Anne Clark

Anne Charlotte Clark (born 14 May 1960) is an English poet, spoken word artist, singer and songwriter. Her music is often backed by electronic music, but later she began working with an acoustic band. Her first album, The Sitting Room, was released in 1982, and she has released over a dozen albums since then.

Early life

Clark was born the daughter of a Roman Catholic Irish mother, Cecilia, and a mixed Scottish and Welsh Protestant father, Herbert. She has one brother, John and mentions in her spoken biography Notes Taken Traces Left that her mother also had another son who died shortly after being born. Clark recollects her childhood in her spoken biography as being "troubled but loving at the same time". At the age of 16, she left school. She took various jobs, one of which was as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital.

She then worked at a local record store and label, Bonaparte Records in Bromley. Joining the early punk scene, she started booking events at Warehouse Theatre, putting on music, poetry, and comedy. Clark managed to fill the theatre with artists like Paul Weller, Linton Kwesi Johnson, French & Saunders, The Durutti Column, Ben Watt (who later became a member of Everything But The Girl), and many others.

She experimented with music and lyrics herself and first appeared on stage in Richard Strange's Cabaret Futura with Depeche Mode. David Harrow's music on "Our Darkness" is sampled in Benny Benassi's 2003 hit "Love is Gonna Save Us".

After being moved to another Virgin subsidiary, 10 Records, Clark released the John Foxx-produced album Pressure Points in 1985.

Band

Current live band members: Anne Clark, Vocals Jeff Aug, Guitarist Tobias Haas, Drums & Percussion Murat Parlak, Piano Jann Michael Engel, Cello Steve Schroyder, Keyboards & Programming

Discography

Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions GER The Sitting Room Released: 1982 Label: Red Flame Formats: LP—Changing Places Released: 15 July 1983 Label: Red Flame Formats: LP—Joined Up Writing Released: September 1984 Label: Ink Formats: LP, MC—Pressure Points Released: September 1985 Label: 10 Formats: CD, LP, MC35Hopeless Cases Released: 2 March 1987 Label: 10 Formats: CD, LP, MC52Unstill Life Released: March 1991 Label: SPV Formats: CD, LP, MC—The Law Is an Anagram of Wealth Released: April 1993 Label: SPV Formats: CD, LP, MC81To Love and Be Loved Released: August 1995 Label: SPV Formats: CD, LP, MC54Just After Sunset (The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke) Released: 1998 Label: Labor Formats: CD With Martyn Bates—The Smallest Acts of Kindness Released: 26 September 2008 Label: NetMusicZone Formats: CD—Homage the Silence Inside Released: 19 November 2018 Label: After Hours Formats: CD, digital download With Thomas Rückoldt—Borderland (Found Music for a Lost World) Released: 17 August 2022 Label: Stockfisch Formats: SACD, digital download With Ulla van Daelen and Justin Ciuche—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums Title Album detailsR.S.V.P. Released: 20 June 1988 Label: 10 Formats: CD, LP, MCPsychometry: Anne Clark and Friends, Live at the Passionskirche, Berlin Released: 1994 Label: SPV Formats: CDFrom the Heart – Live in Bratislava Released: September 2003 Label: NetMusicZone Formats: CDLive Released: 14 August 2009 Label: 36music/Al!ve Formats: DVD+CDEnough Released: 8 November 2012 Label: After Hours Formats: CD With Murat ParlakLive at Rockpalast 1998 Released: 26 May 2023 Label: MIG Formats: CD+DVD

Remix albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions GER Wordprocessing – The Remix Project Released: August 1997 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, 2xLP51Synaesthesia Released: 28 May 2021 Label: After Hours Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download43

Compilation albums Title Album detailsTerra Incognita Released: 1986 Label: Ink Formats: LPTrilogy Released: 1986 Label: Ink Formats: CDAn Ordinary Life Released: 1986 Label: Great Expectations Formats: CD, LP, MCThe Last Emotion Released: 1991 Label: Beehive Formats: 3xCDThe Best of Anne Clark Released: 1992 Label: Beehive Formats: CDThe Nineties – A Fine Collection Released: 1996 Label: SPV Formats: CDDream Made Real Released: 2003 Label: Documents Formats: CDThe 90's Collection Released: 2005 Label: NetMusicZone Formats: 2xCDThe Very Best Of Released: 12 November 2010 Label: Virgin Formats: CD

Video albums Title Album detailsIron Takes the Place of Air: Live in Berlin Released: 1992 Label: SPV Video Formats: VHSBalloons – Anne Clark & Band Live Released: 2014 Label: Synopsis Film Formats: DVDI'll Walk Out Into Tomorrow Released: 14 September 2018 Label: good!movies Formats: DVD, Blu-ray

EPs Title EP detailsPast & Future Tense Released: 2010 Label: After Hours Formats: digital downloadFairytales from the Underground Released: 25 March 2013 Label: After Hours Formats: CD, digital download With herrBLife Wires Released: April 2014 Label: After Hours Formats: CD, digital download With herrB

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