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Love and Its Opposite 
Studio album by Tracey Thorn Released 17 May 2010 Recorded 2009 Genre Pop Label Strange Feeling
MergeProducer Tracey Thorn
Ewan PearsonTracey Thorn chronology Out of the Woods
(2007)Love and Its Opposite
(2010)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Clash (magazine) 
[1]Allmusic 
[2]NU.nl [3]Love and Its Opposite is the third solo album by former Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn, released on 17 May 2010.[4] The album was released on Thorn's husband Ben Watt's label Strange Feeling in the UK, and on Merge Records in North America. It was produced by Ewan Pearson, who also produced tracks on Thorn's previous album Out of the Woods. The album peaked at number 51 in the UK Albums Chart.[5]
Contents
Background
Love and Its Opposite was recorded in Berlin and London, and features guest contributions from Hot Chip's Al Doyle, The Invisible's Leo Taylor, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, Nashville musician Cortney Tidwell and Los Valentinos' guitarist Jono.[6] It contains eight original songs and two cover versions: Lee Hazlewood's "Come on Home to Me" (a duet with Jens Lekman) and "You Are a Lover" by The Unbending Trees (with whom Thorn collaborated in 2008).[6] The album's opening track, "Oh, the Divorces!", was made available as a free digital download on 17 February 2010, along with the confirmation of the album's track list.[4]
Thorn has described the theme of the album as "a record about the person I am now and the people around me ... about real life after forty."[6]
The cover art was designed by John Gilsenan.[7]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Oh, the Divorces!" Tracey Thorn 4:15 2. "Long White Dress" Tracey Thorn 3:53 3. "Hormones" Tracey Thorn 3:08 4. "Kentish Town" Tracey Thorn 3:30 5. "Why Does the Wind?" Tracey Thorn 5:01 6. "You Are a Lover" Kristóf Hajós, Balázs Havasi 3:12 7. "Singles Bar" Tracey Thorn 3:28 8. "Come on Home to Me" Lee Hazlewood 3:34 9. "Late in the Afternoon" Tracey Thorn 3:21 10. "Swimming" Tracey Thorn 4:18 Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
positionUK Albums Chart[8] 51 U.S. Billboard 200[9] 144 Opposites EP
An EP of remixes, Opposites, was released digitally on 24 August 2010.[10] It contains three songs from Love and Its Opposite, in original and remixed forms.
- "Swimming" (Visionquest Remix)
- "Swimming"
- "Kentish Town" (Walls Remix)
- "Kentish Town"
- "Late in the Afternoon" (Blue Daisy Remix)
- "Late in the Afternoon"
External links
References
- ^ "Clash Magazine review". http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/tracey-thorn-love-and-its-opposite.
- ^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "Review: Love and Its Opposite". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1783662. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ Oitmann, Pierre. "Love And Its Opposite". http://www.nu.nl/cd-recensies/2248588/tracey-thorn--love-and-its-opposite.html.
- ^ a b New Release: Tracey Thorn: Love and Its Opposite
- ^ Chart Stats
- ^ a b c Tracey Thorn official website, news section
- ^ Tracey Thorn official website, cover art credit
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=14780
- ^ Billboard.com, Tracey Thorn chart history - albums
- ^ Merge Records, Tracey Thorn gets remixed on new “Opposites” EP
Studio albums A Distant Shore • Out of the Woods • Love and Its OppositeExtended plays Opposites EP • You Are A Lover EPSingles "Plain Sailing" • "It's All True" • "Raise the Roof" • "Grand Canyon" • "King's Cross" • "Oh, the Divorces!" • "Why Does the Wind?"Collaborations "Venceremos (We Will Win)" with Working Week • "The Paris Match" with The Style Council • "Head Full of Steam " with The Go-Betweens • "Big Snake" with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions • "Over the Rainbow" with James McMillan • "Protection" with Massive Attack • "Better Things" with Massive Attack • "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" with Massive Attack • "The Tree Knows Everything" with Adam F • "Damage" with Tiefschwarz • "Overture" with The Unbending Trees • "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" with Jens Lekman • "Without Me" with Tevo HowardRelated articles Categories:- 2010 albums
- Albums by British artists
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