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cover "
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Genesis and recording
The song is the third track on Neil Young's album '' After ...
" (which went Top 40 in the UK and to No 1 in the US Hot Dance charts).
Lambert began singing, playing acoustic guitar and song-writing as a child in Africa, largely influenced by the Celtic folk songs her parents taught her. While at school in the UK she became a fan of the British indie scene, enjoying acts like
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and
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, later exploring vintage records by artists like Sandy Denny,
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and Joni Mitchell. She is also a fan of avant-garde cinema.
She formed the indie band Faith Over Reason in late 1988 with Bill Lloyd (bass & keyboards), Simon Roots (guitar) and Mark Wilsher (drums). They quickly gained a management deal with Bedlam Management, who secured a publishing deal with Polygram. Their first self-titled EP was released in 1990 on Big Cat Records, and UK tours with
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,
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and Heather Nova (whose first recording Lambert contributed backing vocals to) followed. In 1994 she toured Europe with label mate
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, after which the band (then featuring Te-bo Steele as replacement for Roots) split.
After co-writing the top 20 UK chart hit, "Skin on Skin", with
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for his
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project, Lambert formed Ova, releasing a 3 track single, Universal Audio on UK independent label Global Warming. Since Ova broke up in January 2000, Lambert has collaborated with