- T.V. Smith( Tim Smith )【 6 albums 82 lyrics 】
- Timothy 'T. V.' Smith (born 5 April 1956) is an English singer-songwriter, who was part of punk band The Adverts in the late 1970s. Since then he has fronted other bands, as well as pursuing a solo career.
Biography
T. V. Smith and Gaye Black (aka Gaye Advert) both moved from Bideford, a small coastal town in Devon, to form The Adverts in London in 1976. They were later married. The Adverts are best known for their 1977 hit single 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes' and acclaimed 1978 debut album Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts. Following unsuccessful follow-up album Cast of Thousands, The Adverts split up in late 1979, and Smith formed a new band, T.V. Smith's Explorers. They were: Erik Russell (guitar), Colin Stoner (bass), Mel Wesson (keyboards) and David Sinclair (drums). The Explorers released debut single 'Tomahawk Cruise' (a response to the installation of BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise missiles on UK soil) in 1980, followed by an album, The Last Words of the Great Explorer. Smith then recorded as a solo artist, releasing the album Channel Five in 1983.
Smith's next band was Cheap. They toured the UK and Europe from 1986 to 1991 and recorded the politically charged single 'Third Term', released in 1990. Cheap also recorded a Peel Session for the BBC. However, they failed to find commercial backing for their album RIP...Everything Must Go, which was eventually released in 1993 after the band had split up.
Smith went solo again with album March of the Giants in 1992. Albums Immortal Rich (1995), Generation Y (1999) and Not A Bad Day (2003) followed, with Smith touring constantly, aided overseas by a variety of other bands, including Germany's Die Toten Hosen, Finland's Punk Lurex OK, The United States' Midnight Creeps, and Spain's Suzy & Los Quattro.
In 2005, he joined the American punk band Amen on their UK tour. As well as supporting, he joined them on stage for several covers of Adverts songs, such as 'One Chord Wonders', and 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes'. Casey Chaos, lead singer, is a lifelong fan of The Adverts, and referenced them in the song 'Hello (One Chord Lovers)'.
In 2006 Smith contributed vocals to the song 'Ein Jahr (Es geht voran)' on Fehlfarben's album 26 1⁄2. The same year saw his first album (Misinformation Overload) on Boss Tuneage records. In The Arms of My Enemy followed in 2008. In 2010 a series of re-issue CDs began with 'Sparkle In The Mud', a compilation of previously unreleased material from the early-1980s period.
In 2012, Smith was the subject of a BBC Four documentary on his career as a singer-songwriter, credited with renewing public interest in his work. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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I Delete
2014
1.Replay (Provided)
2.I Delete (Provided)
3.First One To Sign Up (Provided)
4.Long Gone (Provided)
5.Cutbacks (Provided)
6.London Hum (Provided)
7.Festival Of Fools (Provided)
8.It Don't Work (Provided)9.Home Town (Provided)
10.A Step Back (Provided)
11.Intro Der Stacheldrahtmann (Provided)
12.Der Stacheldrahtmann (remix) (Provided)
13.The Rock'n'Roll (acoustic) (Provided)
14.The Drink (remix) (Provided)
15.Intro Dangerous Playground (Provided)
16.Dangerous Playground (remix) (Provided) -
Acoustic Sessions, Volume 1
2013
1.One Chord Wonders
2.Useless
3.Lion And The Lamb
4.Gary Gilmore's Eyes
5.Bored Teenagers
6.We Want The Road
7.Atlantic Tunnel
8.My String Will Snap
9.Generation Y
10.Expensive Being Poor
11.Immortal Rich
12.What If13.Television's Over (Provided)
14.The Newshound (Provided)
15.Walk Away
16.March Of The Giants
17.The Day We Caught The Big Fish
18.The Future Used To Be Better
19.We Who Wait (Provided)
20.Not In My Name (Provided)
21.Only One Flavour
22.No Time To Be 21
23.Not A Bad Day
24.Pushed Again (Provided) -
Lucky Us (Unreleased Songs and Demos Vol. 2: 1983-86)
2012
1.Love Chain Letter (Provided)
2.The Real Fake (Provided)
3.Top Ten (Provided)
4.Drowning On Dry Land (Provided)
5.Blind Love (Provided)
6.I Already Have Your Heart (Provided)
7.Putting Up a Front (Provided)
8.Poison Mind (Provided)
9.Lean Towards the Light (Provided)
10.Shipwrecked (On the Rocks of Love) (Provided)
11.Lucky Us (Provided)12.Spy On the Line (Provided)
13.Safe House (Provided)
14.Lord's Prayer (Provided)
15.Trans-Time (Provided)
16.Finger of Fashion (Provided)
17.King of Hearts (Provided)
18.Sure Thing (Provided)
19.The Right Time (Provided)
20.Divide and Rule (Provided)
21.Feet On the Ground (Provided)
22.Leisure Time (Provided) -
March of the Giants
1.March of the Giants
2.Can't Pay, Won't Pay
3.Empty Wallet4.Runaway Train Driver
5.Borderline
6.Lion and the Lamb -
Immortal Rich
1.Living World
2.High Society
3.Head On! Clear!4.In There
5.Earth 2
6.The Day We Caught The Big Fish -
Miscellaneous
1.Expensive Being Poor - Live
2.Haves and Have-Nots
3.Gather Your Things and Go
4.Roll Like A River5.Momentous Changes
6.Statute of Liberty
7.Bored Teenagers (Live)
8.I Know What You Want
【Correction of errors in the album information】