Some Place Simple
| Some Place Simple | ||||
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| Released | 20 July 2010 | |||
| Genre | Electronic, indie rock | |||
| Length | 36:48 | |||
| Label | Honest Jon's | |||
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| Martina Topley-Bird chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| musicOMH | [3] |
Some Place Simple is the third studio album by British vocalist and songwriter Martina Topley-Bird. Recorded and mixed at Damon Albarn's studio over a 3-week period in early 2010, the album consists of eleven stripped-down versions of previous songs, and four new ones composed for the record.[1] The album was entirely performed by Martina, vocals, keyboard and ukulele, and Fergus Gerrand who toured with Martina as drummer, percussionist and guitarist with additional guitar by Claire Nicholson on Sandpaper Kisses. Composition contributions from Brian Burton, David Holmes, Chloe Paige, and Josh Klinghoffer.
Some of the tracks were cuts from Albarn's band Gorillaz' second album Demon Days. This is evident from the involvement of Albarn, Burton, Jason Cox, and Stephen Sedgwick, who all worked on Demon Days. Martina had previously recorded vocals on for the song "All Alone" on said-album.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Martina Topley-Bird
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby Blue" | 2:47 |
| 2. | "Phoenix" | 2:45 |
| 3. | "Lying" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Da Da Da" | 1:20 |
| 5. | "Orchids" | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Poison" | 2:22 |
| 7. | "Intro" | 1:30 |
| 8. | "Snowman" | 2:39 |
| 9. | "Sandpaper Kisses" | 3:36 |
| 10. | "All Day" | 2:30 |
| 11. | "Ilyah" | 3:05 |
| 12. | "Valentine" | 3:34 |
| 13. | "Too Tuff to Die" | 1:54 |
| 14. | "Kiss Kiss Kiss" | 1:00 |
| 15. | "Harpsichord Kiss" | 0:58 |
| Total length: | 36:48 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Martina Topley Bird – vocals, guitar, keyboard
- Fergus Gerrand – drums, percussion, guitar, kalimba
- Claire Nicholson – guitar, background vocals
- Jason Cox – engineering, mixing
- Stephen Sedgwick – engineering, mixing
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Some Place Simple Review". All Music. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (15 July 2010). "Martina Topley Bird: Some Place Simple". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Dillingham, Victoria (12 July 2010). "Martina Topley Bird – Some Place Simple". musicOMH. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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