TRACEY THORN: Record (Caroline International)
Verdict: Bedsit queen rediscovers dance
When Tracey Thorn put her jazz-pop duo Everything But The Girl on hold in 2000, she left music behind to focus on raising a family with musical partner, and later husband, Ben Watt.
The pair went out on a high, too, their careers having been revitalised by an American dance mix of their single Missing. But a sabbatical did little to blunt Thorn’s artistic edge.
The singer, 55, made a low-key comeback with 2007’s Out Of The Woods, and has since recorded three more solo albums and written a memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen, taking inspiration from her life away from the stage.