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2018 studio album by Tracey Thorn
Record is the fifth solo studio album by English singer and songwriter
Tracey Thorn . It was recorded by Thorn with producer
Ewan Pearson and a number of backing musicians, including singers
Shura and
Corinne Bailey Rae , drummer
Stella Mozgawa , bassist
Jenny Lee Lindberg , and guitarist
Jono Ma . The album released by
Merge Records on 2 March 2018 to mostly positive reviews from critics.
[1]
Critical reception
Writing for
Pitchfork , music journalist Laura Snapes described Record as "one of the defining albums of [Thorn's] 38-year career",
[9] while
Rolling Stone critic
Rob Sheffield said "Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom".
[11]
Robert Christgau wrote in his review for
Vice : "Calm, deliberate, undemonstrative, Thorn is a singer some find magical and others prosaic. I've always tended other, but when a 55-year-old wife and mother claims she's recorded 'nine feminist bangers,' I pay attention. And these definitely work up some fairy dust. The beats evoke without mimicking the subtle electro-dance of Thorn and her beatmaking husband
Ben Watt 's 20th-century band,
Everything but the Girl , and in her undemonstrative way, she sequences the catchiest tracks last ['Face' and 'Dancefloor']".
[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by
Tracey Thorn
Title 1. "Queen" 4:17 2. "Air" (featuring
Shura ) 3:03 3. "Guitar" 2:33 4. "Smoke" 4:11 5. "Sister" (featuring
Corinne Bailey Rae ) 8:32 6. "Go" 4:01 7. "Babies" 2:34 8. "Face" 3:41 9. "Dancefloor" 2:57
Charts
References
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"Record by Tracey Thorn Reviews and Tracks" .
Metacritic . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
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"Record by Tracey Thorn reviews" .
AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
^ Sendra, Tim.
"Record – Tracey Thorn" .
AllMusic . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
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McCormick, Neil (23 February 2018).
"Tracey Thorn's fifth solo album is fuelled by frank, female insights – review" .
The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
^ Simpson, Dave (2 March 2018).
"Tracey Thorn: Record review – funny, graceful songs of female power" .
The Guardian . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
^ Gill, Andy (8 March 2018).
"Album reviews: Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar, Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds, David Byrne – American Utopia, and more" .
The Independent . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (2 March 2018).
"Tracey Thorn: Record review – Everything but the Girl singer, older, wiser, better" .
The Irish Times . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
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Empire, Kitty (4 March 2018).
"Tracey Thorn: Record review – grownup feminist bangers" .
The Observer . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
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a
b Snapes, Laura (5 March 2018).
"Tracey Thorn: Record" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved 30 March 2018 .
^ Yates, Matt (April 2018). "Tracey Thorn: Record".
Q . No. 383. p. 115.
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a
b
Sheffield, Rob (1 March 2018).
"Review: Tracey Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom" .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
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a
b
Christgau, Robert (13 April 2018).
"Robert Christgau on Tracey Thorn's "Feminist Bangers" " .
Vice . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .
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"Ultratop.be – Tracey Thorn – Record" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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"Spanishcharts.com – Tracey Thorn – Record" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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"Swisscharts.com – Tracey Thorn – Record" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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"Official Albums Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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"Tracey Thorn Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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"Tracey Thorn Chart History (Independent Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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