Tracey Thorn
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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.
, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
. She grew up in Hatfield and studied English at the University of Hull
, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours.
After 28 years as a couple, Thorn married her partner Ben Watt
in 2009 at Chelsea Registry Office. They live in Hampstead
, North London. The couple have twin daughters born in 1998 and a son born in 2001.
Thorn will release her autobiography in early 2013.
playing guitar and sharing vocals. The band released two albums (Beach Party in 1981 and Lazy Ways in 1982) and several singles. The group disbanded when Thorn decided to concentrate on her studies at Hull, and on Everything but the Girl
.
at the University of Hull where they were both students, and both signed as solo artists to Cherry Red Records. Their first album together was Eden, released in 1984. Everything But The Girl released a body of work that spanned two decades. Their biggest chart success came in 1995, when DJ Todd Terry
remix
ed a song from their Amplified Heart
album. "Missing
" became a huge hit all over the world, especially in the U.S., where it reached number two in the Billboard Hot 100
.
Everything But The Girl has been on extended hiatus since 2000, while Ben Watt has concentrated on his DJ work, and Thorn has been a full-time parent and, most recently, writing and recording her solo material.
They released compilation albums in 2002 and 2005, and Watt has played on some filmed performances of Thorn's solo work and on her 2011 recording of the xx
's Night Time.
work was a mini-album
entitled A Distant Shore
(1982). A re-recorded version of the track "Plain Sailing
" was released as a single, and was included on the Pillows & Prayers
Cherry Red records compilation album.
In the 1980s, Thorn contributed guest vocals and backing vocals for The Style Council
on the track "Paris Match" (from the album Café Bleu
), The Go-Betweens
on their track Head Full of Steam, Working Week
on the single "Venceremos (We Will Win)", Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
on the track "Big Snake", and Adam F
on "The Tree Knows Everything", from Colours.
In the 1990s, she collaborated with Massive Attack
on several projects, including the soundtrack
for the motion picture
Batman Forever
where she contributed with "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
". Their first project together was the song "Protection" from the album by Massive Attack of the same name. She also sings on the track "Better Things".
Just prior to her return to recording in 2007, Thorn contributed vocals to the song "Damage" by the band Tiefschwarz
on the album Eat Books
.
In March 2007, Tracey Thorn released her second solo album Out of the Woods
on Virgin Records
(Worldwide) and on Astralwerks
(USA). Thorn cited her peers Terry Hall
and Siouxsie Sioux
in the song "Hands Up To The Ceiling".
The record includes contributions from Cagedbaby, Ewan Pearson
, Charles Webster
, Sasse
, Darshan Jesrani, Martin Wheeler
and Alex Santos
. Thorn's MySpace page includes several mixes of the single and the music video
.
The first single from the album, "It's All True
", accompanied by remixes from the likes of Kris Menace
& Martin Buttrich, was released on 7 February and the second single, "Raise the Roof
" was released on 18 June. The third single, "Grand Canyon" was released on 30 October. A fourth single, "King's Cross
" (which is a cover version of a Pet Shop Boys
song) was released on 12 December.
In 2008, Thorn collaborated with the Hungarian acoustic downtempo group The Unbending Trees on their single "Overture", which also featured on their album Chemically Happy (Is The New Sad), published by her partner and husband Ben Watt
.
In 2009, Thorn collaborated with the Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman
for a cover of The Magnetic Fields
' "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" for a compilation album commemorating twenty years of Merge Records
, Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!.
Thorn's third solo album Love and Its Opposite
was released in May 2010 on her husband Ben Watt's Strange Feeling Records in the UK, and on Merge Records
in the US. Recorded in London and Berlin and produced by Ewan Pearson
, it contains eight new songs and two cover versions, "Come On Home To Me" by Lee Hazlewood
, and "You Are A Lover" by The Unbending Trees.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. She is best known as being one half of the duo
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
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...
, which is currently on extended hiatus.
Personal life
Thorn was born in Brookmans ParkBrookmans Park
Brookmans Park is a village, located in the civil parish of North Mymms, in Hertfordshire, southeast England. It is well known for its varied and interesting local history, including an ancient historic estate that used to exist within its boundaries, its BBC transmitter station, and excellent...
, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It has a population of 29,616, and is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury, is the nucleus of the old town...
. She grew up in Hatfield and studied English at the University of Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours.
After 28 years as a couple, Thorn married her partner Ben Watt
Ben Watt
Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as one half of the duo, Everything but the Girl.-Family:...
in 2009 at Chelsea Registry Office. They live in Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, North London. The couple have twin daughters born in 1998 and a son born in 2001.
Thorn will release her autobiography in early 2013.
Stern Bops (1979–1980)
Thorn began her musical career in the punk-pop hybrid group Stern Bops playing guitar and providing some vocal backing.Marine Girls (1980–1983)
Thorn then joined Marine GirlsMarine Girls
Marine Girls were a post-punk group from Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The group was formed in 1980, by two sixth form school friends: Tracey Thorn and Gina Hartman. Originally, Thorn just played guitar and Hartman was the lead vocalist and percussionist. Thorn overcame her shyness and started singing...
playing guitar and sharing vocals. The band released two albums (Beach Party in 1981 and Lazy Ways in 1982) and several singles. The group disbanded when Thorn decided to concentrate on her studies at Hull, and on 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...
.
Everything But the Girl (1982–2000)
Thorn met Ben WattBen Watt
Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as one half of the duo, Everything but the Girl.-Family:...
at the University of Hull where they were both students, and both signed as solo artists to Cherry Red Records. Their first album together was Eden, released in 1984. Everything But The Girl released a body of work that spanned two decades. Their biggest chart success came in 1995, when DJ Todd Terry
Todd Terry
Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....
remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed a song from their Amplified Heart
Amplified Heart
Amplified Heart is the eighth studio album by Everything But The Girl.Primarily an acoustic-driven set, Amplified Heart brought Everything But The Girl to mainstream audiences via the dance-floor remix of "Missing"...
album. "Missing
Missing (Everything but the Girl song)
"Missing" is a song written and recorded by British pop music duo Everything but the Girl. The song was released as a single from the band's 1994 album Amplified Heart...
" became a huge hit all over the world, especially in the U.S., where it reached number two in the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
.
Everything But The Girl has been on extended hiatus since 2000, while Ben Watt has concentrated on his DJ work, and Thorn has been a full-time parent and, most recently, writing and recording her solo material.
They released compilation albums in 2002 and 2005, and Watt has played on some filmed performances of Thorn's solo work and on her 2011 recording of the xx
The xx
The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2005. The band's members met while studying at Elliott School, the same school that produced Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. They became a trio when their second guitarist and keyboardist, Baria Qureshi, departed in late 2009. In September...
's Night Time.
Solo career and collaborations
Thorn's first soloSolo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
work was a mini-album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
entitled 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...
(1982). A re-recorded version of the track "Plain Sailing
Plain Sailing (song)
- Overview :The original version appeared on Thorn's first solo album A Distant Shore in 1982. It was re-recorded and released as Thorn's first single on 7" vinyl later that year...
" was released as a single, and was included on the Pillows & Prayers
Pillows & Prayers
Pillows & Prayers is compilation album released Christmas 1982 featuring artists on the Cherry Red record label at the suggestion of A&R head Mike Alway...
Cherry Red records compilation album.
In the 1980s, Thorn contributed guest vocals and backing vocals for The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council were an English band, formed in 1983 by the ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller, with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn also...
on the track "Paris Match" (from the album Café Bleu
Café Bleu
Café Bleu is the official debut album released by the band The Style Council in March 1984, reaching number 2 in the UK charts. It followed the compilation Introducing The Style Council, which was released only in the Netherlands, Canada and Japan....
), The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,...
on their track Head Full of Steam, Working Week
Working Week (band)
Working Week were a British jazz-dance musical ensemble, active in the 1980s and 1990s.Working Week were formed in 1983 by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins, who were previously in post punk outfit Weekend...
on the single "Venceremos (We Will Win)", Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a British pop band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK...
on the track "Big Snake", and Adam F
Adam F
Adam F is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.-Career:An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles"...
on "The Tree Knows Everything", from Colours.
In the 1990s, she collaborated with Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
on several projects, including the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A 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...
for the motion picture
Film
A 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...
Batman Forever
Batman Forever
Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to Batman Returns , with Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Batman...
where she contributed with "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" is a 1966 song recorded by The Marvelettes for the Motown label, from their self-titled album released that year....
". Their first project together was the song "Protection" from the album by Massive Attack of the same name. She also sings on the track "Better Things".
Just prior to her return to recording in 2007, Thorn contributed vocals to the song "Damage" by the band Tiefschwarz
Tiefschwarz
Tiefschwarz is an electro house group comprising brothers, Alexander "Ali" and Sebastian "Basti" Schwarz, which formed in Stuttgart in 1996. Peter Hoff, who runs the Benztown studios in Stuttgart, joined later, and completed the first Tiefschwarz production team...
on the album Eat Books
Eat Books
Eat Books is Tiefschwarz's third album. The album was released in 2005 by Fine Records. It features many guest vocalists and collaborators including Matty Safer of The Rapture, Ed Laliq, Chikinki, Smallboy, Malte, and Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl.Wait & See was released as a...
.
In March 2007, Tracey Thorn released her second solo album Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods is the second solo album from Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn - her first since 1982's A Distant Shore - released on 5 March 2007 on Virgin Records. The album charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at #172 on 7 April 2007.The majority of the album's production was by...
on Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
(Worldwide) and 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....
(USA). Thorn cited her peers Terry Hall
Terry Hall (singer)
Terry Hall is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A...
and Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer of the critically acclaimed rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees and of its splinter group The Creatures . The Banshees produced eleven studio albums and a string of hit singles including "Hong Kong Garden",...
in the song "Hands Up To The Ceiling".
The record includes contributions from Cagedbaby, Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
, 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...
, Sasse
Sasse (musician)
Sasse is the stage name used by Finnish electronic music producer Klas Lindblad. Based out of Berlin, Germany since 1999, Lindblad has also recorded under the monikers Freestyle Man, Cocamoto Exclusivo, Morris Brown, Sassomatic, Thirsty Monk and Winston Fletcher. He was also a member of...
, Darshan Jesrani, Martin Wheeler
Vector Lovers
Vector Lovers is the moniker used by British electronic music producer Martin Wheeler. Wheeler, as described by Soma Records is a "computer nerd" and "80s-obsessed knob-twiddler" and creates music which falls into the intelligent dance music and electro genres...
and Alex Santos
Alex Santos
Alex Santos , also known as Alex S, is a Portuguese DJ, musician and record producer. He is one of the pioneer producers of the Portuguese electronic music scene.-DJ:...
. Thorn's MySpace page includes several mixes of the single and the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
.
The first single from the album, "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...
", accompanied by remixes from the likes of Kris Menace
Kris Menace
Kris Menace is an electronic musician.-History:Christophe Hoeffel began to work as a producer and writer in the mid 1990s for different projects and started using the pseudonym "Kris Menace" in 2005....
& Martin Buttrich, was released on 7 February and the second single, "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....
" was released on 18 June. The third single, "Grand Canyon" was released on 30 October. A fourth single, "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:...
" (which is a cover version of a Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
song) was released on 12 December.
In 2008, Thorn collaborated with the Hungarian acoustic downtempo group The Unbending Trees on their single "Overture", which also featured on their album Chemically Happy (Is The New Sad), published by her partner and husband Ben Watt
Ben Watt
Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt is a British musician, DJ, and record producer, best known as one half of the duo, Everything but the Girl.-Family:...
.
In 2009, Thorn collaborated with the Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman
Jens Lekman
Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. The English lyrics reflect an advanced knowledge of the language and its idioms...
for a cover of The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
' "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" for a compilation album commemorating twenty years of Merge Records
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
, Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!.
Thorn's third solo album Love and Its Opposite
Love and Its Opposite
-Charts:-Opposites EP:An EP of remixes, Opposites, was released digitally on 24 August 2010. It contains three songs from Love and Its Opposite, in original and remixed forms.# "Swimming" # "Swimming"...
was released in May 2010 on her husband Ben Watt's Strange Feeling Records in the UK, and on Merge Records
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
in the US. Recorded in London and Berlin and produced by Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson
Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode,...
, it contains eight new songs and two cover versions, "Come On Home To Me" by Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood , born Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s.Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous...
, and "You Are A Lover" by The Unbending Trees.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
GRE IFPI Greece International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece or IFPI Greece is the Greek branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Greece. Currently two charts are compiled, one for sales of... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
US 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... |
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| 1982 | 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...
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| 2007 | Out of the Woods Out of the Woods Out of the Woods is the second solo album from Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn - her first since 1982's A Distant Shore - released on 5 March 2007 on Virgin Records. The album charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at #172 on 7 April 2007.The majority of the album's production was by... Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... /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.... |
38 | - | 44 | 172 |
| 2010 | Love and Its Opposite Love and Its Opposite -Charts:-Opposites EP:An EP of remixes, Opposites, was released digitally on 24 August 2010. It contains three songs from Love and Its Opposite, in original and remixed forms.# "Swimming" # "Swimming"... Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records... |
51 | 16 | 22 | 144 |
EPs
- 2010 – Opposites EP (contains experimental remixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es of tracks from Love and Its Opposite) - 2011 – You Are A Lover EP (10" green vinyl released for Record Store Day)
- 2011 - Night Time EP
Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Plain Sailing Plain Sailing (song) - Overview :The original version appeared on Thorn's first solo album A Distant Shore in 1982. It was re-recorded and released as Thorn's first single on 7" vinyl later that year... " |
A Distant Shore |
| 2007 | "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... " |
Out of the Woods |
| "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.... " |
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| "Grand Canyon" | ||
| "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:... " |
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| 2010 | "Oh, the Divorces!" | Love and its Opposite |
| "Why Does the Wind?" | ||
Collaborations
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Venceremos (We Will Win)" with Working Week Working week Working week may refer to*Working Week , a British jazz-dance band of the 1980s and 1990s.*Working time, the period of time that people spend in paid labour*Workweek, referred to as the Working Week in the UK.... |
single only |
| "The Paris Match" with The Style Council The Style Council The Style Council were an English band, formed in 1983 by the ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller, with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn also... |
Chilled Jazz with The Style Council and Cafe Bleu Café Bleu Café Bleu is the official debut album released by the band The Style Council in March 1984, reaching number 2 in the UK charts. It followed the compilation Introducing The Style Council, which was released only in the Netherlands, Canada and Japan.... (Style Council album) |
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| 1987 | "Head Full of Steam " with The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,... |
Liberty Bell and the Black Diamond Express |
| "Big Snake" with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were a British pop band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four Top 20 albums and five Top 40 singles in the UK... |
Mainstream Mainstream (Lloyd Cole album) Mainstream is the third and final studio album released by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. It was produced by Ian Stanley and released in 1987 by Capitol Records in the US and Polydor in the UK. It conained the hits "From the Hip", "My Bag", and "Jennifer She Said"... |
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| 1993 | "Over the Rainbow Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie... " with James McMillan James McMillan James McMillan may refer to:* James McMillan , founder of Fort Langley, British Columbia* James W. McMillan , Union officer during the American Civil War* James McMillan , U.S. Senator from Michigan... |
Makin' Changes by James McMillan |
| 1994 | "Protection" with Massive Attack Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip... |
Protection Protection (album) -Sound:Protection was featured in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine's 'Coolest Albums of All Time List,' calling it "great music for when you're driving around a city at 4 am," due to the 'chill out' nature of the album... (Massive Attack) |
| "Better Things" with Massive Attack | ||
| 1995 | "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" is a 1966 song recorded by The Marvelettes for the Motown label, from their self-titled album released that year.... " with Massive Attack |
Batman Forever (soundtrack) Batman Forever (soundtrack) Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture is the 1995 soundtrack to the motion picture Batman Forever.-Background:Only five of the songs are actually featured in the movie. Hit singles from the soundtrack include "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 and "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal, both... |
| 1997 | "The Tree Knows Everything" with Adam F Adam F Adam F is an English jungle and drum and bass DJ, and film actor.-Career:An early album was the techstep effort, Metropolis/Mother Earth, released in 1997 on the Metalheadz record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles"... |
Colours Colours (Adam F album) Colours, released in 1997 by Positiva, is an album by the drum and bass artist Adam F.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 1:03#"73" - 1:28#"Metropolis" - 6:31#"Music In My Mind " - 5:18#"Jaxx" - 5:08#"Mother Earth" - 5:03... (Adam F) |
| 2007 | "Damage" with Tiefschwarz Tiefschwarz Tiefschwarz is an electro house group comprising brothers, Alexander "Ali" and Sebastian "Basti" Schwarz, which formed in Stuttgart in 1996. Peter Hoff, who runs the Benztown studios in Stuttgart, joined later, and completed the first Tiefschwarz production team... |
Eat Books Eat Books Eat Books is Tiefschwarz's third album. The album was released in 2005 by Fine Records. It features many guest vocalists and collaborators including Matty Safer of The Rapture, Ed Laliq, Chikinki, Smallboy, Malte, and Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl.Wait & See was released as a... (Tiefschwarz) |
| 2008 | "Overture" with The Unbending Trees | Chemically Happy (Is the New Sad) |
| 2009 | "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" with Jens Lekman Jens Lekman Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. The English lyrics reflect an advanced knowledge of the language and its idioms... |
Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers! |
| 2010 | "Without Me" with Tevo Howard |