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| | Out of the Woods | | | Music Artist : | | Tracey Thorn | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Astralwerks | | Release Date : | | 2007-03-20 | | Store Price : | | $11.94 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.94 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Here It Comes Again
2. A-Z
3. It's All True
4. Get Arond To It
5. Hands Up To The Ceiling
6. Easy
7. Falling Off A Log
8. Nowhere Near
9. Grand Canyon
10. By Piccadilly Station I Sat Down And Wept
11. Raise The Roof
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 One of the best albums of the decade
Submitted on: 2009-09-26 |
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I still listen to this album frequently and it was released nearly two years ago. I think it did take me a couple of listens to truly appreciate it, so for those who panned this album after one listen (or, worse yet, the reviewer who only listened to song samples), you owe it to yourself to listen to the entire album in its entirety, really paying attention to the lyrics, Tracey's voice, and the variety of arrangemtns to really appreciate how fantastic this album is. I've been a fan of Tracey's since I heard the first Everything But The Girl album in the mid 1980s. She's one of my favorite pop singers. I honestly prefer her singing ballads, but when the electronica is done right (as it is on this album) I like her singing dance music as well.
This is a moody, introspective album (not surprising given Tracey's previous efforts) that offers a wonderful ride of emotional highs and lows. Just when Tracey sings something to break your heart like "...Picadilly..." she counters it with "Raise The Roof." My initial personal favorites on this album were probably "It's All True" and "Grand Canyon" in terms of the dancey songs and "A to Z" and "Picadilly" in terms of the ballads. After literally hundreds of listens, however, I can no longer pick favorites. This album is great from beginning to end and, in fact, is best listened to in its entirety. What a novel concept in today's world of downloading individual tracks. |
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 "Please ma'am, I want some more"
Submitted on: 2007-12-12 |
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Tracy Thorn, the haunting voice of Everything But the Girl, delivers a nice variety of soulful ballad and inspiring dance music on her first solo album. I am more a fan of the group's acoustic offerings myself, but their version of techno (is that still even the term?) is leagues above standard club fare. "Easy" and "Grand Canyon" are standouts in that category. The wonderful climax of the second, in which she encourages a lost soul to claim his true self, urges, "This is the price for you, just look around this room: Is anybody here made out of stone? Down among the heretics, the losers and the saints, you are here among your own--you've come home, you've come home." Given the pained experience that informs most of these songs, her repeats of "You've come home" and "Everybody loves you here" ring as powerful words of welcome from someone who knows what it is to be painfully excluded as "other." Here she shares her experience as one who has come "through the woods" and encourages another to claim that self without apology, leave behind those who don't understand, and claim the motley crew that gets him.
My very favorite song on the album is the poignant and all too brief, "By Picadilly Station I Sat Down and wept." There is not a wasted word in the song, and the unresolved chord on which it ends coincides perfectly with the terrible loss in its words, "the air just seems to shiver and you're never seen again; never seen again." The understated lyrics and delivery are perfect for what could otherwise be a worn-out theme. As we all know, the emotions that come with loss are raw, despite the cliche of their typical expressions in song, and Thorn is a master at evoking them so that they feel as fresh and personal as the lived experience. |
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Very nice electronic return
Submitted on: 2007-11-15 |
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| Well, after many years waiting for new music of EVBG, the alone return of Tracy Thorn to the electronic music is a very nice sorprise. Good lyrics and a fresh and modern music are a good CD to play again and again. Enjoy it! |
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Welcome back Tracey!
Submitted on: 2007-07-17 |
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After 5 years I thought Tracey had retired but it turns out she has been busy. I can understand reviewers who said it sounds nothing like the old Tracey. This is her debut solo album and while reminiscent of the best of Everything But the Girl she now has a distict confident and masterful new sound all her own that is, in my opionion, outstanding!! She also has some of the best producers(Ewan Pearson, Charles Webster...) around adding their own style to the mixes.
My favorites are "Its All True" and "Easy" easily the records highlights.
Highly recommend |
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a masterpiece of pop music....
Submitted on: 2007-06-23 |
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| I can't say enough great things about this album. I've always been a huge fan of Tracey Thorn's voice, and EBTG, and this has become one of my absolute favorite albums. Don't miss this! |
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