''Burning Dorothy'' is the first album by the English singer-songwriter
Thea Gilmore
Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979), also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut, '' Burning Dorothy''. She has had three top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart an ...
. It was released in November 1998 when she was 18, after she was discovered while doing work experience at Woodworm Studios.
Reception
A review in ''Mojo'' said, "...there's plenty of feisty attitude, barbed one-liners, edgy rock arrangements and hollering affirmations of strident independence. ‘Pontiac to Homegirl’ reveals a writer of intriguing mystique and depth, while Militia Sister (‘Just because I bleed seems to make me family, I don't wanna be your militia sister’) is an oddly moving statement of post-feminist intent. And ‘Bad Ideas’, both funny and potent, is so good it's scary...(There is a) freedom of spirit, remorselessly fierce air of truth and bold range of emotions and musical explosions..."
[Colin Irwin, "Thea Gilmore – Burning Dorothy", ''Mojo'', February 1999]
Track listing
All songs written by
Thea Gilmore
Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979), also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut, '' Burning Dorothy''. She has had three top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart an ...
.
#"Sugar" – 3:39
#"Get Out" – 3:17
#"People Like You" – 3:19
#"Pontiac to Home Girl" – 4:32
#"Not so Clever Now" – 3:41
#"Instead of the Saints" – 3:36
#"Militia Sister" – 3:18
#"Throwing In" – 3:44
#"Bad Idea" – 4:14
#"Into the Blue" – 12:02
"Into the Blue" plays about 3:57 minutes, but contains a hidden bonus track called "One Last Fight", starting after five minutes of silence at about 8:56 minutes.
Personnel
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Thea Gilmore
Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979), also known as Afterlight, is an English singer-songwriter. She has released more than twenty albums since her 1998 debut, '' Burning Dorothy''. She has had three top 40 entries on the UK Albums Chart an ...
– vocals, acoustic guitar
*
Nigel Stonier
Nigel Stonier (born 10 December 1956) is an English rock, Folk music, roots and pop record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Biography
He was born in Cheshire, but first relocated to London when, at the age of 17 he secured a pub ...
– Record producer,
programming, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards,
mandolin
A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...
, backing vocals
* Mark Tucker –
engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...
(with exception of track 9), electric guitar,
darabuka
The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is ...
* Paul Burgess – drums, percussion
* Jim Bennion – electric guitar (on tracks 2 and 4)
* Mark Walker – engineer on track 9
References
External links
Gilmore's official web site*
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1998 albums
Thea Gilmore albums