Tracey Thorn
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| Tracey Thorn | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 26, 1962 Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire |
| Origin |  Hull, England |
| Genre(s) | Pop Folk Electronic House |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1982 - Present |
| Label(s) | Cherry Red Records 1982-1984
Virgin Records 2007 - |
| Associated acts | Everything But the Girl Marine Girls |
| Website | http://www.traceythorn.com |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Vocals Guitar |
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Tracey Thorn (born Tracey Anne Thorn on September 26, 1962, in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire) is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl.
She grew up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and studied English at the University of Hull, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours. She lives with her husband [1] and bandmate Ben Watt in North London. The couple have twin daughters born in 1998 and a son born in 2001.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Marine Girls (1980-1983)
Thorn began her musical career in the group Marine Girls. 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 Everything But The Girl.
[edit] Everything but the Girl (1982-2002)
Thorn met Ben Watt 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. As a band, Everything But The Girl released a body of work that spanned two decades. Their biggest chart success came in 1994, when DJ Todd Terry remixed 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 2002. Ben Watt has concentrated on his DJ work, and Thorn has been raising their children and, most recently, writing and recording her solo album.
The name "Everything but the Girl" was the slogan of a furniture store called Turners on Beverley Road in Hull. Anyone driving from Paragon Station to the University of Hull would drive past the store. Turners has since been demolished.
[edit] Solo career and collaborations
Thorn's first solo 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.
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".
In the 1980s, Thorn also contributed guest vocals and backing vocals for The Style Council on the track Paris Match (found on 'Chilled Jazz' compilation) , The Go-Betweens, Working Week, and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, and Adam F(The Tree Knows Everything, from Colours). Her most recent collaboration, after a lengthy singing hiatus, was on 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). It 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 1st single from her 2007 album, "It's All True", accompanied by remixes from the likes of Kris Menace & Martin Buttrich, was released in February 7th and the second single, "Raise the Roof" was released on June 18. The third single, "Grand Canyon" was released on October 30. A fourth single, "King's Cross" (which is a cover version of a Pet Shop Boys song) was released on December 12th.
In mid-October 2007, Thorn commented that she has begun to write and collaborate with producer, Ewan Pearson, for the follow-up to Out of the Woods.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1982 | A Distant Shore |
| 2007 | Out of the Woods |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Plain Sailing | A Distant Shore |
| 1995 | Protection EP with Massive Attack | Protection (Massive Attack) |
| 2007 | Damage with Tiefschwarz | Eat Books (Tiefschwarz) |
| 2007 | It's All True | Out of the Woods |
| 2007 | Raise the Roof | Out of the Woods |
| 2007 | Grand Canyon | Out of the Woods |
| 2007 | King's Cross | Out of the Woods |
[edit] Collaborations
Appears on :
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Venceremos (We Will Win) with Working Week | single only - not on album version with Working Week |
| 1984 | The Paris Match with Style Council | Chilled Jazz with Style Council or Cafe Bleu (Style Council album) |
| 1984 | Over The Rainbow with James McMillan | Makin' Changes by James McMillanil (Japanese only album) |
| 1994 | Protection with Massive Attack | Protection with Massive Attack |
| 1994 | Better Things with Massive Attack | Protection with Massive Attack |
| 1996 | The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game with Massive Attack | Batman Forever (soundtrack) |
| 1997 | The Tree Knows Everything with Adam F | Colours with Adam F |
| 2007 | Damage with Tiefschwarz | Eat Books with Tiefschwarz |
