Martina Topley-Bird

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Martina Topley-Bird is a vocalist from Shepherds Bush West London, United Kingdom, who first gained fame as the female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky’s — real name Adrian Thaws — debut album, Maxinquaye, (a printing error credited her as “Martine”). She continued her collaboration with Tricky on his follow-up album Pre-Millennium Tension as well as his Nearly God side-project. Topley-Bird had a child, Maisie, with Thaws.

In 1998, following a falling-out of her professional and personal relationship with Tricky, Topley-Bird began pursuing a solo career; however, it was not until 2003 that she released her debut solo album, Quixotic, on Independiente Records. (Tricky appears on one track,

Ragga, as producer and guest vocalist.) Upon its release, Quixotic received rave reviews from critics, and was a finalist for the 2003 Mercury Music Prize.

Need One,

Anything,

I Still Feel and

Soul Food were released as singles in the UK. In Brazil, the song

Lullaby was used in the campaign for the juice powder Clight. The song

Sandpaper Kisses is featured on the soundtrack of the video game Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in the United States).

The album finally saw a release, of sorts, in the United States in July 2004 when the Palme Pictures label released a “re-designed and re-sequenced” version with a new title (Anything), a trimmed-down tracklisting and all-new cover art.

1	Poison full track	990
2	Carnies full track	755
3	Sandpaper Kisses full track	711
4	Baby Blue full track	606
5	Phoenix full track	535
6	Need One full track	509
7	April Grove full track	501
8	Something To Say full track	494
9	Valentine full track	486
9	I Still Feel full track	486
11	Shangri La full track	477
12	Anything full track	470
13	Intro full track	459
14	Razor Tongue full track	446
15	Ragga full track	445

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grungegirl27 wrote:
yesterday morning

Her voice is fantastic. Love her :)

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evolovevolve wrote:
Tuesday evening

it's funny to hear ppl say someone 'sucks live'... how live have you been as of late?

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evolovevolve wrote:
Tuesday evening

xxxy muse

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vsehnahposlav wrote:
Tuesday evening

Sandpaper Kisses is a part of the soundtrack to the game "Fahrenheit", absolutely amazing track!

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LuckyPhilippe wrote:
13 days ago

A Paris Plage ! offered ! mercredi ?! et moi qui ne l'ait découverte (Carnies ; somptueux) que ce soir ! aïe ! je souffre !! la vie est trop injuste ! quand revient-elle ? qui vient à Paris-Plage que je devrais connaître et qui ne s'appelle pas Bertrand de l'Arche de Noé ?

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hanaofangel wrote:
16 days ago

yes yes yeeeeees :) she offered us a great moment in live @ paris-plage !

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Analysis_PL wrote:
19 days ago

Baby Blue will be the enxt single - it seems so after posting a cover of it on Martina's site:)

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ninastardust wrote:
22 days ago

FANTASTIC new record ;)

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mycoderma_aceti wrote:
26 days ago

indeed!...simple, warm, friendly...amazing voice!...

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prnstrken wrote:
28 days ago

cool performance in the opening to the massive Massive Attack concert in Bucuresti

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freakyy_87 wrote:
29 days ago

Love the new cd!

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thisismenow wrote:
last month

It doesn't seem to be everyon else's favorite, but I love Days of a gun/days of the gun.

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m_girl wrote:
last month

Wow, she was great at Open'er in Poland. Those who didn't watch her show should regret it:) I know people were watching Goldfrapp and Massive Attack - I'm not surprised. However, I chose Martina and that was a good decision. She sounded great and looked perfectly (like some kind of a princess). I will always remember that concert;]

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aermancer wrote:
last month

Everyone who likes Martina should get Leila Arab's new EP or LP, she's on a track on each of them, they're both fantastic. Deflect is possibly the best MTB song ever.

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surfer2204 wrote:
last month

Nice performance on Opener, but sth was wrong with the sound (Too much low tones)

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destricted wrote:
last month

For those who want the video version of anything, see here: http://www.johntp.com/2007/04/12/how-to-extract-audio-from-youtube-videos/ :)

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aernoutalkemade wrote:
June 2008

Wow, she really sucks live! I like the CD's.

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Analysis_PL wrote:
June 2008

I'm angry and sad, cos I can't be at Open'er:( But hope everybody who'll see Martina there will enjoy her performance!

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Nuria_Monfort wrote:
June 2008

She will be also in Poland at Opener Festival :) (4-6 July)

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theberen wrote:
June 2008

I really need the version of Anything that's on here. It's so much better than the one Quixotic. Where can I find it? I've tried amazon, ebay... everywhere I can think of!

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