Hyacinths and Thistles
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Hyacinths and Thistles is the second studio album
by The 6ths
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Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by The 6ths
The 6ths
The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the prime mover behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes.One story has it that the band was conceived when Merritt, observing that there was no tribute album dedicated to him, decided to make one himself...
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Track listing
All tracks written by Stephin MerrittStephin Merritt
Stephin Merritt is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles , best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields...
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| # | Song title | Time | Singer |
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| 1. | "As You Turn to Go" | 1:59 | Momus Momus (artist) Nick Currie , more popularly known under the artist name Momus , is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired... |
| 2. | "Give Me Back My Dreams" | 3:06 | Sally Timms Sally Timms Sally Timms is an English singer and songwriter. Timms is best known for her long involvement with the Mekons whom she joined in 1985.... |
| 3. | "He Didn't" | 2:30 | Bob Mould Bob Mould Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:... |
| 4. | "I've Got New York" | 2:12 | Melanie Melanie Safka Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk is an American singer-songwriter. Known professionally as simply Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Ruby Tuesday" and "Lay Down ".-Early career:... |
| 5. | "Just Like a Movie Star" | 4:11 | Dominique A Dominique A Dominique Ané , better known as "Dominique A," is a French songwriter and singer.-Early life:Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age... |
| 6. | "Kissing Things" | 2:28 | Sarah Cracknell Sarah Cracknell Sarah Cracknell is an English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing voice. She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell.-Career:... |
| 7. | "Lindy-Lou" | 1:45 | Miho Hatori Miho Hatori is a singer, songwriter, and musician. She is primarily known as the vocalist of the New York City group Cibo Matto, and the first person to provide the voice of Gorillaz member Noodle.-Biography:... |
| 8. | "Night Falls Like a Grand Piano" | 2:35 | Clare Grogan Clare Grogan Clare Grogan is a Scottish actress and singer. She is sometimes credited as C. P. Grogan.-Early life:... |
| 9. | "The Dead Only Quickly" | 1:03 | Neil Hannon Neil Hannon Neil Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and frontman of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy... |
| 10. | "The Sailor in Love with the Sea" | 2:41 | Gary Numan Gary Numan Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music... |
| 11. | "Volcana!" | 3:05 | Marc Almond Marc Almond Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell... |
| 12. | "Waltzing Me All the Way Home" | 1:51 | Odetta Odetta Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals... |
| 13. | "You You You You You" | 3:10 | Katharine Whalen Squirrel Nut Zippers The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by James "Jimbo" Mathus , Katharine Whalen , Chris Phillips on drums, Don Raleigh on bass and sideman Ken Mosher.... |
| 14. | "Oahu" | 28:10 | Miss Lily Banquette Combustible Edison Combustible Edison was a group founded in the early 1990s in Providence, Rhode Island, and was one of several lounge music acts that led a brief resurgence of interest in the genre during the mid-1990s... |