Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up And Tried To Be A Pop Star Tracey Thorn

Bedsit Disco Queen:... - Tracey Thorn Was One Half Of Internationally Successful Pop Group Everything But The Girl And Collaborated With Paul Weller, Massive Attack And Dance Legend, Todd Terry. This Is The Funny, Perceptive And Candid Story Of Her 30-Year Pop Career. Tracey Thorn Was Singer And Songwriter With Everything But The Girl From 1982-2000. At That Point She Semi-Retired From The Music Business To Bring Up Her Children. She Has Since Recorded Three Solo Albums, Out Of The Woods, Love And Its Opposite, And Tinsel And Lights. She Lives In London With Her Husband Ben Watt And Their Three Children. The Alan Bennett Of Pop Memoirists. I Loved Her Book So Much I Wanted To Form A Band, Too. Preferably With Thorn. -- Caitlin Moran, Bestselling Author Of How To Be A Woman As Distinctive And Lovely As Its Author'S Singing Voice, Bedsit Disco Queen Isn'T Just A Wry And Wise Memoir Of A Unique Career: It Acts As A Kind Of Eulogy For A Forgotten Era Of British Pop. -- Alexis Petridis A Corker Of A Read: Fascinating, Compelling And Beautifully Written. -- Emma Kennedy, Bestselling Author Of The Tent, The Bucket And Me An Intensely Readable Account Of Thirty Years Of Being In Love With Music ... Most Would Recognise Her Voice, With Its Rich Blend Of Melancholy And Yearning. Her Written Voice Is Similarly Distinctive: Warm, Assertive, Sweetly Funny, But Most Of All Honest. -- Chris Harvey Daily Telegraph As A Witty And Wise Chronicle Of A Life Spent Dipping In And Out Of The Limelight, This Is Second To None. -- Fiona Sturges Independent On Sunday