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Are there any other fans of this possibly forgotten band? For a long time I thought "Perfect" was the only song they ever did but I'm listening to their album, a The First Of A Million Kisses and it's just lovely.
Lead singer Eddi Reader doesn't rely on vocal gymnastics like most of today's mainstream female singers. She's got such an easy, pleasant voice that's so nice to listen to. I was pleased to learn via her website that she's still making music. It's a shame the band in their original form didn't last long, though. Their songs are so quirky and fun and just nice, and don't really sound dated to me at all. I wish music like this was more mainstream. |
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I've seen Eddie Reader live, fantastic performer.
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I've seen Eddie Reader live, fantastic performer.
I would love to see her live, especially after watching a cover she did of Walking After Midnight in the 80s. She brings such a sense of fun to music. |
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I loathe 'Perfect' with all of my heart but some of their other stuff is lovely.
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I loathe 'Perfect' with all of my heart but some of their other stuff is lovely.
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I don't like Perfect cos it reminds me of the boyfriend I had when it was out
![]() But I just adore Eddi Reader and everything she has done since. Her ae fond kiss is just divine |
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I loved that album too...particularily Moon on the Rain and Allelujah
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I don't like Perfect cos it reminds me of the boyfriend I had when it was out
![]() But I just adore Eddi Reader and everything she has done since. Her ae fond kiss is just divine Eddi reader has a fantastic voice that just makes you feel all warm. I think the last time I heard her sing was last new year, im sure she was on some hogmanay programme. |
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Eddi s career has been rather resurrected recently, although in truth she never went away - but her album of Burns songs a few years back kind of relaunched her...
She sang at the opening of the Scottish Parliament , ( proof of how highly she is regarded) a really beautiful song www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVHStNqksY which infact can be found on that very same Burns album ( although its not actually a Burns song, but written by her partner I believe), and she is also a usual suspect at Celtic Connections etc, along with the other scottish grandees such as Phil Cunningham and John McCusker, and quite rightly I'd say. ![]() Her most recent album Love is the Way is really lovely ( apart from a truly uninspiring cover of Its Magic, must confess I always skip that one) Such a talented artist, who I think has often not had the right material. Till she met Rabbie that is ![]() ps - anyone else remember her in BBC Scotlands/John Byrne's Your Cheating Heart...along with Tilda Swinton, Katy Murphy and John Gordon Sinclair....? ( it was commissioned after the success of Tutti Frutti) |
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I always thought 'Find My Love' was miles better than 'Perfect', even at the time, although I never could understand the subsequent "Eddie Reader must win 'Best Female' every year at the Brits" thing.
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... ps - anyone else remember her in BBC Scotlands/John Byrne's Your Cheating Heart...along with Tilda Swinton, Katy Murphy and John Gordon Sinclair....? ( it was commissioned after the success of Tutti Frutti)
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Love 'Perfect' and some of Eddi's solo stuff too, notably 'Dear John' which is a lovely cover of a Kirsty MacColl song (co-wrote with Mark Nevin- part of Fairground Attraction) I even thing the cover is better:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5RQefyJLs |
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