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Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing
Tracey Thorn
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In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage-fright.
Part memoir, part wide-ranging exploration of the art, mechanics and spellbinding power of singing, NAKED AT THE ALBERT HALL takes in Dusty Springfield, Dennis Potter and George Eliot; Auto-tune, the microphone and stage presence; The Streets and The X Factor. Including interviews with fellow artists such as Alison Moyet, Romy Madley-Croft and Green Gartside of Scritti Politti, and portraits of singers in fiction as well as Tracey's real-life experiences, it offers a unique, witty and sharply observed insider's perspective on the exhilarating joy and occasional heartache of singing.
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Praise for Naked at the Albert Hall: The Inside Story of Singing
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As distinctive and lovely as its author's singing voice . . . a wry and wise memoir of a unique careerThe Alan Bennett of pop memoirists. I loved her book so much I wanted to form a band tooAn intensely readable account of thirty years of being in love with music. Warm, assertive, sweetly funny and most of all honest - Daily Telegraph, praise for Bedsit Disco QueenAs a witty and wise chronicle of a life spent dipping in and out of the limelight, this is second to none - Independent on Sunday, praise for Bedsit Disco QueenSmart, chatty . . . [Thorn is] a sufficiently deft writer to negotiate the populist and the high-brow . . . a thought-provoking and enjoyable read - Mail on SundayHonest and compassionate - Sunday TelegraphA writer in fine voice . . . [a] cracker of a book - ScotsmanThorn is the perfect analyst of our reverence for and terror of singing . . .Thorn's practical, warm tone gives her a Miss Marple-like ability to appear kindly while holding mistruths up to account . . . She is best, though, as a sympathetic guide to the singers she loves - Daily Telegraph
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