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Smile...It Confuses People

~ Sandi Thom
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  • Audio CD (5 Jun 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: RCA
  • ASIN: B000FGFTSW
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,110 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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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



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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)'.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Promised lots - delivered little, 16 Jun 2006
By Mr. G. P. Nixon "G P Nixon" (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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I, too, saw Sandi Thom's TOTP performance of "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker..." and thought: "My! A decent new artist at last!" So I bought the album when it came out - most unlike me; I usually listen to them first in HMV.

The opening track was quite reasonable (despite starting like it was a rip-off of one of K T Tunstall's tracks from "Eye to the Telescope"). Then we get the single ("I Wish I Was &c.") - all still good.

Sadly, from that point onwards the album descended into pop mediocrity. Tight musicianship and well-produced, but boring. I was very disappointed, and annoyed I had been suckered by the media hype. The album, folks, is distinctly average and unremarkable - industry pop, and nothing at all in the vein of "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker...", which is the best track by a country mile.

Trust me - I've given this album a lot of my time, and several airings. My opinion hasn't changed. If you like bland average pop, buy it. If it's something special you're looking for, avoid this album.

In fact, buy something recorded in '77 or '69 instead.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Something both punks and hippies will loathe, 3 Jul 2006
Sandi sings "I wish I was a punk rocker...", which amuses me. Punk showed us that if a shambolic collection of amateurs who can barely play their instruments can get into the charts then any of us can do it. While I don't doubt that Thom knows her way around a guitar, what she can't do is write a decent song. If you do want to buy this album, I advise you not to read the lyrics, since they're the sort of thing a 12 year old would write in a school english assignment. Actually, I take that back as it's an insult to the intelligence of every 12 year old I know.

Several adjectives spring to mind. "Trite" is one. "Shallow" is another... "Vacuous"... "Drivel". I could go on. The problem with Sandi is that she wants to be a serious musician, but she has nothing worthwhile to say in any of her songs. Her stab at environmental awareness in the first track "When Horsepower Meant What it Said" is particularly laughable and sadly it gets worse from then on in.

Even the album title makes me cringe. That's the first time I've ever heard an record named after a car bumper sticker. Apart from the 1967 Rolling Stones album "My Other Car is a Porsche", that is...

If you like Katie Tunstall and all the other current crop of pseudo serious cod-rockers then you'll lap this up. If you can see through the latest media bandwagon then I advise you to save your money.
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars This album is not that bad at all, 30 Aug 2006
By Suzianny (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Some of the reviews below I think are unfair. This album is fun, it has some nice tracks and Sandi Thom can clearly belt out a good song. My only complaint is that it does only have ten tracks though so it could have been a bit longer. I would also agree that the band could show off a bit more and do some solo's or even Sandi herself could when she is playing an instrument. Still not a bad album, give it a chance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars :)
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. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Hazel

5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ms. S. R. Long

4.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by apostrophes&arcadefire

5.0 out of 5 stars my favourite album bar none
i bought this album back when "i wish i was a punk rocker" was first released, after only hearing the song once. Read more
Published on 1 May 2007 by Nic B

4.0 out of 5 stars For the songs
I accidently heard the song 'what if I'm wrong' last week. I don't listen to the radio myself but I was in a friend's car, they had the radio on, I heard it, I bought the album... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2006 by Edinburger

5.0 out of 5 stars wow!!
When i first heard Sandi Thom, i absolutely hated her. With a few listens to the huge #1 I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker, i was beginning to soften to her. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2006 by Stutones

1.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmmm... a sham methinks
Considering the media attention given to this lass when the single 'I wish I was a blah blah blah', and how she'd broadcast from her bedroom because she was too poor to go on the... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2006 by S. F. Green

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter utter rubbish
What are you thinking? Do not, I mean do not but it. This the sound of cluelessness. Buy tapestry by Carol King instead. Because that's like this record, but good. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2006 by Mr. Bj Chambers

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
i have a large collection of songs, but the one thing that is always true about most singers for me is that the other singles that they make there not as good, Sandi, well she is... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2006 by J. Curry

4.0 out of 5 stars great debut
I like this album. Sandi's got a great pop voice and she uses it well. The tunes are generally catchy and punchy which is a safe bet for a first album - save the soul searching... Read more
Published on 31 Jul 2006 by Mr. Dj Clarke

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