Tracey Thorn
A frank and funny pop culture memoir in the vein of Caitlin Moran's ,How to be a Woman,, this is "how to be a woman artist",Â This is the story of Tracey Thorn, one half of theÂ internationally successful group Everything But the Girl, collaboratorÂ with suchÂ artists asÂ Paul Weller, Massive Attack, and dance legend Todd Terry.Â TraceyÂ was onlyÂ 16 whenÂ she bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later,Â she formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls, played gigs,Â signed to an indie label, and started releasing records. Then, for 18 years, between 1982 and 2000,Â she was one half of Everything But the Girl. They released nine albums and sold nine million records, went on countless tours, had hits and flops, and were reviewed and interviewed to within an inch ofÂ their lives.Â Tracey hasÂ been in the charts, out of them, back in. She's seen herself described as an indie darling, a middle-of-the-road nobody, and a disco diva.Â As she explains here, sheÂ hasn't always fit in, a fact that's helped her to face up to the realities of a pop career.Â SheÂ discussesÂ her realizationsâ€”that thereÂ are thrills and wonders to be experienced, but also moments of doubt, mistakes, and violent lifestyle changes from luxury to squalor and back again, sometimes within minutes. This is the funny, perceptive, and candid story of her 30-year pop career.
Music,Nonfiction,Biography,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Autobiography,European Literature,British Literature,Biography Memoir,Womens,History,Feminism
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