Sarah Cracknell
Sarah Cracknell | |
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Website | Saint Etienne website |
Sarah Jane Cracknell[2] (born 12 April 1965) is an English singer-songwriter[3] and lead singer of the electronic music band Saint Etienne.
Career
Cracknell's career started with the Windsor-based indie band The Worried Parachutes in 1982.[4] Following the demise of the band she released two solo singles, "Love Is All You Need," and "Coastal Town" in 1987. With friend Mick Bund, she then formed a new band, Prime Time, who released a handful of singles.[4]
Cracknell was one-half of the duo Lovecut DB who released three singles between 1991-1992 including "Heart Spin," "Fingertips" b/w "Live To Breathe," and "Journey To The Centre Of Love."
Saint Etienne was originally to be an indie dance act featuring various vocalists. After Moira Lambert sang on their initial 1990 single "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and Donna Savage was heard on the follow-up single "Kiss and Make Up", Cracknell lent her vocals to "Nothing Can Stop Us"[5] and ended up doing the rest of the singing on their debut album Foxbase Alpha. Cracknell has been Saint Etienne's permanent vocalist since then.
Preceded by the single "Anymore" in 1996, Cracknell released a solo album, Lipslide, in May 1997. Originally released in the UK only by Gut Records, the album featured dance, indie and pop tunes and received good reviews from critics, but was not a big seller (Cracknell has in interviews placed some of the blame on lack of proper promotion by Gut).
Lipslide finally surfaced in the U.S. three years later, when Instinct Records released it in February 2000. With completely different cover art, the original album's track listing was also modified: five tracks were removed and four new songs plus a remix were added. Months later, Instinct released the Kelly's Locker EP, which contained the five tracks originally removed from the UK version of Lipslide, along with two previously unreleased songs and a new remix.[6]
Cracknell was
She recorded a duet of
In December 2007, BBC radio began playing "The Journey Continues" by Mark Brown featuring Cracknell. The song consists of extensive samples from a composition by
Cracknell has collaborated with French pop star
On 21 August 2014, Cherry Red Records announced that it had signed Cracknell to a worldwide deal under which she would release a new solo album. The album, entitled Red Kite, was recorded in December 2014 and released on 15 June 2015. A series of live shows by Cracknell in support the album were planned for the weeks following its release.[7]
Personal life
Cracknell married
Cracknell is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell[citation needed] and actor and singer Julie Samuel (born 1944).[9]
Discography
Sarah Cracknell discography | |
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Studio albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 10 |
The discography consists of two studio albums, two compilations, six solo singles and four singles as a featured artist.
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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UK [10] | ||||||||||||
Lipslide |
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Red Kite
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49 | ||||||||||
Kites |
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"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
Title | Details |
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Kelly's Locker |
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Lipslide – Deluxe Edition |
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Singles
As lead singer
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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UK
[10] | ||||||||||||
1987 | "Love Is All You Need" / "Coastal Town" (7" single) |
— | Non-album singles | |||||||||
"Coastal Town" (12" single) |
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1996 | "Anymore" | 39 | Lipslide | |||||||||
1997 | "Goldie" | — | ||||||||||
"Desert Baby" | — | |||||||||||
2015 | "Nothing Left To Talk About" (featuring Nicky Wire) |
— | Red Kite | |||||||||
2015 | "Take the Silver" | — | Red Kite | |||||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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UK
[10] | ||||||||||||
1996 | "Gone" (David Holmes featuring Sarah Cracknell) |
75 | This Film's Crap Let's Slash the Seats | |||||||||
2003 | "Sunset Spirals" (Xploding Plastix featuring Sarah Cracknell) |
— | The Donca Matic Singalongs | |||||||||
2007 | "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" (Marc Almond featuring Sarah Cracknell) |
— | Stardom Road | |||||||||
"The Journey Continues" (Mark Brown featuring Sarah Cracknell) |
11 | Non-album single | ||||||||||
"Growth of Raindrops"
(Warm Digits feat. Sarah Cracknell) |
— | Wireless World | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Guest appearances
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Release |
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"I Fell in Love with a Stranger" | unknown | Inter Nation featuring Sarah Jane | I Fell in Love with a Stranger (promo single) |
"Fingertips" | 1991 | LoveCUT>>DB* featuring Sarah Jane | Fingertips / Live To Breathe (single) |
"Supermarket" | 1992 | Supermarket (aka Denim) | We Are Icerink (compilation) |
"Worthless" | 1993 | Mexico 70 | Worthless/ Heaven in Your Eyes (double 'a' side single) |
"Les Passagers" | 1996 | Étienne Daho | Eden (album) |
"Tokyo to London" | 1997 | Hideki Kaji | Mini Skirt (album) |
"The Man I Love" | 1998 | Kid Loco | Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove (compilation album) |
"Week-end à Rome" | Étienne Daho | Singles (compilation album) | |
"Kissing Things" | 1999 | The 6ths | Hyacinths & Thistles (album) |
"Elysium" | Madness | Wonderful (album) | |
"Tomorrow's Girl" | 2002 | Funky Monkey | Join Us in Tomorrow (album) |
"You Just Won Me Over" | Cheapglue | You Just Won Me Over (EP) | |
"The Last Weekend" | 2015 | Akasha | Hail The Sun (album) |
"We Look at the Stars" | 2016 | Lisbon Kid | We Look at the Stars (digital release) |
"Growth of Raindrops" | 2017 | Warm Digits | Growth of Raindrops (single) |
"Do You Like My New Hair?" | 2020 | The Pre New | Do You Like My New Hair? / In The Perfect Place (EP) |
References
- ISBN 9780753504277.
- ^ "I CLOSE MY EYES". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Cracknell – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Saint Etienne – Interview". Pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Nothing Can Stop Us". Last FM. 21 November 2022.
- ^ Goula, Steve (April 2000). A saint's holiday Saint Etienne's Sarah Cracknell takes a solo spin. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
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- ^ "Birth, marriage and death records 1837 – 2006: Search on findmypast". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ The Footage Detectives, Taking Pictures TV, 25 December 2022
- ^ a b c Peak positions for singles in the United Kingdom:
- For all except noted: "Sarah Cracknell". Official Charts Company.
- For "Gone": Zobbel (16 June 2007). "Chart Log UK". Zobbel. Retrieved 10 September 2008.