Bill Pritchard is a British singer-songwriter, instrumentalist (guitars, keyboards), musical arranger and producer. Despite being little known in his native country he has achieved considerable recognition in France and elsewhere.

Biography

Pritchard was born in

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, Staffordshire.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 464 His eponymous debut album was released in 1987 on the Third Mind label, with a second following in 1988. He then signed to Belgian label

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, his first release for them a split album with

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. In 1989 he released ''Three Months, Three Weeks and Two Days'', produced by

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, which was popular in the US after exposure from MTV for the single "Tommy & Co", which featured backing vocals from

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, retrieved 15 January 2011 His 1991 album ''Jolie'' was produced by

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, and gave him a breakthrough in Japan and Canada. In 1995 he formed the band Beatitude, releasing the single "Baby in Brylcreem". He made his first come-back in 2005 with the album "By Paris, by taxi, by accident" produced and performed by French producer Thomas Deligny and released by Universal/AZ. Bill did a tour in France that did end up at the Olympia as opening band of Daniel Darc's concert. Bill has recently signed a record deal with Tapete Records and will be releasing a new album called "A Trip To The Coast" in the spring of 2014, produced by longtime collaborator Tim Bradshaw.

Discography

Albums

* ''Bill Pritchard'' (1987), Third Mind * ''Half A Million'' (1988), Third Mind * ''Parce Que'' (1988), PIAS – concept album with

* ''Three Months, Three Weeks & Two Days'' (1989), PIAS * ''Jolie'' (1991), PIAS * ''Happiness And Other Crimes'' (1998), Ncompass – reissued in 2009 with bonus CD * ''By Paris, By Taxi, By Accident'' (2005), AZ/Universal Music * ''Trip To the Coast'' (2014), Tapete Records * ''Mother Town Hall'' (2016), Tapete Records * ''Midland Lullabies'' (2019), Tapete Records * ''Rendez-vous Streets – Pritchard et Lo'' (2019), Water Music

Compilation albums

*''Death of Bill Posters'' (1988), Third Mind – compilation of ''Bill Pritchard'' and ''Half A Million''

Singles

* "Pas de Plaisanterie" (1988), Third Mind * "Tommy & Co" (1989), PIAS * "Invisible State" (1989), PIAS * "Invisible State" EP (1989), I.R.S. * "Romance Sans Parole" (1989), PIAS * "In The Summer" (1991), PIAS * "Number Five" (1991), PIAS * "I'm In Love Forever" (1991), PIAS * "Sweethearts" (1991), Fnac * "Baby in Brylcreem" (1995), Tora! – with Beatitude * "Every Loser In London" (1998), Ncompass * "By Paris, by taxi, by accident" (2005), Universal *"Trentham" (2014) Tapete Records *"Yeah Yeah Girl" (2014) Tapete Records

Compilation appearances

* ''Future Tense'' (1986), Third Mind: "Grey Parade", "Cecile", "The Invisible State", "Springtime In Prague" * ''Un printemps 89'' (1989), Les Inrockuptibles: "Sometimes" (with Étienne Daho) * ''I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen'' (1991), Atlantic: " I'm Your Man" * ''L'équipe à Jojo'' (The songs of

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) (1993), Le Village Vert: " La Fleur Aux Dents" * ''The Great Lawnmower Conspiracy'' (1997), Ncompass * ''A Tribute to Polnareff'' (tribute to

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) (1999), XIII Bis/EMI: "Je Suis Un Homme"

Guest appearances

* Concorde Music Club – ''Stereo-Fictions'' (2002), Soyuz: vocals on "In The Past" * Concorde Music Club – ''Alternative-Fictions'' (remix album of ''Stereo-Fictions'') (2003), Soyuz/Twin Fizz: vocals on "In The Past"

Production

* Stan Cuesta – ''The Interior Journey'' (1993), Music Production

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Bill Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Lichfield English male singer-songwriters Third Mind Records artists