The Pink & The Lily is the second studio album

Studio album

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 by the Scottish

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 singer Sandi Thom

Sandi Thom

Alexandria "Sandi" Thom is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She became widely known in 2006 after a series of webcasts and the success of the single "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker ".-1984–2004: Early life:Thom was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire...

, released in the United Kingdom

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 and Republic of Ireland

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 on 26 May 2008 (see 2008 in music

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) by RCA Records

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. The album had been released on iTunes on 24 May 2008. The album is a mix of pop

Pop music

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 and folk

Folk music

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 songs — written by Thom herself, alongside other writers including her boyfriend, Jake Field, and Tom Gilbert, and produced by Jake Field and Duncan Thompson, who work under the alias of The Mighty Vibrations.

The album entered the UK chart at number 25 then dropped to 65 the following week, before dropping out of the top 75.

Singles

The album

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's first single, "The Devil's Beat," reached #58 in the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "Saturday Night", was released digitally on 25 August 2008, but failed to chart.

Name

The album's title is a reference to a pub in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, originally owned by two ex-employees of the local Hampden family, the butler Mr Pink and the chambermaid Miss Lilie. They had to flee after Miss Lilie fell pregnant and the family shunned them - their illegitimate son set up the pub and named it after his parents. Thom has said in interviews that the story inspired the title track of the album.

Tracklisting

1. "The Devil's Beat

The Devil's Beat

"The Devil's Beat" is a pop folk song taken from Sandi Thom's second album, The Pink & The Lily. It was the first single taken from the album and marked Thoms return after almost two years...

" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson) 2:22

2. "Shape I'm In" (Sandi Thom; Marcus Bonfanti; Craig Connet) 4:00

3. "Wounded Hearts" (Sandi Thom) 3:25

4. "Saturday Night

Saturday Night (Sandi Thom song)

"Saturday Night" is a song performed by Scottish singer Sandi Thom. It was released as the second single of Thoms second album The Pink & The Lily and her fifth single overall. The song was named as "Single of the Week" by Radio 2 and received extensive airplay on the station. It was released on...

" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thompson; Tom Gilbert) 3:16

5. "Beatbox" (Sandi Thom; Tom Gilbert) 3:16

6. "Remote Control Me" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson) 2:47

7. "Success's Ladder" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson; Tom Gilbert) 3:12

8. "Mirrors" (Sandi Thom; Robert Hadderall; Tom Gilbert) 3:59

9. "Music in My Soul" (Sandi Thom; Rick Knowles) 4:10

10. "The Pink and the Lily" (Sandi Thom; Tom Gilbert) 3:23

11. "I'm a Human Being" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson; Tom Gilbert) 3:01

12. "The Last Picturehouse" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field) 4:30

13. "My Ungrateful Heart" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thompson) 3:10



iTunes Bonus Track

14. Life on Mars (David Bowie

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) 3:41



Japanese Bonus Track

14. "Speed of Life" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson; Tom Gilbert) 2:48

15. "The Ghost of Stevie Ray" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson) 3:49

16. "The Monster's Called a Band" (Sandi Thom; Jake Field; Duncan Thomson; Tom Gilbert) 3:50



Left Over Tracks from The Pink and the Lily Sessions

1. Rainbird (Duncan Thompson; Jake Field; Sandi Thom) 3:07

2. Days of Summer (Duncan Thompson; Jake Field; Sandi Thom) 2:45

Promotion

To promote the album Thom has travelled around her home country, Scotland, appearing in HMV branches in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh, performing tracks from her new album and signing records. This was followed by the Pink & Lily Tour to promote the new release which failed to sell out was enthusiastically received by those who attended.

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	2008-05-26	RCA Records RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	86972994024