Tindersticks [II]

• Artist: Tindersticks
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• Release Date: 1995 03
• Genre: Rock

Review

Tindersticks' second consecutive, eponymously titled double-LP set refines the approach of their debut; while every bit as ambitious and adventuresome, it achieves an even greater musical balance, stretching into luxuriously long compositional structures and more intricate arrangements. While Stuart Staples' songs remain as obsessive and haunted as before, he wards off his demons with fits of pitch-black humor (the narrative "My Sister") and a more tender perspective; similarly, while his funereal vocals remain the focus, there's a new reliance on extended instrumental passages, and even a pair of duets (the centerpiece, "Travelling Light" -- a gorgeous collaboration with the Walkabouts' Carla Torgerson -- is akin to a Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra record trapped in emotional purgatory). Another awesome triumph of mood and atmosphere. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
El Diablo en el Ojo	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(3:32)
A Night In	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(6:25)
My Sister (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(8:11)
Tiny Tears (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(5:45)
Snowy in F# Minor (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(2:28)
Seaweed (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(5:14)
Vertrauen II	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(3:19)
Talk to Me (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(5:00)
No More Affairs (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(3:49)
Singing	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(:57)
Travelling Light (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(4:51)
Cherry Blossoms (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(4:19)
She's Gone (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(3:29)
Mistakes (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(5:44)
Vertrauen III	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(2:20)
Sleepy Song (Lyrics)	Tindersticks	Tindersticks	(4:37)

Credits

Amanda Westgarth (Violin), Rosie Lindsell (Conductor), Suzannah Marsden (Violin), Lucy Wilkins (Violin), Phil Nicholls (Photography), Carla Torgerson (Vocals), Julie Nicholau (Violin), Michael Kearsey (Trombone), Terry Edwards (French Horn), Annabelle Simmons (Cello), Caroline Luckhurst (Violin), Louise Walters (Violin), Maritza Bulcock (Viola), Kate MacKenzie (Violin), Hannah Biss (Viola), Kate Fraser (Viola), Samie Pullman (Viola), Zillah Hawley (Violin), Carla Torgerson (?), Biff Harrisson (Saw), Becky Leetch (Violin), Ben Chappell (Cello), Ian Caple (Engineer), Jeff Moore (Violin), Victor Evans (Violin), Terry Edwards (Trumpet), Ian Caple (Mixing), Isobel Monteiro (Vocals), Heather Broadbent (Violin), Ann Louise Child (Viola), Tanja Housten (Violin), Suzanna Horne (Violin), Calina de la Mare (Strings), Terry Edwards (Saxophone), Andrew Skrimshire (Cello), Terry Edwards (Arranger), Clare Parkholm (Cello), Sara Wilson (Cello)