NAKED AT THE ALBERT HALL: The Inside Story of Singing - Softcover

Smart, chatty . . . [Thorn is] a sufficiently deft writer to negotiate the populist and the high-brow . . . a thought-provoking and enjoyable read (Mail on Sunday)

Honest and compassionate (Sunday Telegraph)

If you care at all about pop music you should read both [Naked at the Albert Hall and Bedsit Disco Queen] (Sunday Herald)

Revelatory, always entertaining . . . a genuine insider's perspective . . . Thirty years of consideration went into this quietly impressive volume, and it shows (Independent)

A writer in fine voice . . . [a] cracker of a book (Scotsman)

Thorn is the perfect analyst of our reverence for and terror of singing . . .Thorn's practical, warm tone gives her a Miss Marple-like ability to appear kindly while holding mistruths up to account . . . She is best, though, as a sympathetic guide to the singers she loves (Daily Telegraph)

Tracey's characterful phrasing is as persuasive on page as it is on record (Grazia)

Gem-like confessions that make it feel like a proper discussion. I loved it (Nina Stibbe Telegraph)

A thoughtful and sensitive study of singing and her very English struggle with the embarrassment (Telegraph)

A subtle, suggestive book about performance (Keith Miller Times Literary Supplement)