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The Stiff Years

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Kirsty Maccoll

 
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Sugary pop hooks cover the bitter taste of heartbreak.

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    MacColl, who was killed in a tragic seaside accident in 2000, was a tremendously gifted singer and songwriter. Arriving at Stiff in 1979 as the teenaged daughter of folksinger Ewan MacColl, she put gorgeous harmonies on pure-pop originals like "They Don't Know" and "You Caught Me Out" as well as covers like Billy Bragg's once-sparse "A New England." She also had a knack for countrified rockers like "Turn My Motor On" and (not included here) "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis." This online web-only compilation does boast the double-length 12-inch mix of "A New England" as well as two fine singles, "Terry" and "He's on the Beach," and a couple of B-sides.

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