Candyfloss and Medicine explained

Candyfloss and Medicine
Type:Album
Artist:Eddi Reader
Cover:Candyfloss and Medicine-cover.jpg
Released:UK: 8 July 1996
Japan: 25 July 1996
US: 5 July 1997
Studio:
  • The Snake Ranch, London
  • Eden Studios, London
Genre:Pop
Length:45:10
Label:Blanco y Negro
Producer:Eddi Reader
Teddy Borowiecki
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Candyfloss and Medicine is the third studio album by Eddi Reader released in the UK on 8 July 1996, which peaked #24 in the UK charts.

Two singles were released in the UK: "Town Without Pity" and "Medicine" with various additional tracks including two covers from brother Frank's band Trashcan Sinatras: "Earlies" and "Sex Lives" and, nearly a decade before the hugely successful Robert Burns project, "John Anderson My Joe" and "Green Grow the Rashes".

The US release of the album the following year was enhanced by three additional tracks: "Sugar on the Pill", "If You Got a Minute, Baby" and "Shall I Be Mother?" which featured ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. The UK single "Town Without Pity" was dropped for this version.

Track listing

UK release

  1. "Glasgow Star" (Reader, Borowiecki) – 4:51
  2. "Town Without Pity" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 2:49
  3. "Medicine" (Reader, Borowiecki, Hewerdine) – 4:12
  4. "Rebel Angel" (Reader, Neill MacColl, Calum MacColl, Roy Dodds) – 4:43
  5. "Semi Precious" (Reader, Borowiecki, Hewerdine) – 3:21
  6. "Lazy Heart" (Reader, Hewerdine) – 5:25
  7. "I Loved a Lad" (Traditional; arranged by Reader) – 5:01
  8. "Butterfly Jar" (Reader, Hewerdine, Calum MacColl) – 5:33
  9. "Candyfloss" (Hewerdine, Reader) – 3:23
  10. "Darkhouse" (Reader, Calum MacColl) – 5:30

US release

  1. "Glasgow Star"
  2. "Candyfloss"
  3. "Rebel Angel"
  4. "Sugar on the Pill"
  5. "Semi Precious"
  6. "Medicine"
  7. "If You Got a Minute, Baby"
  8. "Lazy Heart"
  9. "Shall I Be Mother?"
  10. "Butterfly Jar"
  11. "I Loved a Lad"
  12. "Darkhouse"

Personnel

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