Tindersticks
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Tindersticks are an Indie rock
band from Nottingham
, England formed in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples
took on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006, but more permanently the following year. The band have recorded several film soundtracks.
. The final band line-up for the Old Horse mini-LP
(1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals) Dave Boulter (organ and accordion) Neil Fraser (guitar) Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar and strings) Al Macauley (percussion and drums) John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not known if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. They then changed their name to Tindersticks after Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach.
Tindersticks started recording demo tapes in 1992, and formed their own label Tippy Toe Records to release their first single, "Patchwork", in the same year.
Their self-titled first and second albums established their signature sound and received widespread critical acclaim. Their live performances, often augmented by large string sections and even, on occasion, a full orchestra, were well received. The live album Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 is a recording of one such concert. By the time of the third album, Curtains, however, it was clear that a change of direction was called for. The lengthy "Ballad of Tindersticks" was a weary swipe at the pressures of being a touring band.
The fourth album, Simple Pleasure, lived up to its title with a series of snappy, direct songs influenced by soul music
. The female backing vocals on several tracks, and the respectful cover of Odyssey
's "If You're Looking for a Way Out", signalled the band's wish to move towards lighter, more soulful material. However, the inner sleeve's documentation of the number of takes each track went through was evidence that the band continued to adopt a painstaking approach to recording.
The fifth album, Can Our Love, continued the band's soulful direction, in particular evidence on the tender "Sweet Release" and in the nod to The Chi-Lites
in the title of "Chilitetime".
The sixth album, Waiting for the Moon, was more stripped down and introspective in nature, particularly on the harrowing "4.48 Psychosis" (based on the play of the same name
by the British playwright Sarah Kane
) and "Sometimes It Hurts". Only the bouncy "Just a Dog" lightened the otherwise melancholy mood of the album.
In 2005 Staples embarked on a solo career and there was resultant speculation that the band had split. Staples has so far produced two solo albums, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 and Leaving Songs. The title of the second album, and Staples' notes on it, indicated that change was in the air: "These are songs written on the verge of leaving the things I loved and stepping into a new unknown life, both musically and personally. I was always aware that these songs were the end of something, a kind of closing a circle of a way of writing that I started so long ago and I knew I had to move on from."
In September 2006, the band played a one-off concert at London's Barbican Centre
, performing their second album
in full with a nine-member string section and two brass players, including former collaborator Terry Edwards on trumpet.
Staples later acknowledged that this show, while being a happy triumph, was also "tinged with sadness of the knowledge that the six of us had made all the new music we were going to make together." However, it also rekindled his determination to make a new album.
In 2007, a stripped-down line-up of three of the original band, Staples, Boulter and Fraser, spent time writing and recording in a newly-equipped studio in Limousin, France. They were joined by Thomas Belhom on drums and Dan McKinna on bass, with Ian Caple engineering. The resulting album, The Hungry Saw, was released on Beggars Banquet
in April 2008. Tindersticks played a number of other European dates during the summer festival season and also announced a winter 2008 European tour.
In 2010, the eighth album Falling Down a Mountain was released on 4AD
/ Constellation Records
with a changed band line-up, with Earl Harvin
replacing Belhom on drums and David Kitt
, a solo artist in his own right, joining the band on guitar and vocals.
, and soul
; the orchestrations of multi-instrumentalist Dickon Hinchliffe (who left the band in 2006) and the baritone of lead vocalist Stuart A. Staples
are the band's hallmarks. Tindersticks augment their instrumentation with Rhodes piano
, glockenspiel
, vibraphone
, violin
, trumpet
, trombone
, clarinet
, bassoon
, Hammond organ
, and many more.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band from Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, England formed in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples
Stuart A. Staples
Stuart Ashton Staples is an English musician best known as the lead singer of British indie band Tindersticks, in which he also plays guitar. Staples has a very recognizable vocal style and a distinctively low voice.-Career:...
took on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006, but more permanently the following year. The band have recorded several film soundtracks.
History
The band formed in late 1991, Staples, Boulter, Fraser, Macauley and Hinchliffe having previously been members of Asphalt RibbonsAsphalt Ribbons
Asphalt Ribbons were a UK band that formed in Nottingham in 1987.The original line-up was Stuart Staples, Gaynor Backhouse, Gary Watt and Rob Howard. Dave Boulter replaced Rob Howard in 1989 and Will Carless also joined in 1989, just before they released their first EP, "The Orchard", on the...
. The final band line-up for the Old Horse mini-LP
Mini-LP
A Mini-LP or Mini-album is a short album, usually retailing at a lower price than an album that would be considered "full-length".-History:...
(1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals) Dave Boulter (organ and accordion) Neil Fraser (guitar) Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar and strings) Al Macauley (percussion and drums) John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not known if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. They then changed their name to Tindersticks after Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach.
Tindersticks started recording demo tapes in 1992, and formed their own label Tippy Toe Records to release their first single, "Patchwork", in the same year.
Their self-titled first and second albums established their signature sound and received widespread critical acclaim. Their live performances, often augmented by large string sections and even, on occasion, a full orchestra, were well received. The live album Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 is a recording of one such concert. By the time of the third album, Curtains, however, it was clear that a change of direction was called for. The lengthy "Ballad of Tindersticks" was a weary swipe at the pressures of being a touring band.
The fourth album, Simple Pleasure, lived up to its title with a series of snappy, direct songs influenced by soul music
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
. The female backing vocals on several tracks, and the respectful cover of Odyssey
Odyssey (band)
Odyssey was a New York, now UK-based dance music band. It grew out of the talent of the Connecticut-born Lopez sisters: Lillian Lopez , Louise Lopez , and Carmen Lopez , who left the group before Odyssey, as the group came to be known after her departure, was formed.-Career:Filipino singer Tony...
's "If You're Looking for a Way Out", signalled the band's wish to move towards lighter, more soulful material. However, the inner sleeve's documentation of the number of takes each track went through was evidence that the band continued to adopt a painstaking approach to recording.
The fifth album, Can Our Love, continued the band's soulful direction, in particular evidence on the tender "Sweet Release" and in the nod to The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites are a Chicago-based smooth soul vocal quartet from the early 1970s, one of the few from the period not to come from Memphis or Philadelphia...
in the title of "Chilitetime".
The sixth album, Waiting for the Moon, was more stripped down and introspective in nature, particularly on the harrowing "4.48 Psychosis" (based on the play of the same name
4.48 Psychosis
4.48 Psychosis is a play by British playwright Sarah Kane. It was her last work, first staged at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on June 23, 2000, nearly one and a half years after Kane's February 20, 1999 death...
by the British playwright Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane
Sarah Kane was an English playwright. Her plays deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture — both physical and psychological — and death. They are characterised by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of...
) and "Sometimes It Hurts". Only the bouncy "Just a Dog" lightened the otherwise melancholy mood of the album.
In 2005 Staples embarked on a solo career and there was resultant speculation that the band had split. Staples has so far produced two solo albums, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 and Leaving Songs. The title of the second album, and Staples' notes on it, indicated that change was in the air: "These are songs written on the verge of leaving the things I loved and stepping into a new unknown life, both musically and personally. I was always aware that these songs were the end of something, a kind of closing a circle of a way of writing that I started so long ago and I knew I had to move on from."
In September 2006, the band played a one-off concert at London's Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
, performing their second album
Tindersticks (1995 album)
Tindersticks is the name of the second album by Tindersticks, released in 1995. It is often referred to as The Second Album in order to distinguish it from the band's debut album, which was also self-titled. The album cover shows guitarist Neil Fraser at the Timothy Everest shop in London...
in full with a nine-member string section and two brass players, including former collaborator Terry Edwards on trumpet.
Staples later acknowledged that this show, while being a happy triumph, was also "tinged with sadness of the knowledge that the six of us had made all the new music we were going to make together." However, it also rekindled his determination to make a new album.
In 2007, a stripped-down line-up of three of the original band, Staples, Boulter and Fraser, spent time writing and recording in a newly-equipped studio in Limousin, France. They were joined by Thomas Belhom on drums and Dan McKinna on bass, with Ian Caple engineering. The resulting album, The Hungry Saw, was released on Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet Records
Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of the Beggars Group of labels...
in April 2008. Tindersticks played a number of other European dates during the summer festival season and also announced a winter 2008 European tour.
In 2010, the eighth album Falling Down a Mountain was released on 4AD
4AD
4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...
/ Constellation Records
Constellation Records
Constellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to experimental genres of music. It is most famous for releasing the albums of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, and Do Make Say...
with a changed band line-up, with Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
replacing Belhom on drums and David Kitt
David Kitt
David Kitt is an Irish musician. He is the son of Irish politician Tom Kitt.He has released six studio albums to date: Small Moments, The Big Romance, Square 1, The Black and Red Notebook, Not Fade Away and The Nightsaver.-History:Kitt grew up surrounded by music, as his father and uncles formed a...
, a solo artist in his own right, joining the band on guitar and vocals.
Soundtrack work
- As well as their eight studio albums, the band has produced the soundtrackSoundtrackA soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s for four filmFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s by the French director Claire DenisClaire DenisClaire Denis is a French film director and Professor of Film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Early life:...
, Nenette et BoniNénette et BoniNénette et Boni is a 1996 feature film directed by Claire Denis, written by Denis in collaboration with Jean-Pol Fargeau.The soundtrack to the film is by the English band Tindersticks....
, Trouble Every Day, 35 Shots of Rum and White MaterialWhite MaterialWhite Material is a 2009 French film directed by Claire Denis and co-written with Marie NDiaye.The films stars Isabelle Huppert as Maria Vial, a struggling French coffee producer in an unnamed African country, who decides to stay at her coffee plantation in spite of an erupting civil war...
. - They recorded a cover versionCover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the Four TopsFour TopsThe Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes...
song, "What Is a Man", for the theme to the British TV series The SinsThe SinsThe Sins is a television series from 2000. It was directed by David Yates, Sallie Aprahamian and Simon Curtis and written by William Ivory. It centres on Len Green , a former bank robber and getaway driver, who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertaker's run by his uncle...
. - The Tindersticks song "Tiny Tears" was featured prominently in the Season 1 episode "IsabellaIsabella (The Sopranos episode)"Isabella" is the twelfth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on Sunday March 28, 1999.-Starring:* James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano...
" of HBO's The SopranosThe SopranosThe Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
. Additionally, a version of "Running Wild" was played during the ending credits of the penultimate episode of the series, The Blue CometThe Blue Comet"The Blue Comet" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and eighty-fifth episode overall. It is the eighth episode of the second part of the sixth season, which was broadcast in two separate batches and the show's penultimate episode...
. - In the season one finale of Brotherhood, "El Diablo En El Ojo" is used twice.
- In 2009, Tindersticks' "The Organist Entertains" was featured in the closing credits of an episode of the HBO series Eastbound & DownEastbound & DownEastbound & Down is an American comedy television series broadcast on HBO, starring Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, a former professional baseball pitcher, who after an up and down career in the major leagues is forced to return to his hometown middle-school in Shelby, North Carolina, as a...
. "Hubbards Hill" was used in the closing credits of another episode, "Chapter 9", in 2010. - Dickon Hinchliffe has started to compose film music since 2002. Among his work are the soundtracks to Niall Johnson's "Keeping Mum" (2005), Joel HopkinsJoel HopkinsJoel Hopkins is a British independent film director and screenwriter best known for his films Jump Tomorrow and Last Chance Harvey .-Career:Hopkins was born in London, England, though he moved to New York to attend university...
' "Last Chance Harvey" (2008), Sophie Barthes' "Cold Souls" (2009), James MarshJames Marsh (director)James Marsh is a film director known for directing the cult film Wisconsin Death Trip starring Marcus Monroe and Sir Ian Holm. He won 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for directing Man on Wire....
's "Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980" (2009), and Debra GranikDebra GranikDebra Granik is an American independent film director. She has won a series of awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Short in 1998 for Snake Feed , the Dramatic Directing Award in 2004 for her first feature-length film, Down to the Bone Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an...
's Oscar-nominated film Winter's Bone (2010).
Musical style
Their sound is characterised by orchestral backing, lounge jazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
; the orchestrations of multi-instrumentalist Dickon Hinchliffe (who left the band in 2006) and the baritone of lead vocalist Stuart A. Staples
Stuart A. Staples
Stuart Ashton Staples is an English musician best known as the lead singer of British indie band Tindersticks, in which he also plays guitar. Staples has a very recognizable vocal style and a distinctively low voice.-Career:...
are the band's hallmarks. Tindersticks augment their instrumentation with Rhodes piano
Rhodes piano
The Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
, glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
, vibraphone
Vibraphone
The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
, clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
, Hammond organ
Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, and many more.
Studio albums
- 1993 - TindersticksTindersticks (1993 album)Tindersticks is the 1993 self-titled debut album by chamber pop band Tindersticks. It was named "Album of the Year" by Melody Maker.-Track listing:all songs written by Tindersticks#"Nectar" – 2:40#"Tyed" – 4:11#"Sweet, Sweet Man Pt...
(aka First Album) (This Way Up) — UKUK Albums ChartThe 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...
#56 - 1995 - TindersticksTindersticks (1995 album)Tindersticks is the name of the second album by Tindersticks, released in 1995. It is often referred to as The Second Album in order to distinguish it from the band's debut album, which was also self-titled. The album cover shows guitarist Neil Fraser at the Timothy Everest shop in London...
(aka Second Album) (This Way Up) — UK #13 - 1997 - CurtainsCurtains (Tindersticks album)-Track listing:# "Another Night In" – 5:11# "Rented Rooms" – 5:12# "Don't Look Down" – 4:18# "Dick's Slow Song" – 4:09# "Fast One" – 1:52# "Ballad of Tindersticks" – 7:37# "Dancing" – 2:56# "Let's Pretend" – 3:21# "Desperate Man" – 3:21...
(This Way Up) — UK #37 - 1999 - Simple PleasureSimple PleasureSimple Pleasure is the fourth studio album by Tindersticks. It was released in 1999 on Island Records. The album marked a major departure for the band, as it began to adapt more soul and jazz influences than on their previous recordings....
(Island RecordsIsland RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
) — UK #36, GRE #4 (international artist) - 2001 - Can Our Love...Can Our Love...Can Our Love... is the fifth studio album by Tindersticks. Upon release in 2001, It peaked at #47 in the UK.-Track listing:# "Dying Slowly" – 4:36# "People Keep Comin' Around" – 7:11# "Tricklin'" – 2:15# "Can Our Love..." – 5:57...
(Beggars BanquetBeggars Banquet RecordsBeggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of the Beggars Group of labels...
) — UK #47 - 2003 - Waiting for the MoonWaiting for the Moon (album)Waiting for the Moon is the sixth studio album by Tindersticks. Recorded between September 2001 and January 2003 at Great Linford Manor, Eastcote and various home studios, the long-player was released on the Beggar's Banquet label in 2003...
(Beggars Banquet) — UK #76 - 2008 - The Hungry SawThe Hungry SawThe Hungry Saw is an album by Tindersticks, released in 2008 on Beggars Banquet Records/Constellation Records.-Track listing:#"Introduction" - 3:32#"Yesterdays Tomorrows" - 3:49...
(Beggars Banquet/Constellation RecordsConstellation RecordsConstellation Records is an influential Montreal, Quebec independent record label known for its contributions to experimental genres of music. It is most famous for releasing the albums of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, and Do Make Say...
) — UK #81 - 2010 - Falling Down a MountainFalling Down a MountainFalling Down a Mountain is an album by Tindersticks, released in 2010 on 4AD/Constellation Records. Although the album failed to chart in their homeland, it still became a commercial success in Greece, by charting at #2 spending 5 weeks on the international artist charts.-Track listing:#"Falling...
(4AD/Constellation Records) — UK #90, GRE #2 (international artist), FR #52
Singles
- "Patchwork" (Tippy Toe Records, November 1992)
- "Marbles" (Tippy Toe/Che Records, March 1993)
- "A Marriage Made in Heaven" (Rough Trade Singles Club, March 1993)
- "Unwired EP" (Domino, July 1993)
- "City Sickness" (This Way Up Records, September 1993)
- "Marbles" (No.6 RecordsNo.6 RecordsNo.6 Records was an independent record label, started in 1989 as a subsidiary of Rough Trade Records by A&R representative and booking agent Terry Tolkin...
, September 1993) - "We Have All the Time in the WorldWe Have All the Time in the World"We Have All the Time in the World" is a James Bond theme and popular song sung by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David. It is a secondary musical theme in 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the title theme being the instrumental "On...
" (Clawfist Singles Club, October 1993) - "Live in Berlin" (Tippy Toe/This Way Up, October 1993)
- "Kathleen" (This Way Up, January 1994) — UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#61 - "No More Affairs" (This Way Up, March 1995) — UK #58
- "Plus De Liaisons" (This Way Up, 1995)
- "The Smooth Sounds of Tindersticks" (Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
, June 1995) - "Travelling Light" (This Way Up, July 1995) — UK #51
- "Bathtime" (This Way Up, May 1997) — UK #38
- "Rented Rooms" (This Way Up, October 1997) — UK #56
- "Can We Start Again?" (IslandIsland RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
, August 1999) — UK #54 - "What is a Man?" (Beggar's Banquet, 2000) — UK #90
- "Trouble Every Day" (Beggar's Banquet, 2001)
- "Don't Even Go There EP" (Beggar's Banquet, 2003)
- "Trojan Horse" (Tippy Toe, 2003)
- "Sometimes It Hurts" (Beggar's Banquet, 2003) — UK #60
- "My Oblivion" (Beggar's Banquet, 2003) — UK #82
- "The Hungry Saw" (Beggar's Banquet, 2008)
- "What Are You Fighting For?" (Lucky Dog, 2008 - gig-only one sided single)
- "Boobar Come Back to Me" (Lucky Dog, 2008)
- "Black Smoke" (Lucky Dog, 2010)
Other albums
- Amsterdam February 94Amsterdam February 94Amsterdam February 94 is a live album by Tindersticks. Recorded on the 8th February 1994 in Amsterdam, the album was available by mail order only.- Track listing :#"Marbles"#"Tyed"#"Kathleen"#"Milky Teeth"#"Blood"#"Jism"#"Raindrops"#"Drunk Tank"...
(This Way Up, 1994) - The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 is a live album by Tindersticks, released in 1995 on both CD and double 10-inch vinyl. Due to an error in production, the CD version has become rarer than the vinyl format.- Track listing :#"El Diablo en el Ojo"...
(This Way Up, October 1995) — UKUK Albums ChartThe 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...
#32 - Marks Moods (Polygram, 1997)
- Donkeys 92-97Donkeys 92-97- Track listing :#"Patchwork"#"Marbles"#"Her"#"City Sickness"#"Travelling Light"#"I've Been Loving You Too Long"#"Plus De Liaisons"#"Here"#"Tiny Tears"#"Bathtime"#"A Marriage Made In Heaven"#"For Those..."...
(This Way Up/Island, 1998) — UKUK Albums ChartThe 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...
#78 - Live at the Botanique – 9–12 May 2001 (Tippy Toe, 2001)
- Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa – October 30th, 2001Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa – October 30th, 2001Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa – October 30th, 2001 is a live album by Tindersticks. The album was the second in a series of 'official bootlegs', and was limited to 2500 copies.- Track listing :#"My Autumn’s Done Come"#"Dying Slowly"#"Kathleen"...
(Tippy Toe, 2003) - Working for the ManWorking for the ManWorking for the Man is a compilation album by Tindersticks. Initial versions of the album came with a bonus disc of hard to find or deleted tracks.-Track listing:CD1:#"City Sickness"#"Marbles"#"Patchwork"#"Her"#"Travelling Light"#"Tiny Tears"...
(Island, 2004) - BBC SessionsBBC Sessions (Tindersticks album)BBC Sessions is the title of an album by Tindersticks, released on Island Records in 2007. The double CD compiled 26 tracks recorded by the band for the BBC between 1993 and 1997....
(Island, 2007) - Live at Glasgow City Halls 5 October 2008 (Lucky Dog, tour only release, 2008)
- Live in London 2010 (Lucky Dog, tour only release, 2010)
Original soundtracks
- Nénette et BoniNénette et Boni (soundtrack)Nénette et Boni is the name of Tindersticks' soundtrack album to the 1996 Claire Denis film Nénette et Boni. All of the tracks are instrumentals, with the exception of "Petites Gouttes d'Eau" .-Track listing:# "Ma sœur" – 2:48# "La passerelle" – 4:17# "Les gâteaux" – 1:00# "Camions" – 2:50# "Nénette...
(This Way Up/Island, 1996) — UKUK Albums ChartThe 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...
#104 - Trouble Every DayTrouble Every Day (soundtrack)Trouble Every Day is the name of Tindersticks' soundtrack to French director Claire Denis's 2001 film Trouble Every Day.-Track listing:# "Opening Titles"# "Dream"# "Houses"# "Maid Theme 1"# "Room 321"# "Computer"# "Notre Dame"# "Killing Theme"...
(Beggar's Banquet, 2001) - 35 rhums / 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
- White MaterialWhite MaterialWhite Material is a 2009 French film directed by Claire Denis and co-written with Marie NDiaye.The films stars Isabelle Huppert as Maria Vial, a struggling French coffee producer in an unnamed African country, who decides to stay at her coffee plantation in spite of an erupting civil war...
/ White Material (2010)
Solo albums and side projects
- Alasdair Macauley - 3head - 3head (Beat (Japan), 2000)
- Stuart A. StaplesStuart A. StaplesStuart Ashton Staples is an English musician best known as the lead singer of British indie band Tindersticks, in which he also plays guitar. Staples has a very recognizable vocal style and a distinctively low voice.-Career:...
- Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 is the debut solo album by Tindersticks frontman Stuart A. Staples, released in 2005 on the Lucky Dog label. The album features contributions from Terry Edwards and Yann Tiersen, alongside some of Staples' Tindersticks colleagues...
(Lucky Dog, 2005) - Neil Fraser - The London Dirthole Company - Fool's Errand/Stripshow (7" Vinyl) (Phono Erotic, 2005)
- Stuart A. Staples - Leaving SongsLeaving Songs (album)Leaving Songs is an album by Stuart A. Staples, released on the Beggars Banquet label in 2006. The album features duets with Lhasa de Sela and Maria McKee, as well as a contribution from Terry Edwards...
(Beggars Banquet, 2006) - Stuart A. Staples - Souvenir '06 (Tour E.P.) (Lucky Dog, 2006)
- Dickon Hinchliffe - Keeping Mum O.S.T. (Wrasse Rec, 2006)
- David Boulter & Stuart A. StaplesStuart A. StaplesStuart Ashton Staples is an English musician best known as the lead singer of British indie band Tindersticks, in which he also plays guitar. Staples has a very recognizable vocal style and a distinctively low voice.-Career:...
- Songs for the Young at HeartSongs for the Young at HeartSongs for the Young at Heart is a children's music album put together by Stuart A. Staples and Dave Boulter, both from the band Tindersticks...
(Rough Trade/City Slang, 2007) - Dickon Hinchliffe - Married Life O.S.T. (Lakeshore Records, 2008)
- Dickon Hinchliffe, Al Macauley - Last Chance Harvey O.S.T. (Lakeshore Records, 2008)
- Stuart A. Staples sang on The Secret Place for Yann Tiersen's "Les Retrouvailles" (2006)
- Stuart A. Staples also sang on This Light Holds So Many Colours for Rodrigo Leão's "A Mãe" (2009)