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Mandalay

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Biography

Ex-Thieves instrumentalist Saul Freeman aimed for his own dream-pop aesthetic when he placed an ad in the now defunct music weekly, Melody Maker. He had already worked with David McAlmont, but wanted his own creative outlet. Searching for an ethereal voice similar to the likes of the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser and Shara Nelson (Massive Attack, Presence), solo artist Nicola Hitchcock ended Freeman's search when answering his request. The two instantly clicked, for Hitchcock also had a debut album under her belt and the two formed Mandalay in the mid-nineties. Incorporating trip-hop loops similar to Portishead and Hitchcock's vocal perfections, the duo earned props throughout the latter part of the decade in their native U.K., specifically with the albums Empathy and Innocence & Instinct. Madonna even called Mandalay her new favorite band in fall 2000. Mandalay had signed to V2 by mid-2000 and prepped for their stateside major-label release, Solace (disc 2), in spring 2001. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi

Top Songs

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1.  
    Lyrics
    Sometimes
    The reflection I see
    Bears no
    Ressemblance to me
    Sometimes
    Flowers Bloom - (4:26)  -  16,668 plays
  2. Beautiful (7" Canny Mix) - (4:34)  -  11,111 plays
  3.  
    Lyrics
    Can't we talk
    Set it right
    Can't we talk
    Anymore
    All this time
    Like Her - (5:24)  -  10,259 plays
  4.  
    Lyrics
    You're not seventeen
    To be missing him like you do
    Knowing him like you do
    He said, "How can I"
    Still be missing you
    Not Seventeen - (4:17)  -  9,525 plays
  5.  
    Lyrics
    You know
    You know
    There's still a sense i
    Have you've stolen these days
    All your love is here
    It's Enough Now - (4:59)  -  9,349 plays
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