Product Description

Debut album from young Scottish singer-songwriter, who allegedly landed a deal with RCA after webcasting gigs to tens of thousands of net users from her Tooting basement. This is a solid set of summery, acoustic adult pop, heavily influenced, like Thom's contemporary KT Tunstall, by female folk androck artists of the 60s and 70s. Includes the no.2 single 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)'.

Track Listing

1. When Horsepower Meant What It Said
2. I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
3. Lonely Girl
4. Sunset Borderline
5. Little Remedy
6. Castles
7. What If I'm Right
8. Superman
9. Human Jukebox
10. Time
11. Time

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1457 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-05
• Number of discs: 1

From the Label
The girl that webcast from her basement in Tooting to thousands of people across the globe now releases her debut single `I wish I was a punk rocker (with flowers in my hair)'. Too broke to go on the road, 24 year old singer/songwriter Sandi Thom decided to set up a webcam in her South London flat and staged a three week world tour from the basement. She spread the word about the `21 Nights from Tooting' tour via Myspace.com and her own site, inviting fans to watch the tour live on the web or in person at the very modest underground venue of her basement. Pulling in an audience of 70 on the first night, news of the gigs spread like wildfire on the internet and by the end of the `tour' she had 100,000 web viewers from as far afield as Russia, the USA and Pakistan.

Drawing on a musical palette that varies from Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley through Carole King and Stevie Nicks to Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, Sandi Thom joins the dots between black and white music. The album Smile… It Confuses People seamlessly blends folk and soul strains and influences

Customer Reviews

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I heard this on a myspace profile, and fell in love with the songs at once. She just has a simply amazing voice, and one that you don't get bored of. This CD is just so warm and happy. It makes me smile :)

What's Not To Like?
This album is lovely, nice mix of lively and slower songs, and Sandi has an amazing voice. What If I'm Right is my favourite personally as I think is the same for many people.

I know people got fed up when her song was played ALL the time but really thats not her fault thats the DJ of the radio station. And as for people dissing the whole "webcam and bedroom" malarkey - why don't you go and try the same thing and come up with a successful number one single and a great album.... its probably much harder than you think.

Love this album, buy it - tis a treat for your ears!!!

lovely
Sandi could quite easily be a sell out. There are whiffs of it everywhere, from the small card inside offering to send me information on all my favourite artists, to the sticker on the front saying 'the girl who broadcast to the world from her tooting basement' (and Tooting has no capital letter) but the actual music is really, really, really good. Relaxing, bluesy tunes and brilliant lyrics - particularly What If I'm Right? which is one of my favourite songs ever. And they may be pop songs, but sometimes there's nothing wrong with that!