Out of the Woods is the second solo album from Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...

 singer Tracey Thorn

Tracey Thorn

Tracey Anne Thorn is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl, which is currently on extended hiatus.-Personal life:...

 - her first since 1982's A Distant Shore

A Distant Shore

A Distant Shore is Tracey Thorn's first solo album, released in 1982. Recorded by Pat Bermingham for just £138, the album reached number two in the UK Indie Chart in 1983...

- released on 5 March 2007 on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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. The album charted on the Billboard 200

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, peaking at #172 on 7 April 2007.

The majority of the album's production was by Ewan Pearson

Ewan Pearson

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 who also produced the first single, "It's All True

It's All True (song)

"It's All True" is the first single from singer Tracey Thorn's solo album, Out of the Woods, released in February 2007. The Martin Buttrich Vocal Mix of the single was premiered on November 24, 2006, on Everything But the Girl's, Ben Watt's online radio show, Buzzin' Fly. The Album Mix was...

". Other collaborators include Cagedbaby, Charles Webster

Charles Webster (musician)

Charles Webster is an electronic musician from Sheffield, England, who specialises in producing house music. As well as releasing music under his own name, Webster has also worked under various monikers, including Furry Phreaks, Presence, and Megatonk...

, Klas Lindblad

Sasse (musician)

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, Martin Wheeler

Vector Lovers

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 and Alex Santos

Alex Santos

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.

Background

Out of the Woods marked Thorn's full-time return to the music scene after an absence of over six years. It was released on 20 March 2007 in the U.S. on Astralwerks

Astralwerks

Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....

.

Thorn told Billboard magazine about the recording of the album:

Track listing

1. "Here It Comes Again" (Thorn) — 3:06
2. "A-Z" (Gandey, Thorn) — 3:41
3. "It's All True
   It's All True (song)
   "It's All True" is the first single from singer Tracey Thorn's solo album, Out of the Woods, released in February 2007. The Martin Buttrich Vocal Mix of the single was premiered on November 24, 2006, on Everything But the Girl's, Ben Watt's online radio show, Buzzin' Fly. The Album Mix was...
   
   " (Jesrani, Lindblad, Pearson, Thorn) — 4:13
4. "Get Around to It" (Russell) — 6:00
5. "Hands Up to the Ceiling" (Thorn) — 2:58
6. "Easy" (Thorn, Wheeler) — 3:58
7. "Falling off a Log" (Thorn) — 3:17
8. "Nowhere Near" (Thorn) — 3:07
9. "Grand Canyon" (Santos, Thorn) — 6:07
10. "By Piccadilly Station I Sat Down and Wept" (Thorn) — 2:25
11. "Raise the Roof
    Raise the Roof (Tracey Thorn song)
    "Raise the Roof" is a song written by Tracey Thorn and Tom Gandey. It appears as the final track on Thorn's second solo album Out of the Woods and it was released as the second single in June 2007....
    
    " (Gandey, Thorn) — 4:02
12. "King's Cross
    King's Cross (song)
    "King's Cross" is a Pet Shop Boys song, written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant and is a track on their 1987 album Actually. It was covered and released as a single in 2007 by Tracey Thorn.-Pet Shop Boys version and the King's Cross Fire:...
    
    " (Tennant
    Neil Tennant
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    , Lowe
    Chris Lowe
    Chris Lowe is an English musician, who, with colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the pop duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...
    
    ) — (iTunes Store
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     bonus track)

• "Smoke and Mirrors" (B-side cover on "Raise the Roof")
• "Book of Love" (B-side cover on "Raise the Roof")

Charts

Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	38
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	172
Top Electronic Albums Top Electronic Albums Dance/Electronic Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five...	4
Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	5

External links

• Tracey Thorn official Myspace
• Tracey Thorn surprises herself with pop album
• Q&A: Tracey Thorn