[2019-11-01] Tanita Tikaram "To Drink The Rainbow: An Anthology 1988-2019" (Needle Mythology UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:34 am

Description
Tanita Tikaram celebrates her 50th Birthday with the release of a brand new collection of 14 songs spanning over thirty years and nine albums.

To Drink The Rainbow is the third release on Needle Mythology – the label co-founded by record collector, music writer and broadcaster Pete Paphides. Of the release, Pete says, “Tanita is best-known for Twist In My Sobriety, but in the ensuing decades, she’s amassed an incredible body of work. As she’s matured, her curiosity and enthusiasm have helped shape a very different artist to the teenage Virginia Woolf obsessive a lot of people remember from those early Top of the Pops appearances. No-one else sounds like her; and when it comes to direct, emotionally disarming melodies, she’s one of my all-time favourites.”

Tanita collaborated closely on the selection of songs for the album, providing notes for each. Standouts include 'Only The Ones We Love', featuring beautiful harmonies from Jennifer Warnes, who reached out to Tanita after hearing her multi-million selling debut album Ancient Heart; the startlingly raw intimacies of 'My Love' and the title track, of which she says, “There’s a scene Fantasia where the cherubs drink the rainbow. The symbolism of the rainbow touches on a lot of different things that are close to me.”

The CD also features two extra tracks: an acoustic version of 'Ancient Heart', and a previously unreleased early version of 'Glass Love Train'.

Tracklist
1. My Love
2. Play Me Again
3. Cool Waters
4. Only The Ones We Love
5. Trouble
6. I Think Of You - E Penso A Te
7. The Way You Move
8. Love Is Just A Word
9. Amore Si
10. To Drink The Rainbow (acoustic)
11. Can't Go Back
12. Every Day Is New
Bonus Tracks:
13. Glass Love Train (L.A. version)
14. Valentine Heart (acoustic)

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGJJGJC/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WGJJGJC/?tag=imwan-21

Rick Peterson · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 388

Bizarre that an anthology would leave off "Twist in My Sobriety".

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

Rick Peterson wrote:

Bizarre that an anthology would leave off "Twist in My Sobriety".

i read over the song list three times, literally, three times thinking i missed that song.

she had 2 songs that cracked the top 30 in the UK and neither one of them is on this.

'ancient heart' is one here twice and it was never released as a single (according to wikipedia)

so bizarre, so bizarre.

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3845

Rick Peterson wrote:

Bizarre that an anthology would leave off "Twist in My Sobriety".

Another omission is "Good Tradition" which charted higher in the UK (at no. 10) than "Twist In My Sobriety". I remember "Good Tradition" as much as I do "Twist in My Sobriety". Another memorable track is "Cathedral" which was also a single in the UK. Apparently this is a poorly titled compilation of her work after "Ancient Heart". Maybe they should have just titled it "To Drink The Rainbow 1988-2019"

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:53 am

The release date is listed as having been pushed back to November 1st in its native UK, but Amazon USA already has the CD in stock:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGJJGJC/?tag=imwan-20

[2019-11-01] Tanita Tikaram "To Drink The Rainbow: An Anthology 1988-2019" (Needle Mythology UK)

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