''Women in Technology'' is the second studio album by British recording artist

White Town Jyoti Prakash Mishra (born 30 July 1966), better known by his stage name White Town, is a British-Indian singer and musician. He is best known for his 1997 hit song " Your Woman". Early life Jyoti Prakash Mishra was born in Rourkela on 30 July ...

, released on 25 February 1997. The album is most known for the song "

Your Woman "Your Woman" is a song by British one-man band White Town. It was released in January 1997 as the lead single from the album '' Women in Technology''. It features a muted trumpet line taken from a 1932 recording of " My Woman" by Lew Stone and ...

" which was its only top 40 single. The song received much acclaim and reached #1 in the

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. A second single, released as a

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, was made of "Wanted" and failed to chart anywhere. The album's third single "Undressed" reached 57. The album was recorded entirely at Jyoti Mishra's home studio.

Background

In early 1997, Jyoti Mishra mailed out five copies of his extended play '' >Abort, Retry, Fail?'' to various radio stations. This caused the EP's lead track "

" to receive heavy rotation on stations, resulting in Mishra getting a deal with

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. Through Chrysalis Records, a label owned by EMI, Mishra released the second White Town full-length ''Women In Technology'', which produced three singles: the widely successful "Your Woman", the promo-only "Wanted", and "Undressed". The album was recorded and mixed to cassette tape using a Tascam 688 multitrack recorder.

Reception

Commercial

On the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Album Chart dated March 15, 1997, ''Women in Technology'' debuted at number six. The album eventually reached the top 100 of the

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, thereby becoming ineligible for the Heatseekers chart, and ultimately peaked at number 84 on the Billboard 200 chart dated May 17, 1997.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jyoti Mishra – production, vocals *Ann Pearson – vocals ("Thursday at the Blue Note", "Wanted", and "Once I Flew") *Robert Fleay – guitar ("Undressed", "A Week Next June", Going Nowhere Somehow", and "Once I Flew")

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums White Town albums Electronica albums by British artists