Naked at the Albert Hall
the inside story of singing
$32.88
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
9 May 2016
Summary
Naked at the Albert Hall: An Insider’s Look at the Art of Singing
In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn’t time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage-fright.
Part memoir, part wide-ranging …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349005249 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349005249 |
| Author: | Tracey Thorn |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 9 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
An intensely readable account of thirty years of being in love with music. Warm, assertive, sweetly funny and most of all honest– Daily Telegraph, praise for Bedsit Disco Queen
As distinctive and lovely as its author’s singing voice … a wry and wise memoir of a unique career
The Alan Bennett of pop memoirists. I loved her book so much I wanted to form a band tooAn intensely readable account of thirty years of being in love with music. Warm, assertive, sweetly funny and most of all honest - Daily Telegraph, praise for Bedsit Disco QueenAs a witty and wise chronicle of a life spent dipping in and out of the limelight, this is second to none - Independent on Sunday, praise for Bedsit Disco QueenSmart, chatty … [Thorn is] a sufficiently deft writer to negotiate the populist and the high-brow … a thought-provoking and enjoyable read - Mail on SundayHonest and compassionate - Sunday TelegraphA writer in fine voice … [a] cracker of a book - ScotsmanThorn is the perfect analyst of our reverence for and terror of singing …Thorn’s practical, warm tone gives her a Miss Marple-like ability to appear kindly while holding mistruths up to account … She is best, though, as a sympathetic guide to the singers she loves - Daily TelegraphAbout The Author
Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn was singer and songwriter with Everything But the Girl from 1982-2000. At that point she semi-retired from the music business to bring up her children. She has since recorded three solo albums, Out of the Woods, Love and Its Opposite, and Tinsel and Lights, and published her autobiography, Bedsit Disco Queen. She lives in London with her husband Ben Watt and their three children.
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