The Pink & The Lily

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The Pink & The Lily
The Pink & The Lily cover
Studio album by Sandi Thom
Released May 26, 2008 (UK)
Genre Pop, folk, Pop Rock, Country pop
Label RCA
Producer Jake Field, Duncan Thompson
Professional reviews

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Sandi Thom chronology
Smile... It Confuses People
(2006)		 The Pink & The Lily
(2008)

The Pink & The Lily is the second studio album by the UK singer Sandi Thom, released in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on May 26, 2008 (see 2008 in music) by RCA Records. The album had been released on i tunes on the 24th May 2008. The album is a mix of pop and folk songs — written by Thom herself, alongside other writers including her boyfriend, Jake Field, and Tom Gilbert, and produced by Jake Field and Duncan Thompson, who work under the alias, The Mighty Vibrations.

The album's first single, "The Devil's Beat," was released to download services on May 12, 2008, and charted at #59 in the official UK singles chart on download sales alone in the first week, ahead of the single's physical release on May 19, 2008. In the second week, the single reached #58; it then dropped out of the chart.

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #25, and then dropped to #65. After the chart-topping success of Smile... It Confuses People, this can be seen as an underperformance along with the unsuccessful single The Devils Beat. This is possibly due to the lack of promotion by Thom's label RCA Records, although there was some TV advertising. However Sandi has been promoting the album herself.


The album's title is a reference to a pub in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, originally owned by two ex-employees of the local Hampden family, the butler Mr Pink and the chambermaid Miss Lilie. They had to flee after Miss Lilie fell pregnant and the family shunned them - their illegitimate son set up the pub and named it after her parents. Thom has said in interviews that the story inspired the song which is the title track of the album.

Thom recorded the album in the same basement as 21 Nights from Tooting. She says the album represents her wider music tastes, including Fleetwood Mac and country influences; it is notable that she is now routinely pictured with an electric guitar.

The album has received poor reviews; critics note that although a range of styles are attempted there are few memorable tracks.

Contents

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  1. "The Devil's Beat" (Sandi Thom) 2:25
  2. "Shape I'm In" (Sandi Thom, Marcus Bonfanti) 3:59
  3. "Wounded Hearts" (Sandi Thom) 3:25
  4. "Saturday Night" (Sandi Thom) 3:15
  5. "Beatbox" (Sandi Thom, Tom Gilbert) 3:15
  6. "Remote Control Me" (Sandi Thom, Jake Field) 2:48
  7. "Success's Ladder" (Sandi Thom, Jake Field) 3:10
  8. "Mirrors" (Sandi Thom, Tom Gilbert) 3:58
  9. "Music In My Soul" (Sandi Thom, Rick Knowles) 4:10
  10. "The Pink & The Lily" (Sandi Thom, Tom Gilbert) 3:22
  11. "I'm A Human Being" (Sandi Thom, Jake Field) 3:02
  12. "The Last Picturehouse" (Sandi Thom, Jake Field) 4:29
  13. "My Ungrateful Heart" (Sandi Thom, Jake Field) 3:09

[edit] Promotion

To promote the album Thom has travelled around her home country, Scotland, appearing in HMV branches in Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh, performing tracks from her new album and signing records. She is about to embark on the Pink & Lily Tour to promote the new release, although the initial leg in Ireland has been cancelled.

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2008-05-26 RCA Records CD 86972994024

[edit] References

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Sandi Thom
Albums
Smile... It Confuses People · The Pink & The Lily
Singles