- Tindersticks【 211 songs in total 】
- Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band, formed in Nottingham in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples embarked on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006 and more permanently the following year. The band have recorded several film soundtracks.
History
Staples, Boulter, Fraser, Macauley and Hinchliffe, all former members of Asphalt Ribbons, formed the band in 1991. The final line-up for the Old Horse mini-LP (1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals), Dave Boulter (organ and accordion), Neil Fraser (guitar), Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar and strings), Al Macauley (percussion and drums), and John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not known if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. They then changed their name to Tindersticks after Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach.
Tindersticks started recording demo tapes in 1992, and formed their own label Tippy Toe Records to release their first single, 'Patchwork', in the same year.
Their self-titled first and second albums established their signature sound and received widespread critical acclaim. Their live performances, often augmented by large string sections and even, on occasion, a full orchestra, were well received. The live album The Bloomsbury Theatre 12.3.95 is a recording of one such concert. By the time of the third album, Curtains, however, it was clear that a change of direction was called for. The lengthy 'Ballad of Tindersticks' was a weary swipe at the pressures of being a touring band.[citation needed]
The fourth album, Simple Pleasure, lived up to its title with a series of snappy, direct songs influenced by soul music. The female backing vocals on several tracks, and the respectful cover of Odyssey's 'If You're Looking for a Way Out', signalled the band's wish to move towards lighter, more soulful material. However, the inner sleeve's documentation of the number of takes each track went through was evidence that the band continued to adopt a painstaking approach to recording.
The fifth album, Can Our Love..., continued the band's soulful direction, in particular evidence on the tender 'Sweet Release' and in the nod to The Chi-Lites in the title of 'Chilitetime'.
The sixth album, Waiting for the Moon, was more stripped down and introspective in nature, particularly on the harrowing '4.48 Psychosis' (based on the play of the same name by the British playwright Sarah Kane) and 'Sometimes It Hurts'. Only the bouncy 'Just a Dog' lightened the otherwise melancholy mood of the album.
In 2005 Staples embarked on a solo career and there was resultant speculation that the band had split. Staples has so far produced two solo albums, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04 and Leaving Songs. The title of the second album, and Staples' notes on it, indicated that change was in the air: 'These are songs written on the verge of leaving the things I loved and stepping into a new unknown life, both musically and personally. I was always aware that these songs were the end of something, a kind of closing a circle of a way of writing that I started so long ago and I knew I had to move on from.'
In September 2006, the band played a one-off concert at London's Barbican Centre, performing their second album in full with a nine-member string section and two brass players, including former collaborator Terry Edwards on trumpet.
Staples later acknowledged that this show, while being a happy triumph, was also 'tinged with sadness of the knowledge that the six of us had made all the new music we were going to make together.' However, it also rekindled his determination to make a new album.
In 2007, a stripped-down line-up of three of the original band, Staples, Boulter and Fraser, spent time writing and recording in a newly equipped studio in Limousin, France. They were joined by Thomas Belhom on drums and Dan McKinna on bass, with Ian Caple engineering. The resulting album, The Hungry Saw, was released on Beggars Banquet in April 2008. Tindersticks played a number of other European dates during the summer festival season and also announced a winter 2008 European tour.
In 2010, the eighth album Falling Down a Mountain was released on 4AD/Constellation Records with a changed band line-up, with Earl Harvin replacing Belhom on drums and David Kitt, a solo artist in his own right, joining the band on guitar and vocals.
The group's ninth album The Something Rain was released in February 2012. The following tours in spring, summer (festival concerts) and autumn, showed the band now touring in their again reduced 5-member core line-up (Stuart Staples, David Boulter, Neil Fraser, Dan McKinna and Earl Harvin), supported at selected gigs by Terry Edwards on horns.
In October 2013, after missing the band‘s 20th anniversary the years before, the band released their 10th studio album, the retrospective Across Six Leap Years, with re-recorded 10 songs from their back-catalog and from Stuart A. Staples solo album period. In the autumn of 2013 they toured several European capital cities in their A6LY anniversary tour, supported by Terry Edwards on saxophone & horns and Gina Foster on backing vocals.
2016 saw the release of their 11th studio album The Waiting Room, followed by an extensive tour in February to May 2016.
Members
Stuart Staples
David Boulter
Neil Fraser
Dan McKinna
Earl Harvin
Past members
Dickon Hinchliffe
Al Macaulay
Mark Colwill
Thomas Belhom
David Kitt
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Song
Lyricist
Composer
Date
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4.48 Psychosis
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon James Hinchcliffe, Sarah Kane, Alistair Macauley, Stuart Staples
2003-06
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2
a marriage made in heaven (US version only)
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3
A Marriage Made in Heaven
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Stephen Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, James Richard Hinchliffe, Alasdair Robert De Vi Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
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4
A Night In (BBC In Session - John Peel 18/01/94)
2007
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5
A Night In (Live)
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6
A Night In
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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7
A Night In
1995
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8
A Night So Still (Live In San Sebastian)
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9
A Night So Still
2012-02
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10
A Sweet Sweet Man Part 1
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11
A Sweet Sweet Man
1993
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12
All The Love
Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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13
Another Night In
2004-06
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14
Ballad Of Tindersticks
2004-06
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15
Bathtime
2004-06
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16
Bearsuit (BBC In Session - Mark Radcliffe 17/10/95)
2007
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17
Bearsuit
2004-06
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18
Before You Close Your Eyes
Neil Joseph Steven Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2004-06
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19
Black Smoke(Provided)
2010-02
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20
Blood
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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21
Blood
1993
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22
Boobar Come Back to Me
2011-09
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23
Buried Bones
2004-06
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24
Can Our Love...
David Leonard Boulter, Dickon Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2001-12
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25
Can We Start Again?
David Leonard Boulter, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2004-06
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26
CF GF
2004-06
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27
Cherry Blossoms (BBC In Session - Mark Radcliffe 17/10/95)
2007
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28
Cherry Blossoms
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Colwill, Neil Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alastair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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29
Cherry Blossoms
1995
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30
Chilitetime
Michael Reid, James Shamblin Ii
2001-12
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31
Chocolate (Live in San Sebastian)
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32
Chocolate
2012-02
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33
City Sickness (Live)
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34
City Sickness
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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35
City Sickness
1993
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36
Come Feel The Sun
David Leonard Boulter, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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37
Come Inside (Live In San Sebastian)
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38
Come Inside
2012-02
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39
Dancing
2004-06
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40
Desperate Man
2004-06
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41
Dick's Slow Song
2004-06
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42
Don't Ever Get Tired
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2001-12
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43
Don't Look Down
2004-06
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44
Dream
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45
Drunk Talk
1993
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46
Drunk Tank
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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47
Dying Slowly
David Boulter, Mark Colwill, Neil Fraser, Dickon Hinchliffe, Alastair Macaulay, Stuart Staples
2001-12
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48
E-Type(Provided)
2011-09
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49
El Diablo en el Ojo
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alastair Macaulay, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Staples, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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50
El Diablo En El Ojo
1995
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51
Factory Girls(Provided)
2010-02
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52
Falling Down A Mountain(Provided)
2010-02
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53
Fast One
2004-06
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54
Follow Me(Provided)
2016
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55
For Those... (Live)
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56
For Those...
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57
Friday Night
2013-11
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58
From The Inside(Provided)
2004-06
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59
Frozen (Live In San Sebastian)
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60
Frozen
2012-02
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61
Fruitless(Provided)
1993
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62
Goodbye Joe(Provided)
2012-02
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63
Harmony Around My Table(Provided)
2010-02
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64
Harry's Dilemma
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65
Help Yourself(Provided)
2016
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66
Her (BBC In Session - John Peel 27/04/93)
2007
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67
Her
1993
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68
Her
1993
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69
Here
S. Malkmus/S. Kannberg of Pavement; the lyrics of the tindersticks version differ slightly
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70
Hey Lucinda
2016
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71
How He Entered
2016
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72
Hubbards Hills(Provided)
2010-02
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73
I Know That Loving
David Leonard Boulter, Neil Joseph Steven Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2004-06
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74
I Was Your Man (BBC In Session - John Peel 24/11/96)
2007
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75
I Was Your Man
2004-06
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76
I've Been Loving You Too Long
Otis Redding and Jerry Butler
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77
If She's Torn
Neil Joseph Steven Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2004-06
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78
If You're Looking for a Way Out
2013-11
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79
If You're Looking For A Way Out
2004-06
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80
Introduction(Provided)
2011-09
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81
Jism (Live)
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82
Jism
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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83
Jism
1993
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84
Just a Dog
David Leonard Boulter, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alasdair Robert Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2003-06
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85
Kathleen
Townes van Zandt; taken from the 'Our Mother the Mountain' (1969) album
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86
Keep You Beautiful(Provided)
2010-02
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87
Kooks
David Bowie; taken from the 'Hunky Dory' album
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88
Let's Pretend
2004-06
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89
Like Only Lovers Can(Provided)
2016
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90
Make Believe
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91
Marbles
1993
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92
Marbles
1993
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93
Marseilles Sunshine
2013-11
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94
Medicine (Live In San Sebastian)
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95
Medicine
2012-02
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96
Milky Teeth
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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97
Milky Teeth
1993
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98
Mistakes
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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99
Mistakes
1995
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100
Mockin' Bird
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101
Mother Dear
2011-09
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102
My Oblivion
2003-06
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103
My Sister (BBC In Session - Mark Radcliffe 08/03/95)
2007
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104
My Sister
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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105
My Sister
1995
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106
Nectar
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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107
Nectar
1993
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108
No Man In The World
David Leonard Boulter, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2001-12
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109
No More Affairs (Live)
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110
No More Affairs
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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111
No More Affairs
1995
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112
No Place So Alone(Provided)
2010-02
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113
Opening Titles
David Leonard Boulter, James Richard Hinchliffe, Alistair Macauley, Stuart Ashton Staples
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114
Paco de Renaldo's Dream
1993
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115
Paco De Renaldo's Dream
1993
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116
Patchwork
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Colwill, Neil Joseph Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay
1993
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117
Patchwork
1993
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118
Peanuts(Provided)
2010-02
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119
People Keep Comin' Around
David Boulter, Mark Colwill, Neil Fraser, Dickon Hinchliffe, Alastair Macaulay, Stuart Staples
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120
People Keep Coming Around
2001-12
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121
Piano Music(Provided)
2010-02
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122
Piano Song
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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123
Piano Song
1993
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124
Planting Holes(Provided)
2016
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125
Plus De Liaisons
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126
Pretty Words
David Leonard Boulter, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2004-06
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127
Put Your Love in Me (Fade)
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128
Raindrops (Live)
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129
Raindrops
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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130
Raindrops
1993
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131
Rented Rooms
2004-06
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132
Rotweilers and Mace
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133
Running Wild
Dave Boulter, Mark Colwill, Neil Fraser, Dickon Hinchcliffe, Al Macauley, Stuart Staples
2003-06
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134
Say Goodbye to the City
2003-06
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135
Seaweed
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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136
Seaweed
1995
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137
Second Chance Man(Provided)
2016
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138
Shadow
R Dean Taylor
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139
She Rode Me Down(Provided)
2010-02
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140
She's Gone (BBC In Session - Mark Radcliffe 17/10/95)
2007
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141
She's Gone
2013-11
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142
She's Gone
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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143
She's Gone
1995
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144
Show Me Everything (Live In San Sebastian)
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145
Show Me Everything
2012-02
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146
Singing(Provided)
2011-09
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147
Sleep Song
1995
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148
Sleepy Song
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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149
Slippin' Shoes (Live In San Sebastian)
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150
Slippin' Shoes
2012-02
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151
Snowy in F sharp Minor
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
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152
Snowy In F# Minor
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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153
Snowy In F#Minor
1995
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154
Sometimes It Hurts
David Leonard Boulter, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alasdair Robert Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2003-06
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155
Sweet Memory
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Stephen Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2003-06
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156
Sweet Release
David Boulter, Mark Colwill, Neil T Fraser, Dickon Hinchliffe, Alastair Macaulay, Stuart Staples
2001-12
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157
Sweet, Sweet Man Pt. 1
1993
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158
Sweet, Sweet Man Pt. 2
1993
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159
Sweet, Sweet Man Pt. 3(Provided)
1993
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160
Take Me
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161
Talk to Me (BBC Evening Session 02/03/95)
2007
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162
Talk to Me (Live)
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163
Talk To Me
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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164
Talk To Me
1995
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165
Tea Stain(Provided)
1993
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166
The Flicker of a Little Girl
2011-09
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167
The Girl on Death Row
Lee Hazlewood
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168
The Hungry Saw
Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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169
The Not Knowing
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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170
The Not Knowing
1993
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171
The Organist Entertains(Provided)
2011-09
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172
The Other Side Of The World
Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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173
The Turns We Took
2011-09
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174
The Waiting Room
2016
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175
The Walt Blues(Provided)
1993
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176
This Fear of Emptiness(Provided)
2016
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177
This Fire of Autumn (Live In San Sebastian)
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178
This Fire of Autumn (version)
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179
This Fire Of Autumn
2012-02
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180
Tie-Dye
David Boulter, Mark Colwill, Neil Fraser, Dickon Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Staples
1993
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181
Tiny Tears (BBC In Session - Mark Radcliffe 25/10/93)
2007
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182
Tiny Tears (Petites gouttes d'eau)
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183
Tiny Tears
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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184
Tiny Tears
1995
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185
Tonight Are You Trying to Fall In Love Again (BBC In Session - Mark Radcliffe 17/10/95)
2007
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186
Tonight Are You Trying To Fall In Love Again
2004-06
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187
Tonight Are You Trying to Fall In Love Again
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
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188
Travelling Light
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Joseph Steve Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2011-09
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189
Travelling Light
1995
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190
Tricklin'
2001-12
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191
Trouble Every Day
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192
Trying to Find a Home
David Leonard Boulter, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alasdair Robert Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
2003-06
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193
Turns We Took
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194
Tyed
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Ste Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Alistair Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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195
Tyed
1993
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196
tyed/tie-dye
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197
Until the Morning Comes
David Leonard Boulter, Neil Timothy Fraser, Dickon Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2003-06
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198
Untitled
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199
Velvet Fog
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200
Vertrauen II(Provided)
2011-09
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201
Vertrauen III(Provided)
2011-09
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202
Waiting for the Moon
Dickon Hinchliffe, Stuart Staples
2003-06
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203
Walking
2004-06
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204
We Are Dreamers!(Provided)
2016
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205
We have all the time in the world
John Barry; Taken from the 'In Her Majesty's Secret Service' (1969) album
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206
Were We Once Lovers?
2016
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207
What Are You Fighting For
2013-11
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208
Whiskey And Water
David Leonard Boulter, Mark Anthony Stephen Colwill, Neil Timothy Fraser, James Richard Hinchliffe, Alasdair Robert De Vi Macaulay, Stuart Ashton Staples
1993
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209
Whiskey And Water
1993
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210
Yesterdays Tomorrows
2011-09
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211
You Take This Heart Of Mine
Neil Joseph Steven Fraser, Dickon James Hinchliffe, Stuart Ashton Staples
2004-06