Torsten the Bareback Saint
| Torsten the Bareback Saint | |
|---|---|
| Music | Christopher Frost |
| Lyrics | Barney Ashton-Bullock |
| Setting | England |
| Premiere | 5 August 2014: Assembly Rooms Edinburgh |
| Productions | 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Torsten the Bareback Saint is a one-person show and concept album written by playwright Barney Ashton-Bullock, and performed by pop singer Andy Bell of the band Erasure. The score is composed, orchestrated and arranged by Christopher Frost and produced by Mike Allison.[1] The artistic director was Predrag Pajdic.[1]
Promotional material for the show describes it as 'a set of musical postcards from the hotspots of memory of a semi-immortal polysexual'.[2] The music is an episodic song-cycle, which Bell performs accompanied by a small musical ensemble.[3]
Bell debuted the show at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where he performed at Assembly Studio One daily from the 5th through the 16th of August. Prior to the festival, he gave two private performances at the St. James Theatre in London. The first of these, on 24 July 2014, was for an invited audience of family and friends; the second, on 26 July, he performed for a small gathering of fans.
Soundtrack album
| Torsten the Bareback Saint | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Andy Bell | ||||
| Released | 28 July 2014 | |||
| Label | Strike Force Entertainment | |||
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A studio-recorded soundtrack album was released on 28 July 2014 by Strike Force Entertainment, an imprint of Cherry Red Records.
All lyrics written by Barney Ashton-Bullock.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Freshly Buggered" | 0:36 |
| 2. | "Teacher! Teacher!" | 1:51 |
| 3. | "Free" | 1:50 |
| 4. | "Star for Life" | 2:03 |
| 5. | "Bingo Hall Baby" | 3:17 |
| 6. | "Fountain of Youth" | 6:58 |
| 7. | "World Without End" | 1:54 |
| 8. | "Vagina" | 1:46 |
| 9. | "I Don't Like" | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Mobile Fucked" | 3:05 |
| 11. | "The Boy from the Sauna" | 3:01 |
| 12. | "Weston-Super-Mare" | 3:07 |
| 13. | "(We Waited for) The Circus" | 2:40 |
| 14. | "Good Things" | 2:06 |
| 15. | "People Come, People Go" | 2:03 |
| 16. | "Don't Call Me Up" | 4:01 |
| 17. | "Tell Me the Story of Your Poverty" | 1:59 |
| 18. | "This Gay Thing Isn't Working" | 3:24 |
| 19. | "Aflame" | 2:11 |
| 20. | "Mr. Average" | 3:24 |
| 21. | "Is It Not Enough?" | 2:46 |
| 22. | "As I Prepare to Take My Life" | 4:29 |
| Total length: | 62:46 | |
On the back cover of the retail CD release, the titles of tracks 1, 8, and 10 are censored: 'Freshly', 'V for…?', and 'Mobile'.
References
- 1 2 Tyler, Kieron (27 July 2014). "CD: Andy Bell – Torsten the Bareback Saint". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ↑ Staff writer (22 September 2015). "Andy Bell (Erasure)". The Mouth Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ↑ Dennis, Jon (24 July 2014). "Andy Bell: Torsten the Bareback Saint review – brave, bawdy concept album". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
External links
- Official website
- Torsten the Bareback Saint on Facebook
- Torsten the Bareback Saint's channel on YouTube
- Torsten the Bareback Saint at Discogs (list of releases)