Edwyn Collins

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Edwyn Collins (2019)

Edwyn Stephen Collins (born August 23, 1959 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish musician.

biography

In 1976 he founded Nu-Sonics, which were renamed Orange Juice in 1979 . In 1985, the British post-punk band split soon after their critically acclaimed debut album You Can't Hide Your Love Forever , prompting Collins to embark on a solo career.

In the early 1980s, Collins and his band Orange Juice were looking for the perfect pop song. He succeeded in realizing this ideal in many cases, for example with Rip it Up and Start Again , the title of which Simon Reynolds borrowed for his famous post-punk book.

In the summer of 1995, Collins landed his biggest hit with A Girl Like You , which reached number 4 in Great Britain and number 3 in Germany. In 2003 this song was also part of the soundtrack for the film Charlie's Angels - Full Power .

In a radio interview on February 18, 2005, Collins complained of malaise, but attributed his nausea and dizziness to food poisoning. Two days later he was taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London after suffering a stroke . On February 25th of that year he underwent an operation followed by rehabilitation after a second stroke.

In 2010 he released Losing Sleep, the first album that was completely recorded after his stroke and the subsequent operation. Collins recorded the 2007 album Home Again before his stroke, but only had it mixed completely afterwards. On Losing Sleep , Collins is accompanied by numerous guest musicians, including Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ) and Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy from Franz Ferdinand . The title song Losing Sleep was not only released from the album as the first single , it was also distributed as free mp3 via NME .

Collins lives with longtime partner Grace Maxwell, who is also his manager. The couple have one son and live in Helmsdale , where they run the Clashnarrow Studio, where he recorded his 2019 album Badbea.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1995 Gorgeous George DE7 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT24 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH35 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK8th
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		US183 (4 weeks)
US
1997 Im Not Following You - - - UK55 (1 week)
UK 		-
2007 Home Again - - - UK90 (1 week)
UK 		-
2010 Losing sleep - - - UK54 (1 week)
UK 		-
2013 Understated - - - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		-

More albums

  • 1989: Hope and Despair
  • 1990: Hellbent on Compromise
  • 2002: Doctor Syntax
  • 2014: Studio Live Session Liechtenstein
  • 2019: Badbea

Compilations

  • 1990: Hope and Despair / Hellbent on Compromise (2 CDs)
  • 1994: The Black Sessions (Promo, with The Catchers)
  • 2002: A Casual Introduction 1981/2001 (with Orange Juice )
  • 2012: Tape Box (box with 6 vinyl singles)
  • 2013: AED Bonus Track CD (4 tracks, live at Bloomsbury Ballroom, November 2009)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1984 Pale blue eyes
 - - - UK72 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
with Paul Quinn
Expressly EP
 - - - UK42 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
1995 A Girl Like You
Gorgeous George 		DE3
gold
gold

(25 weeks)DE 		AT7 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH9 (22 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
silver
silver

(17 weeks)UK 		US32 (9 weeks)
US
If You Could Love Me
Gorgeous George 		DE87 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
1996 Keep On Burning
I'm Not Following You 		- - - UK45 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1997 The Magic Piper (Of Love)
I'm Not Following You 		- - - UK32 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Adidas World
I'm Not Following You 		- - - UK71 (1 week)
UK 		-

More singles

  • 1987: My Beloved Girl
  • 1987: Don't Shilly Shally
  • 1989: 50 Shades of Blue
  • 1989: Coffee Table Song
  • 1994: Low Expectations
  • 1995: Make Me Feel Again
  • 1997: No One Waved Goodbye
  • 1997: Adidas World (Promo, EP)
  • 1997: I Hear a New World (Remixed) (2 vinyl maxis, White Label )
  • 2001: Message for Jojo ( Bernard & Edwyn)
  • 2001: The Beatle $
  • 2002: Johnny Teardrop
  • 2004: Mr. Freedom ( Gabin feat. Edwyn Collins)
  • 2007: You'll Never Know (My Love)
  • 2008: Home Again
  • 2010: Do It Again
  • 2010: Losing Sleep
  • 2011: In Your Eyes (with The Drums )
  • 2013: What Are You Doing, Fool? / Untitled Melody (with The Heartbreaks)

Awards

  • RSH gold
    • 1996: in the category "Airplay Hit of the Year" ( A Girl Like You )

Trivia

There is a persistent discourse on the Internet about whether the song A Girl Like You , whose sound could be confused with a song by Iggy Pop , is a cover of a song by Iggy Pop, or whether Iggy Pop is A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins would have covered. Another variation is that Collins wrote the song as a tribute to Iggy Pop.

swell

  1. ↑ NME: 'Losing Sleep' - Free MP3
  2. ^ Euan Ferguson: Edwyn Collins: 'I couldn't really talk. The words I could say were . In: The Observer . September 28, 2014, ISSN  0029-7712 ( theguardian.com [accessed May 26, 2019]).
  3. ^ Scottish Construction Now: AED delivers new Highland studios for Edwyn Collins. Retrieved May 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Bruno Jaschke: The melodic grandeur of Edwyn Collins. Retrieved May 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles / Albums / Billboard 200
  6. ↑ Gold / platinum databases: DE UK
  7. ↑ RSH Gold Award 1996
  8. ↑ onehitwondercentral.com, Subject: Never met a girl like you before?
  9. ↑ onehitwondercentral.com, Subject: Never met a girl like you before?
  10. ↑ songfacts.com songfacts.com, A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins

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personal data
SURNAME Collins, Edwyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Collins, Edwyn Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish musician
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh