{"product_id":"tracey-thorn-record","title":"Tracey Thorn - Record","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded in:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2018\/dec\/04\/best-albums-of-2018\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (#46)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/featured\/best-albums-2018\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPIN's Best Albums of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (#46)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/best-albums-of-2018-2622492661.html?rebelltitem=4\u0026amp;popm.at=#rebelltitem4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePopmatters' Best Albums of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (#67)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2018\/12\/best-albums-2018-cardi-b-black-panther-robyn.html\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlate's Best Albums of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nine feminist bangers,” \u003cstrong\u003eTracey Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e joked when asked to describe her first solo album of entirely original material in seven years. Resplendent in Ewan Pearson’s unashamedly glittering electro-pop production, \u003ci\u003eRecord\u003c\/i\u003e will be released on March 2, 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I think I’ve always written songs which chronicle the milestones of a woman’s life,” she says. “Different ages and stages, different realities not often discussed in pop lyrics. If 2010’s \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tracey-thorn-love-and-its-opposite\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove and Its Opposite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was my mid-life album—full of divorce and hormones—then this album represents that sense of liberation that comes in the aftermath, from embarking on a whole new ‘no fucks given’ phase of life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eRecord\u003c\/i\u003e, the synth-driven tracks arrive and leave with a punchy sub-three-minute directness. The album packs an eloquent punch. As ever, the personal has often been political in Tracey Thorn’s work. Across four decades, her songs and writing have offered up a clear-eyed woman’s view of the immediate world around her, from the acerbic teen love songs of her first early ’80s band Marine Girls through sixteen years as one-half of articulate multimillion-selling duo Everything But The Girl, to her recent acclaimed memoirs and journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739213426999,"sku":"MRG619cd","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739213459767,"sku":"MRG619digital","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/0bfbe28a38e82f282f4960a85f4922e90c92268b_275ef0420436903430f9865ed0c2c196801247af_medium_jpg_f6cc2765-0f65-4be2-bfc6-bf1e83653802.jpg?v=1789600406","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/tracey-thorn-record","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}