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Tindersticks/The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95

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As a neat counterpoint to the egotistical Britpop years, Tindersticks proved that there was still a place for the underdog. Heavily informed by Lee Hazelwood (with whom singer Stuart Staples shared a lonesone baritone), this Nottingham-based sextet created the soundtrack for drunken self-pity. Like the first album it was confusingly titled 'Tindersticks' but the second album is the definitive release, backed up in this remastered set with the live recording from the Bloomsbury Theatre; superbly recorded, it's at least the equal of the album itself. The marriage of strings to these moving laments is inspired. Crucially, as brilliantly tear-jerking as 'A Night In' and 'Mistakes' are, the diversions are also welcome; an achingly beautiful country duet on 'Travelling Light', the film noir instrumental 'Vertrauen II' or the tragic rambling tale of 'My Sister'. Later albums verged on the formulaic but on these tender tales, depression never sounded so welcoming.
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  Tindersticks Track Listing
01 El Diablo En El Ojo
02 A Night In
03 My Sister
04 Tiny Tears
05 Snowy In F# Minor
06 Seaweed
07 Vertrauen II
08 Talk To Me
09 No More Affairs
10 Singing
11 Travelling Light
12 Cherry Blossoms
13 She's Gone
Standout Track Mistakes
15 Vertrauen III
16 Sleepy Song

Standout Track = Standout Track

  The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 Track Listing
01 El Diablo En El Ojo
02 A Night In
03 Talk To Me
04 She's Gone
05 No More Affairs
06 City Sickness
07 Vertrauen II
08 Sleepy Song
09 Jism
10 Drunk Tank
11 Mistakes
12 Tiny Tears
13 Raindrops
14 For Those....

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