Ahead of tonight& #39;s Listening party where I& #39;ll be tweeting live,I thought I& #39;d provide some context & history.
We& #39;ll be listening to & #39;HOMETIME& #39;.The idea is for us all to start streaming it at 8 pm UK time so we are together. Wrap one up or bring snacks. #TimsTwitterListeningParty https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Track List
YESTERDAY’S FLAME
SHOULD I FEEL THAT IT’S OVER
MORE
HOMETIME
MARY DON’T KEEP ME WAITING
SAY IT
SKI
IF YOU DON’T COME BACK TO ME
DO YOU EVER WONDER
THE TRAIN I RIDE
YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO
Between the time Pete Glenister & I started writing HOMETIME & since my last release ‘Essex’, SonyUK had changed CEO twice, M.D thrice & I was on my 7th A&R man.Such was their turnover. Everyone man of them having a different idea of who I should be #TimsTwitterListeningParty https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
My final A&R man was an erstwhile Pop Star and no remote fan. There was nothing remarkable about my voice, he said & my 1st submissions were weak. Namely Should I Feel That It’s Over, If You Don’t Come Back To Me and Ski.
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At the label I’d one last senior ally in Paul Russell,the MD that had signed me & was now head of the European market.That was good & bad.Where the UK wanted to drop me,he didn’t. It was like being deliberately cobbled but kindly gifted a walking stick
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Debbie Rawlings was a girl from Basildon that I’d met in our local. She was on the dole and I was a pop star. That was like being on the dole but with summer work and a far bigger check. Our days were empty and we connected. We became best mates.
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One of the smartest people I’ve met and a memory as sharp as lemons. Single minded. Ridiculously capable. Fierce. Independent. Deb also made the dress I wore on TOTPs for Only You. Pinning fabric to me that I’d bought on Basildon Market in her bedsit. #TimsTwitterListeningParty https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Having worked for me in various guises over the years, Deb came over to management & took over as I was finishing the recording of Hoodoo. Just in time for the tricksy years & none more tricksy than where we found ourselves at the Hometime juncture. #TimsTwitterListeningParty https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
Sony UK were blanking us, but Paul Russell of SonyEU set us up with independent A&R. While that relationship too ultimately proved to be hands-off, they did me the significant genius service of hooking me up with HOMETIME producers - The Insects. #TimsTwitterListeningParty https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">
When the album was made, Sony UK had us drop it off at reception and later sent a cursory & #39;Nah& #39;. Paul too found Europe loathe to bite, it not being a radio album of Diva ambition and besides, if England was saying No...
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It took us a year to get HOMETIME back, but all credit, Paul Russell gifted it to me and wished us well. Debbie and I set off, last scrappers standing & found ourselves at John William& #39;s table.Sanctuary Records.Then the biggest UK independent in the UK.
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HOMETIME was released in 2002.
It garnered the best reviews of my solo career to that point. Certified Gold. Top 5 selling women of the year. Nominations for Mercury & BRITs for female vocalist
A deluxe edition was released in 2015.
We will be listening to the original version.
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