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 ...
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 ...
About every 6-9 months, we need to buy new shoes, and what better place to do just that then Clarks, one of the UK's top shoe shops.
THE WINDOWS
I've seen many Clarks stores are very basic when it comes to windows, this Clarks had a few shoes on display, nothing else. Not drawing me in.
SHOPABILITY
There's a range of shoes in Clarks, adult shoes, trainers, school shoes and shoes for babies and toddlers. You could clearly see all the shoes being displayed, but I found everything tightly packed and there were very few different types of shoes in each selection. (e.g. one or two "Bootleg" and one or two "YoToy" under trainers)
WAS I BEING SERVED?
There were two people in the shop who could serve you, and they were helpful, there was one who was on the till, and one helping people try on their shoes, and also working ...
Product Information for "Stability - Clark Tracey" »
Product details
Title
Stability
Performer
Clark Tracey
Genre
Jazz Vocal
Release Date
28/05/2001
Recomended Retail Price
15.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2001
Label / Distributor
Linn / RSK/Trilogy Logistics
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
691062015929
Catalogue Number
AKD 159
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Clark Tracey (vocals, piano, keyboards, drums, hand drums); Christine Tobin (vocals); Iain Ballamy (soprano & alto saxophones); Nigel Hitchcock (alto saxophone, programming); Andy Sheppard, Tommy Smith, Tim Garland (tenor saxophone); Guy Barker (trumpet); Gareth Williams (piano); Arnie Somogyi (bass); Locrian String Quartet. Producers: Calum Malcolm, Clark Tracey, Nigel Hitchcock. Recorded on December 18-20, 2000.
Album Reviews
Mojo (12/01, p.113) - "...Tracey steps out as arranger here...tempting the cream of Britain;s modernists to add their considerable character to his sharp chart sof under-exposed jazz classics..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Gone
2.
Black Coffee
3.
Lounge Blues
4.
Ugly Beauty
5.
Sunshower
6.
Peacocks
7.
Giant Steps
8.
Stability
9.
Melancholia
10.
Boaz
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