Tracey Thorn

'Out of the Woods'

Electro-soul singer sparkles on overdue second album.

Spin Rating8 of 10

The haunting voice of Everything but the Girl, Tracey Thorn hasn't made a solo album since 1982. So you can't really blame her for failing to stay with a single style on Out of the Woods, which features a folky acoustic ballad, some retro-techno dance pop, a handful of moody trip-hop lullabies, and one gorgeous, flute-kissed torch song ("Nowhere Near") that sounds like what Dido dreams about at night. Call it 'Everything About the Girl.'

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1 Van Halen 'A Different Kind of Truth'
2 Lana Del Rey 'Born to Die'
3 Cloud Nothings 'Attack on Memory'
4 Kathleen Edwards 'Voyageur'
5 Himanshu 'Nehru Jackets'
6 The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'
7 Of Montreal 'Paralytic Stalks'
8 Leonard Cohen 'Old Ideas'
9 Imperial Teen 'Feel the Sound'
10 Skrillex 'Bangarang'

1 Cloud Nothings 'Attack on Memory'
2 Cloud Nothings 'Attack on Memory'
3 Kathleen Edwards 'Voyageur'
4 The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'
5 The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'
6 Leonard Cohen 'Old Ideas'
7 Escort 'Escort'
8 Escort 'Escort'
9 Escort 'Escort'
10 Himanshu 'Nehru Jackets'

Tracey Thorn

'Out of the Woods'

The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'

Of Montreal 'Paralytic Stalks'

Van Halen 'A Different Kind of Truth'

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