Number One (Racine album)

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Number One
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Studio album by
Racine
Released28 September 2004
Genre Indie rock, electronic, pop rock, minimalistic
Length43:20
Label Pia-K Recordings
Producer Wendy James
Racine chronology
Number One
(2004)		 Racine 2
(2007)
Singles from Number One
  1. "Grease Monkey"
    Released: March 2005

Number One is the first album released by indie rock band Racine. The band was fronted by Wendy James, who was notable for previously being the lead singer of the late 1980s pop/rock band Transvision Vamp.

After the disbandment of Transvision Vamp in the early 1990s, Wendy James ventured into a short lived solo career, culminating in the release of her debut album Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears in 1993. The album met with limited commercial success and James dropped out of the music scene until re-establishing herself as an independent artist with new band Racine. The band, fronted and nurtured by James, also consisted of Singh Birdsong on guitar and Ray Sullivan on drums. [1]

Number One was released in late September 2004 and provided Wendy James with her first music release in over a decade. A single, "Grease Monkey", was released soon after.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Wendy James [2] [3]

  1. "The Man" – 3:44
  2. "Grease Monkey" – 2:59
  3. "Princess Patience Blues" – 3:20
  4. "Hip Hop 136" – 3:39
  5. "W13th" – 4:45
  6. "Blonde Mink Mimi" – 4:32
  7. "Heavy Metal Dude" – 5:14
  8. "That's the Breaks, Junior" – 3:36
  9. "Cakewalk" – 4:20
  10. "Life Goes On" – 4:42
  11. "Deluxe" – 4:29

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References

  1. ↑ "Racine (Wendy James)". // Drowned in Sound. 17 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. ↑ PussyRock fanzine (19 April 2010). "Pussyrock: Review. Racine – Number One". Pussyrockfanzine.blogspot.com. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Racine – Number One (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
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