Soho Nights Vol.1 - Ben Webster & Stan Tracey

Advantages: Lovely Songs
Disadvantages: Only 8 tracks and 23 minutes long

...A Distant Shore released back in 1982 was until a few weeks ago Tracey Thorn's only solo Album. In March 2007 she released her second solo Album "Out of the Woods." Tracey Thorn is however better known not as a solo Artist but as one half of the successful duo Everything But The Girl, with husband, Ben Watt. This Album was recorded when Tracey was only 19 years old in the year before she met her future husband, Ben Watt. Prior to the recording of this Album, Tracey had been a member of a Punk Band called The Marine Girls who had released two successful Indie Albums. Tracey however decided that she wanted to experiment with more Acoustic sounds and as she headed off to Hull University it was just an Acoustic Guitar that accompanied her. There are some Albums that stand the test of time and since I still listen to this Album... Read review

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Advantages: Some Great Songs
Disadvantages: A Couple Of Weaker Tracks

...Tracey Thorn is probably best known as one half of the duet, Everything but the Girl, but here on this album, "Out of the Woods", we see her leaving hubby, Ben Watt temporary aside and embarking on a solo project. This recording is her first solo Album for two and a half decades following on from "A Distant Shore" released back in 1982, which is probably before many people reading this review were actually born. This Album was released in the UK on the 5th March 2007, following hot on the heels of the release of its first single "Its All True" a couple of weeks earlier. There are eleven tracks on this Album as below: Here it comes again A-Z It's all true Get around to it Hands up to the ceiling Easy Falling off a log Nowhere near Grand Canyon By Piccadilly Circus I sat down and wept Raise the roof The Album opens... Read review

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Advantages: A good mix of songs
Disadvantages: Doesnt help you get through the housework

...A cd thats a couple of years old now but still fun to listen to. I mean this cd says its meant to help you through the housework but I personally dont think it really does,if anything it distracts you,because you just start singing along to all the great tracks this album has to offer, you get caught up in the music and completely lose track of what you were doing - maybe a good thing in a way :-) Housework vol 1 is a double album that has some cracking songs that you just dont seem to hear on the radio anymore such as The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda and Don McLeans - American Pie. The songs on this album just make you feel good and really help to lift your spirits,but I honestly think its marketed wrong,this is a feel good album for anyone just not people doing the housework.I dont think the title of the album really represents... Read review

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