Burning Dorothy

Burning Dorothy
Studio album by Thea Gilmore
Released	November 1998
Genre	Rock, folk
Length	45:22
Label	Shameless
Producer	Nigel Stonier, Mark Tucker
Thea Gilmore chronology

Last updated March 17, 2019

Burning Dorothy is the first album by the English singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore. It was released in November 1998 when she was 18, after she was discovered while doing work experience at Woodworm Studios.

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

Thea Eve Gilmore is an English singer-songwriter. She began her career working in a recording studio, where she was discovered by her now long-time collaborator, producer and sometime co-songwriter Nigel Stonier, whom she married in October 2005.

Reception

A review in Mojo said, "...there’s plenty of feisty attitude, barbed one-liners, edgy rock arrangements and hollering affirmations of strident independence. ‘Pontiac to Homegirl’ reveals a writer of intriguing mystique and depth, while Militia Sister (‘Just because I bleed seems to make me family, I don’t wanna be your militia sister’) is an oddly moving statement of post-feminist intent. And ‘Bad Ideas’, both funny and potent, is so good it’s scary...(There is a) freedom of spirit, remorselessly fierce air of truth and bold range of emotions and musical explosions..."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Thea Gilmore.

"Sugar" – 3:39
"Get Out" – 3:17
"People Like You" – 3:19
"Pontiac to Home Girl" – 4:32
"Not so Clever Now" – 3:41
"Instead of the Saints" – 3:36
"Militia Sister" – 3:18
"Throwing In" – 3:44
"Bad Idea" – 4:14
"Into the Blue" – 12:02

"Into the Blue" plays about 3:57 minutes, but contains a hidden bonus track called "One Last Fight", starting after five minutes of silence at about 8:56 minutes.

Personnel

Thea Gilmore – vocals, acoustic guitar
Nigel Stonier – producer, programming, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
Mark Tucker – engineer (with exception of track 9), electric guitar, darabuka
Paul Burgess – drums, percussion
Jim Bennion – electric guitar (on tracks 2 and 4)
Mark Walker – engineer on track 9

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar). The sound waves from the strings of an acoustic guitar resonate through the guitar's body, creating sound. This typically involves the use of a sound board and a sound box to strengthen the vibrations of the strings. In standard tuning the guitar's six strings are tuned (low to high) E₂ A₂ D₃ G₃ B₃ E₄.

Nigel Stonier is a UK-based rock, roots and pop producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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References

↑ Colin Irwin, "Thea Gilmore - Burning Dorothy", Mojo, February 1999

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[1] Colin Irwin, "Thea Gilmore - Burning Dorothy", Mojo, February 1999