Booth and the Bad Angel

Booth and the Bad Angel was a music project based around the collaborative efforts of Tim Booth (lead singer with the British Alternative Rock band James) and American film composer Angelo Badalamenti. Featuring Bernard Butler on guitar, the project's eponymous album was released in July 1996.

=Biography=

The collaboration between Booth and Badalamenti was initialized in 1992, when Booth made an appearance on the UK Channel 4 TV show "Friday Night At The Dome", which aimed to actualize collaborations between contemporary musicians and their heroes. Booth expressed his desire to work with Badalementi, and the show's producers put the two in touch. At the time Booth was busy recording and touring with James so could not find the time to meet with Badalamenti, but the two kept in touch via transatlantic phone calls for over two years before finally meeting. In 1995 Booth announced he would be taking a break from James to work on an album with Badalamenti. Booth contacted Bernard Butler, recently departed from Suede to provide guitar work for the album, which was recorded through late 1995 to early 1996. The album was finally released in July 1996 and promoted by the single, "I Believe" which made number 25 in the UK chart.

Several live performances followed, and following completion of the live dates Butler invited Booth to form a new band with him, but Booth declined, having promised the other members of James that he would return to them following his break.

While Booth and the Bad Angel was to remain a pure one-off project, a further single from the album, "Fall In Love With Me" was released in 1998 when it was used on the soundtrack to the film Martha Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. This track was later reworked by Booth on his 2004 solo album "Bone".

=References=

*Stuart Maconie: "Folklore", Virgin Books, 2000 (ISBN 0-7535-0494-4).