Blanco The Blanco Y Negro Years
After two albums with Fairground Attraction and a solo album, Eddi Reader signed with Geoff Travis' Blanco y Negro label and recorded the three albums in this box between 1994 and 1998. Collaborating with Fairground Attraction's Mark Nevin and The Bible's Boo Hewerdine on Top 5 album Eddi Reader produced the singles "Patience Of Angels" and "Joke (I'm Laughing)", and won Eddi the 'Best Female Singer' Brit Award for 1994. Candyfloss And Medicine and Angels & Electricity contained songs co-written with keyboard player/co-producer Teddy Borowiecki as well as more songs by Hewerdine. The two bonus CDs contain the many non-album singles b-sides, including covers of songs by Paul Buchanan (of The Blue Nile), Ray Davies, Ivor Cutler and the Trash Can Sinatras, as a well as a collaboration with Jools Holland and his orchestra. The booklet contains all the credits and lyrics, and brand new annotation by Colin Irwin.
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