matter that other, younger artists might find a bit banal or naff (3 am baby feeds, sending your kids off to college, stalking your ex's Facebook), but doing so with great levity and humour.
The production sounds a bit thin and dated in some places (not a fan of "Guitar", agree with katherine on this), but there's also "Sister", which is incredibly groovy and lush.
anyway, "what year is it? same old shit."
― Roz, Thursday, 8 March 2018 09:29 (six years ago) link
I don't hear a chintzy, canned "Take On Me" sound in "Guitar" at all, and/but also I love the sound of "Take On Me". There's an '80s (though not 'dated') and sparse (though not 'thin') feel to most of Queen, but to me there's a clear contrast with the, indeed compression-heavy, sound on After Laughter, which I disliked for that reason.
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 8 March 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
(another example would be Toni Halliday's first solo album -- I want to like it but the '80s production is overwhelming)
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
it's all very 80's certainly but not in a way that particularly evokes "Take On Me"?
album is great, all excellent songs. i especially like Guitar and the ending of Air. the production doesn't really stand out but i'm a fan of the style and it supports the songs well
― ufo, Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
On her incredible catalog.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
At Electric mastering @tracey_thorn Dancefloor remixes right now. 💃🎉 pic.twitter.com/kOoF7VtkP9— Ewan Pearson (@ewanpearson) March 22, 2018
― groovypanda, Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Finally picked this up today. The hype sticker made me laugh aloud:https://i.imgur.com/woutA00.jpg
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 26 March 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
haha that is awesome
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 March 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
this collaboration with George FitzGerald (whom I also like) is unsurprisingly very good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHQBLwfnqY8
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
ooh v nice
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 June 2018 00:47 (five years ago) link
london you're in my bloodand you've been there for so longlondon you're in my bloodbut i feel you going wrong
There is the heavy and the light. Damn this is an proper album.
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 3 September 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
Looking forward to this:
Very happy to tell you that I'll be the guest on Desert Island Discs this coming Sunday! Thanks to @laurenlaverne for wonderful interview 😍 https://t.co/AHOBmggS5o— Tracey Thorn (@tracey_thorn) November 12, 2018
― groovypanda, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link