Quixotic (album)

Quixotic (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Quixotic
Type = Album
Artist = Martina Topley-Bird
Caption = Original release cover


Released = July 14 2003
Genre = Trip hop/Electronic/Rock
Length = 50:24
Label = Independiente Records
Producer = Martina Topley-Bird
Amp 9 (Nick Bird, Steve Crittall, Alex McGowan)
David Holmes
Tricky
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kb6wtr3tkl1x "Quixotic" review]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfwxqyaldse "Anything" review]
*Pitchfork Media (5.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22768-martina-topley-bird-quixotic link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/martinatopleybird/albums/album/6187607/review/6383783/anything link]
Last album =
This album = "Quixotic"
(2003)
Next album = "The Blue God"
(2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Quixotic
Type = Album
single 1 = Need One
single 2 = Anything
single 3 = I Still Feel (promo)
single 4 = Soul Food
Extra album cover
Background = lightsteelblue
Upper caption = Alternate cover


Lower caption = "Anything" cover art
Extra album cover
Background = lightsteelblue
Upper caption = Promo covers



Lower caption = Promo
Extra album cover
Background = lightsteelblue
Upper caption =



Lower caption = Six-track promo sampler
Extra album cover
Background = lightsteelblue
Upper caption =



Lower caption = "Anything" promo sampler featuring the "Anything" video

"Quixotic" is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird. The album spans several musical styles including trip-hop, electronic and rock. It was co-written and produced by Topley-Bird and received positive reviews from music critics upon its release. "Quixotic" also includes a collaboration with musician Tricky, with whom Topley-Bird collaborated prior to her solo work.

"Quixotic" was released in the United States one year later, in 2004. Licensed to the Palm Pictures label, the album was retitled "Anything" and the track list was altered — including the omission of three tracks originally found on "Quixotic". Additionally, the "Intro" track was moved to the end of the album and retitled "Outro".

Track listing

"Quixotic"

# "Intro" (Topley-Bird)
# "Need One" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "Anything" (Nick Bird, Steve Crittall)
# "Soul Food" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "Lullaby" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "Too Tough to Die" (Topley-Bird, Holmes)
# "Sandpaper Kisses" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "Ragga" (Topley-Bird, Tricky)
# "Lying" (Topley-Bird)
# "I Wanna Be There" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "I Still Feel" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "Ilya" (Topley-Bird)
# "Stevie's (Day's of a Gun)" (Topley-Bird, Amp 9)
# "Skyscraper" (French bonus track)
# "I Wanna Be There" (Live at Bush Hall) (French bonus track)
# "Too Tough To Die" (Hot To Tape Mix) (French bonus track)

"Anything"

# "Anything"
# "Ragga"
# "Need One"
# "Soul Food"
# "Ilya"
# "I Still Feel"
# "Sandpaper Kisses"
# "Too Tough to Die"
# "Lullaby"
# "Outro"

Guest appearances

* Mark Lanegan performs additional vocals and Josh Homme plays additional guitar on "Need One"
* David Holmes co-wrote and produced "Too Tough to Die" and mixed "I Wanna Be There"
* Tricky produced, co-wrote music/lyrics and his vocals are featured on "Ragga". He also did some producing and additional programming on a few more tracks.
* David Arnold co-produced and arranged strings on "Stevie's (Day's of a Gun)"
* Cath Coffey performed backing vocals on some of the tracks

ingles

* "Need One"
* "Anything"
* "I Still Feel"
* "Soul Food"

Charts

Appearances in media

* "Lullaby" was used in the campaign for juice powder Clight (in Brazil), later used in commercials for Kenzo's fragrance Flower.
* "Sandpaper Kisses" is featured on the soundtrack of the video game "Fahrenheit" (known as "Indigo Prophecy" in the United States).
* "Need One" appears on the "" soundtrack released in 2004.
* "I Only Have Eyes for You" and "Soulfood" (Charles Webster's Banging House Dub) were featured on "The O.C."
* Samples of "Sandpaper Kisses" are prominently featured in Stephen Marley's "You're Gonna Leave" from his 2007 release "Mind Control".

External links

* [http://www.moon-palace.de/martina/solo.html Martina Topley-Bird discography]
* [http://www.martinatopleybird.com/ Official site]

References


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