Out of the Woods (Tracey Thorn album)

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Out of the Woods
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Studio album by
Tracey Thorn
Released5 March 2007 (2007-03-05)
Genre
Length42:54
LabelVirgin
Producer
Tracey Thorn chronology
A Distant Shore
(1982) 		Out of the Woods
(2007) 		Love and Its Opposite
(2010)

Out of the Woods is the second solo studio album by Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn. It was released on 5 March 2007 on Virgin Records. The album charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 172 on 7 April 2007.[1]

The majority of the album's production was by Ewan Pearson who also produced the first single, "It's All True". Other collaborators included Cagedbaby, Charles Webster, Klas Lindblad, Martin Wheeler and Alex Santos.

Background[]

Out of the Woods marked Thorn's full-time return to the music scene after an absence of over six years. It was released on 20 March 2007 in the U.S. on Astralwerks.

Thorn told Billboard magazine about the recording of the album:[2]

"When I started this album, I was thinking, 'Well, alright, I want to make a quirky little record, a little bit acoustic, a little bit dance... I also thought I was going to do a lot of covers, because I hadn't written anything in a long time. But once I started, I found myself writing more songs and collaborating with people. When the record was finished, I was quite startled. I thought, 'Wow, I made a pop record without really meaning to.'"

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[4]
Guardian Unlimited4/5 stars[5]
musicOMH3/5 stars[6]
Okayplayer3.5/5 stars[7]
Pitchfork5.6/10[8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Here It Comes Again"Thorn3:06
2."A-Z"Thorn, Gandey3:41
3."It's All True"Thorn, Jesrani, Lindblad, Pearson4:13
4."Get Around to It"Russell6:00
5."Hands Up to the Ceiling"Thorn2:58
6."Easy"Thorn, Wheeler3:58
7."Falling off a Log"Thorn3:17
8."Nowhere Near"Thorn3:07
9."Grand Canyon"Thorn, Santos6:07
10."By Piccadilly Station I Sat Down and Wept"Thorn2:25
11."Raise the Roof"Thorn, Gandey4:02
iTunes edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."King's Cross"Tennant, Lowe4:28

Charts[]

Chart Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[9] 79
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 44
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 38
US Billboard 200[12] 172
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[13] 4
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] 20

References[]

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ Paoletta, Mike (23 February 2007). "Two Decades On, Thorn Wraps New Solo Album". Billboard magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Out of the Woods by Tracey Thorn". metacritic.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ^ AllMusic review
  5. ^ Alex Macpherson. "CD: Tracey Thorn, Out of the Woods". the Guardian.
  6. ^ "musicOMH.com review". musicomh.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Okayplayer review". okayplayer.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". pitchforkmedia.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Tracey Thorn – Out Of The Woods". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Tracey Thorn – Out Of The Woods". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Tracey Thorn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Tracey Thorn Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Tracey Thorn Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Tracey Thorn Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

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