''Number One'' is the first album released by indie rock band
Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditio ...
. The band was fronted by
Wendy James
Wendy James (born 21 January 1966) is an English singer-songwriter most notable for her work with the pop band Transvision Vamp.
Transvision Vamp
Born in London to Norwegian parents, James was adopted soon after birth. She left home at the a ...
, who was notable for previously being the lead singer of the late 1980s pop/rock band
Transvision Vamp
Transvision Vamp were an English pop rock band. Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James, the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s, particularly in 1989. James, the lead singer and focal-point of the group, attracted medi ...
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After the disbandment of Transvision Vamp in the early 1990s, Wendy James ventured into a short lived solo career, culminating in the release of her debut album ''
Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears
''Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears'' is the debut solo album by English singer-songwriter and Transvision Vamp vocalist Wendy James, released on 8 March 1993 by MCA Records.
Background
The album was conceived after Wendy James had a chance ...
'' in 1993. The album met with limited commercial success and James dropped out of the music scene until re-establishing herself as an independent artist with new band Racine. The band, fronted and nurtured by James, also consisted of Singh Birdsong on guitar and Ray Sullivan on drums.
''Number One'' was released in late September 2004 and provided Wendy James with her first music release in over a decade. A single, "Grease Monkey", was released soon after.
Track listing
All songs written and produced by Wendy James
# "The Man" – 3:44
# "Grease Monkey" – 2:59
# "Princess Patience Blues" – 3:20
# "Hip Hop 136" – 3:39
# "W13th" – 4:45
# "Blonde Mink Mimi" – 4:32
# "Heavy Metal Dude" – 5:14
# "That's the Breaks, Junior" – 3:36
# "Cakewalk" – 4:20
# "Life Goes On" – 4:42
# "Deluxe" – 4:29
References
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2004 debut albums