Eddi Reader solo releases
Fairground Attraction
other lead vocals
other backing vocals
other artists’ leads on Eddi’s releases
Adam (Roy Dodds/Adam Kirk/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 4:33
Ae fond kiss (Robert Burns. arr. Eddi Reader et al.) 6:35
The Afton (Johnny Dillon) 4:37
All or nothing (Eddi Reader) 4:52
Auld lang syne (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader) 4:36
Aye waukin-o (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader/John McCusker/Boo Hewerdine/Ian Carr) 4:04
Barcelona window (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:17
Baron’s heir + Sadenia’s air
(trad., arr. Eddi Reader/John McCusker/Boo Hewerdine/Ian Carr +
John McCusker)
4:25
Battersea moon (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:12
Bell, book and candle (Boo Hewerdine) 4:13
The blacksmith (trad. arr. Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds/Neill MacColl/Phil Steriopulos) 6:13
Blues run the game (Jackson C. Frank) 5:02
Broken vows (Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 5:08
Brose and butter (including Peniston Way instrumental)
(Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader et al. + Michael McGoldrick)
4:02
Butterfly jar (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Calum MacColl) 5:33
California (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:35
The Calton weaver, or, Nancy Whisky
(trad., arr. Eddi Reader)
2:57
Candyfloss (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 3:23
Charlie is my darling (Robert Burns/trad.) 3:22
Cinderella’s downfall (Eddi Reader) 4:17
Clear (Eddi Reader/Calum MacColl/Roy Dodds) 4:39
Comin’ through the rye + Dram behind the curtain
(trad./Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader + Mairearad Green) 2:34
Curragh of Kildare (trad. arr. Eddi Reader) 3:43
Dainty Davie (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader) 5:27
Dandelion (Boo Hewerdine) 3:02
Darkhouse (Eddi Reader/Calum MacColl) 5:30
Dear John (Mark E. Nevin/Kirsty MacColl) 4:10
Dolphins (Fred Neil) 7:06
Dragonflies (Boo Hewerdine) 5:15
[Comin’ through the rye +] Dram behind the curtain
(Robert Burns?/trad. arr. Eddi Reader + Mairearad Green) 2:34
Earlies (Trash Can Sinatras) 4:00
East of us (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:34
Eden (Eddi Reader) 5:03
Everything
(Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Calum MacColl/Roy Dodds)
3:37
The exception (Mark E. Nevin) 4:28
Fallen twice (Jack Maher) 4:10
Follow my tears (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:54
Footsteps fall (Boo Hewerdine/Annette Bjergfeldt) 2:45
Footsteps fall [live, 1998] (Boo Hewerdine/Annette Bjergfeldt) 3:44
Forgive the boy (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:11
Galileo (someone like you)
(Declan O’Rourke)
3:10
The girl who fell in love with the moon (Boo Hewerdine/Jacob Eriksen) 3:19
The girl with the weight of the world in her hands (Emily Saliers) 6:51
Glasgow star (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:51
Go and sit upon the grass (Ivor Cutler) 1:25
Good girl (Eddi Reader) 4:11
Green grow the rashes (Robert Burns/trad. arr. Dougie MacLean) 3:46
Green grow [aka ‘glow’] the rashes o
(Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader) 4:34
Hello in there (John Prine arr. Eddi Reader) 4:51
Holiday (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 2:50
Homesick son (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 2:58
Honeychild (Eddi Reader/Neill MacColl/Roy Dodds/Phil Steriopulos) 5:11
Honeychild [live, 1992] (Eddi Reader/Neill MacColl/Roy Dodds/Phil Steriopulos) 5:31
Howling in Ojai (Eddi Reader/David Piltch/Dean Parks) 1:29
Hummingbird (Boo Hewerdine) 4:35
Hummingbird [live, BBC Scotland TV, 1998] (Boo Hewerdine) 3:38
Hummingbird [live, Cambridge, 1998] (Boo Hewerdine) 4:38 (sic)
I felt a soul move through me (Graham Henderson/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 3:50
I loved a lad (trad. arr. Eddi Reader) 5:01
I wish you were my boyfriend (Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 4:45
I won’t stand in your way (John Douglas) 6:28
If you got a minute, baby (Freddie Garrity) 3:37
In the watershed (Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 6:19
It’s magic (Sammy Cahn/Jule Steyne) 3:37
Jamie come try me (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader et al.) 4:41
John Anderson my jo [Burns album] (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader) 1:52
John Anderson my Joe [sic] [b-side] (Robert Burns) 1:08
Joke (I’m laughing) (Boo Hewerdine) 3:48
Kiteflyer’s Hill (Mark E. Nevin) 6:06
Lazy heart (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 5:25
Leave the light on (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 2:53
Leezie Lindsay
(trad. and Robert Burns/Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine)
4:47
Love is the way (Declan O’Rourke) 4:47
Lucky penny (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 3:30
Mary and the soldier
(trad., arr. Eddi Reader/John McCusker/Boo Hewerdine/Ian Carr)
3:36
Meantime (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Calum MacColl/Roy Dodds) 4:23
Medicine (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki/Boo Hewerdine) 4:12
Muddy water (Boo Hewerdine) 3:35
My love is like a red red rose
(Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader) 3:50
My old friend the blues (Steve Earle) 3:08
My shining star (Sandy Wright) 4:02
Nameless (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:38
Never going back again (Queen of Scots)
(Lindsey Buckingham, words arr. Eddi Reader) 3:14
New pretender (Boo Hewerdine) 2:59
New York city (John Douglas) 5:12
No time (Eddi Reader/Adam Kirk/Roy Dodds) 3:12
Nobody lives without love (Tonio K./Larry Klein) 5:05
Of a’ the airts (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader/Christine Hanson) 4:46
Old soul (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Roy Dodds/Graham Henderson) 5:55
Ole buttermilk sky (Hoagy Carmichael/Jack Brooks) 3:36
On a whim (Ron Sexsmith) 3:09
Ontario (Boo Hewerdine?) m:ss
Over it now (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 3:56
Paper wings (Gillian Welch/David Rawlings) 3:21
Patience of angels (Boo Hewerdine) 4:06
Pay no mind (Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 4:53
Peacetime (Boo Hewerdine) 4:16
Please don’t ask me to dance
(Boo Hewerdine) 3:24
Please don’t ask me to dance [live, Playpen, 1999?]
(Boo Hewerdine) 3:29
Postcard (Eddi Reader/Calum MacColl) 4:04
Prayer wheel (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:45
Prisons (John Douglas) 2:38
Prodigal daughter (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 3:39
Psychic reader (Eddi Reader) 4:13
Rebel angel (Eddi Reader/Neill MacColl/Calum MacColl/Roy Dodds) 4:43
Red face big sky (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:11
The right place (Mark E. Nevin) 4:54
Roses [ltd ed. release] (Eddi Reader/John Douglas) 3:59
Roses [main release] (Eddi Reader/John Douglas) 4:15
Safe as houses (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 3:53
St Christopher (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:14
Sarasota (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 3:22
Saturday night (Paul Buchanan) 4:58
Scarecrow (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Garry Clark) 3:34
Semi precious (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki/Boo Hewerdine) 3:21
Sex lives (Frank Reader/Paul Livingston/Stevenson) 4:10
Shall I be mother (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki/Boo Hewerdine) 6:10
The shepherd’s song (trad., arr. Eddi Reader/John Douglas) 3:36
Shirt and comb (Peter Blegvad) 3:46
Should I pray? (John Douglas) 3:18
Silent bells (Boo Hewerdine) 3:33
Simple soul (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 4:17
Siren (Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki/Boo Hewerdine) 5:13
Small soul sailing (Eddi Reader) 5:43
Smile (John Douglas) 3:50
Soul [live, 2005-08-12] (= I felt a soul move through me)
(Graham Henderson/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 4:25
Stars in your eyes (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 4:05
Sugar on the pill (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:12
Sunday morning (Lou Reed/John Cale) 4:10
Sweet mountain of love (Brian Wilson/Dave Sandler) 4:55
The swimming song (Loudon Wainwright III) 1:53
That’s fair (Eddi Reader) 4:44
Three crosses (Neill MacColl/Calum MacColl/Leroy Lendor/Robert Bond III) 4:14
Tinderheart (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:19
Tomorrow night (Sam Coslow/Wilhelm Grosz) 2:42
Town without pity (Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington) 2:49
The wanting kind (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) 3:55
Wasting time (Ron Sexsmith) 4:36
What you do with what you’ve got (Si Kahn/Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) 4:38
When I watch you sleeping (Mark E. Nevin) 4:40
When I watch you sleeping [demo version] (Mark E. Nevin) 3:53
Who knows where the time goes? (Sandy Denny) 5:53
Wild mountainside (John Douglas) 3:54
Willie Stewart + Molly Rankin
(Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader et al. + John Morris Rankin) 4:18
Wings on my heels (Boo Hewerdine) 4:45
Winter it is past (trad. arr. Robert Burns) 4:15
Wolves (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki) 4:30
Wonderboy (Ray Davies) 2:39
Wonderful lie (Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:34
Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon
(trad., arr. Robert Burns/Eddi Reader/John McCusker/Boo Hewerdine/Roy
Dodds/Alan Kelly/Colin Reid/Kevin McGuire)
3:36
Ye Jacobites (Robert Burns, arr. Eddi Reader/Colin Reid) 4:03
You don’t know me (Cindy Walker/Eddy Arnold) 4:05
Allelujah (Mark E. Nevin) 3:24
[Winter rose +] Allelujah [live, 1989-07-02]
(Mark E. Nevin)
4:31
Ay fond kiss (Robert Burns) 3:19
Broken by a breeze [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 5:01
Cajun band (Anthony Thistlewaite) 3:01
Clare (Mark E. Nevin) 3:15
Comedy waltz (Mark E. Nevin) 3:28
Dangerous [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 4:01
Do you want to know a secret? (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 2:32
Don’t be a stranger [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 3:22
Fairground attraction (Mark E. Nevin) 2:23
Fairground attraction [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 4:07
Falling backwards (Mark E. Nevin) 2:28
Fear is the enemy of love [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 4:19
Find my love (Mark E. Nevin) 3:46
Find my love [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 6:10
The game of love (Mark E. Nevin) 4:04
Goodbye to songtown [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 4:46
Home to heartache [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 4:30
I know why the willow weeps [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 5:36
Jock O’Hazeldean (Walter Scott/trad. arr. ?) 3:06
The moon is mine (Mark E. Nevin) 2:40
The moon is mine / Get happy [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin / Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler) 6:02
Moon on the rain (Mark E. Nevin) 3:56
Moon on the rain [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 4:04
Mystery train (Junior Parker/Sam Phillips) 1:40
Mythology (Mark E. Nevin) 4:38
Perfect (Mark E. Nevin) 3:36
Perfect [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 5:35
A smile in a whisper (Mark E. Nevin) 3:30
Station street (Mark E. Nevin) 3:00
Walking after midnight (Don Hecht/Alan Block) 2:49
The waltz continues [live, 1989-07-02] (Mark E. Nevin) 3:37
Watching the party (Mark E. Nevin) 3:30
Whispers (Eddi Reader) 3:50
Whispers [live, 1989-07-02] (Eddi Reader) 4:31
The wind knows my name (Mark E. Nevin) 4:10
Winter rose (Mark E. Nevin) 3:31
Winter rose + Allelujah [live, 1989-07-02]
(Mark E. Nevin)
4:31
You send me (Sam Cooke) 4:40
† shows joint lead vocal with ‘host’ artist
‘host’ artist in [ ] where not named among writers
†
The Bantry girls’ lament
(trad. arr. Alec Finn/Eleanor Shanley/Eddi Reader)
5:18
Beautiful rain [Little Tempo]
(Eddi Reader/Takeshi “Tico” Toki) 4:59
†
The best of you [The Associates]
(Billy Mackenzie/S. Reid) 5:37
The blacksmith (trad. arr. Dónal Lunny/Eddi Reader) 4:42
Bonny Besses (Rev Hammer) 5:17
Cruel (Thomas Dolby) 3:09
†
Daphne [1 Giant Leap]
(Duncan Bridgeman/Jamie Catto/Mahotella Queens/Eddi Reader) 7:54
Deep water
[as Jolene Jowett in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Fred Rose) 2:47
Dimming of the day
[Reader-Gregson-Hewerdine]
(Richard Thompson) 3:53
†
Don’t be cruel
[with Katy Murphy as The McPhail sisters in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley) 2:35
†
The end of the world
[with Katy Murphy as The McPhail sisters in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Dee/Kent) 2:31
†
Fair and tender ladies
(trad., arr. Cherish the ladies/Phil Cunningham) 5:06
Flyer [Elephant Talk]
(Jon Maybey/Adrian Sykes/Josef Greenfield/Eddi Reader) 6:05
Fragile thing [Big Country]
(Stuart Adamson/Bruce Watson) 4:34
From a distance
[as Jolene Jowett in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Julie Gold) 4:11
Ghosts [1 Giant Leap]
(Duncan Bridgeman/Jamie Catto/Eddi Reader/Booth) 6:37
The Glasgow Barrowlands (trad. arr. Ricky Ross/Eddi Reader) 2:22
Half as much
[as Jolene Jowett in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Curley Williams) 2:23
Heart and soul [The Academy Of Fine Popular Music]
(Mark E. Nevin)
Jara [Elephant Talk]
(Jon Maybey/Adrian Sykes/Josef Greenfield/Eddi Reader) 5:58
†
Just out of reach
[with Katy Murphy as The McPhail sisters in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(V. F. Stewart) 3:19
Katie [Elephant Talk]
(Jon Maybey/Adrian Sykes/Josef Greenfield/Eddi Reader) 4:50
Last night I dreamt somebody loved me
[Reader-Gregson-Hewerdine]
(Morrissey/Johnny Marr) 4:08
†
Lemady (trad. arr. Martin Green/Eliza Carthy/Saul Rose) 4:37
The lowlands of Holland (trad. arr. Dónal Lunny/Eddi Reader) 4:12
†
May you never [David Knopfler] (John Martyn) 4:16
†
A modest proposal (David Hughes)
The morning after [The Academy Of Fine Popular Music] (Mark E. Nevin)
Never going back again [Colin Reid]
(Lindsey Buckingham) 2:47
Oceanlove (Eriksen/Twin/Fernando/Twin) 1:55
†
Quicksilver
[with Katy Murphy as The McPhail sisters in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Wyle/Pola/Taylor) 2:56
Runnin’ wild
[as Jolene Jowett in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Joseph W. Grey/Leo Wood/Arthur H. Gibbs) 1:48
This town [Liberty Horses]
(Neill MacColl/Calum MacColl/Leroy Lendor/Robert Bond III) 4:34
Tibet [Elephant Talk]
(Jon Maybey/Adrian Sykes/Josef Greenfield/Eddi Reader) 6:00
Touch me like the sun (Savourna Stevenson/Les Barker) 3:03
Waiting game (Jools Holland/Chris Difford) 4:12
When the bad men come (Hoki-bo sado-bo) [Outbar]
(David Hughes/Richard Marcangelo) 5:14/3:32
†
W.L.T.M. (Jimmy Nail) 5:18
(artist in [ ] where title not linked to a ‘track’ page)
Amen (Boo Hewerdine) 3:34
Away from the heat (David Hughes) 5:54/3:27
The big music (Mike Scott) 4:45
The big ship sails (trad. arr. John McCusker/Kate Rusby) 2:00?
Black lines
(Neill MacColl/Calum MacColl/Robert Bond/Leroy Lendor)
4:17
Blooming heather (trad. arr. Kate Rusby) 4:44
Canaan’s land
(trad. arr. Kate Rusby/John McCusker) 3:50
Captains’ courageous (The Levellers) 3:15
Captured (Brian Kennedy/Mitchell) 6:09
Celebrate (The Levellers) 4:03
Daughter of heaven (Kate Rusby) 3:56
Disco Eddie (David Hughes) 5:49/3:01
Dog train (The Levellers) 4:30
Elation (The Levellers) 5:49
Enter the angel (John Foxx) 3:04
Exultation (Emily Dickinson/Jackie Leven) 1:06
Experience (Steve Hale) 6:20
Far away (The Levellers) 5:30
Flowers (Neill MacColl/Calum MacColl/Robert Bond/Leroy Lendor) 5:09
For one kiss (Brian Kennedy/Peter John Vettese) 4:46
Gaté gaté (David Hughes) 4:06
Goodbye Indian summer (Steve Hale) 6:25
Greedy (Boo Hewerdine/Gary Clark) 4:05
He’s got all the whisky [live, 1998] (B. Charles) 4:02
Heaven on earth (Laurie Freelove) 6:08
High on a hill (Kate Rusby) 4:30
Hollow (Brian Kennedy) 4:31
Holy water (Boo Hewerdine) 4:00
I’m just a boyfriend (Steve Hale) 5:46
Innocent when you dream (Tom Waits) 4:50
It don’t make sense (Willie Dixon) 6:01
Jenny (John Mayall) 4:13
Keep a firm grip (Brian Kennedy) 5:41
Let me be (trad./Kate Rusby) 3:55
Making strange (Gregory Kane/Patrick Kane) 4:05
Matt Hyland (trad./Kate Rusby) 4:59
My greatest success (Roddy Hart) 4:42
Nobody wins (Radney Foster/K. Richey) 4:01
O my heart (Laurie Freelove/Boo Hewerdine) 3:45
Open arms (Brian Kennedy) 4:58
Pokarekare ana
(trad., arr. Billy Connolly/John McCusker) 1:24
Poor man’s son (Andy McKay) 4:04
Remembrance and gold (Gregory Kane/Patrick Kane) 5:09
Seed on the wind (Boo Hewerdine/Colin Reid) 4:16
Send for Henny (The Trash Can Sinatras) 3:16
She is all I need (Roddy Hart) 3:46
Steel and stone (Black water) (Sandy Wright) 3:42
Stepping softly (John Foxx) 3:56
Temperance of peace (Roddy Hart) 3:14
Thank you (Holly Lerski) 4:59
Touch the radio dance (Steve Hale) 6:49
Wandering soul (Kate Rusby) 4:11
We’re celebrating (Steve Hale) 6:42
Where the people meet (David Hughes) 3:44
Who’s your jailer now?
(Clive Gregson/Boo Hewerdine) 4:11
Withered and died (Richard Thompson) 3:58
Wonderful lie [Reader-Gregson-Hewerdine version]
(Eddi Reader/Boo Hewerdine) 4:13
Your cheatin’ heart
[Tilda Swinton as Cissie Crouch in
Your cheatin’ heart]
(Hank Williams) 3:00
Young James (Kate Rusby) 4:49
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