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Tracey Thorn describes her relationship with fellow Everything But the Girl star Ben Watt.

Singer Tracey Thorn's memoir goes on to describe her 30-year relationship with fellow Everything But the Girl star Ben Watt. Written and read by Tracey Thorn. From March 2013.

Written and read by Tracey Thorn.

In October 1981, on her first day at Hull University when she was 18 years old, Tracey Thorn answered a public address announcement calling her to reception. The boy who put the call out for her was Ben Watt, and it marked the start of a personal and professional relationship - as pop duo Everything But The Girl - that has spanned over thirty years. She has experienced the highs of stardom and been dropped by her record company. She has spent a career struggling with the challenge of combining artistic integrity, personal politics and feminism with the music industry hunger for chart success.

Tracey Thorn's memoir takes us back to her musical awakening in the 70s documented in her earliest teenage diaries - the thrill of punk, juggling school homework with interviews with the NME as part of all-girl group The Marine Girls and the DIY indie music scene of the late 1970s.

Abridged by Alison Joseph
Produced by Allegra McIlroy.

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Singer Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl charts her personal and musical journey

Singer Tracey Thorn's memoir takes in teenage diaries and punk, the resilience of her 30-year relationship with Ben Watt, pop star success, and giving it all up for motherhood

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