Eg White
Francis Anthony "Eg" White (born 22 November 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer. White is primarily known for his work with successful acts such as Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Adele, Florence and the Machine, Dua Lipa, Tom Odell, Sam Smith, Will Young, James Morrison, Linkin Park, Pink, Joss Stone, Maverick Sabre and Rebecca Ferguson.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Songwriting - selected discography
2.1 Singles
2.2 Album tracks
2.3 Production
3 Awards and nominations
4 Eg and Alice - discography
5 Solo discography
5.1 Singles
5.2 Albums
6 References
7 External links
Biography
Eg White started his career in the band Yip Yip Coyote and then formed Brother Beyond[1] with his brother, David White, in the late 1980s, leaving the latter when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman, just prior to their chart successes.
In 1990, Eg White collaborated with London model and BMX champion Alice Temple to record the critically acclaimed pop album 24 Years of Hunger, which was released in 1991 under the name Eg and Alice and failed to chart.[2] Lack of commercial success did not deter the taste-makers, however, and 24 Years of Hunger was described by Allmusic as "one of the finest, most refined and fully realized recordings of the era, employing a much more sophisticated and romantic style than anything else out of England at the time".[3]
In 1992 White produced the debut, self-titled album by Kinky Machine,[4] then disappeared from the music industry until 1996 when he released his debut solo album Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man,[5] which was unsuccessful.[5]
He turned to songwriting in 1997, providing instrumentation for the sessions of Suggs' solo album The Three Pyramids Club, but it was in 1999 that his career began to take off as he became a songwriter, musician and producer in hot demand. His collaborative relationship with Alice Temple continued, the results of which can be heard on her solo debut album Hang Over. He also worked with Icelandic-Italian singer Emiliana Torrini on her debut album Love in the Time of Science and produced British singer-songwriter Mark Abis' album Changing Inside.
White's song "Leave Right Now" was recorded by Will Young in 2003, and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. In recognition, White won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2004. He has since enjoyed enduring chart success with acts including Duffy, James Morrison and Joss Stone.
In 2008 White worked with Adele on three tracks which appeared on her first album 19, including the second single "Chasing Pavements". White is known in the industry for his pace of work and ability to reach the core of the intent of the artist he is working with, saying "Sometimes I get two hours. Someone comes over at three, we have a cup of tea, chew the cud for a bit, go: 'All right, shall we write a song?' And by six, they've gone home and we've...done it. Chasing Pavements, that took two or three hours."[6]
In 2009 White was awarded his second Ivor Novello Award for 'Songwriter of the Year',[7] and in 2010 he had a second UK number 1 with the Diana Vickers single "Once", a song he wrote with Cathy Dennis.[8] Also in 2010, White reprised his collaborative role with Adele, and with her wrote "Take It All", which appears on her number one album 21.
White started his own record label imprint, Spilt Milk Records, in 2009 – making Lauren Pritchard its first signing, and then signing an exclusive license deal with Island Records to release the album Wasted in Jackson in 2010. The album features collaborations with White, Ed Harcourt and Marcus Mumford (of the band Mumford & Sons). He signed a recording contract with Parlophone Records and released a second album entitled Adventure Man on 18 May 2009. The instrumental version of the lead single, "Broken" was used as the incidental music to the BMW PGA Championship 2009 and played during the closing credits of BBC's coverage of England's final game in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[citation needed]
Songwriting - selected discography
Singles
- 2017: "One More Light" - Linkin Park
- 2013 "Hold Me" - Tom Odell
- 2012 "No Strings" - Chlöe Howl
- 2012 "Shoulder to Shoulder" - Rebecca Ferguson
- 2012 "Sense" - Tom Odell
- 2012: "Lover to Lover" - Florence and the Machine
- 2012: "I Used To Have It All" - Maverick Sabre
- 2012: "Too Good to Lose" - Rebecca Ferguson (UK #186)[9]
- 2011: "What the Water Gave Me" - Florence and the Machine (UK #24)[10]
- 2011: "Nothing's Real but Love" - Rebecca Ferguson (UK #10)[11]
- 2011: "Yeah Right" - Dionne Bromfield (UK #36)
- 2011: "If Time Is All I Have" - James Blunt
- 2010: "Not the Drinking" - Lauren Pritchard (released October 2010)
- 2010: "Painkillers" - Lauren Pritchard (released July 2010)
- 2010: "Once" - Diana Vickers (UK #1)
- 2010: "Who Said Anything (About Falling in Love)?" - The Hoosiers
- 2009: "Water and a Flame" – Daniel Merriweather
- 2009: "Spilt Milk" - Kristina Train
- 2008: "Changes" - Will Young (UK #10)
- 2008: "Let It Go" - Will Young (UK #58)
- 2008: "Love, Love, Love" - James Blunt
- 2008: "You Think I Don't Care" - Jack McManus
- 2008: "Warwick Avenue" - Duffy (UK #3)[12]
- 2008: "Tired" - Adele (Spain #4)
- 2008: '"Chasing Pavements"' – Adele (UK #2)[13]
- 2007: "No Man's Land" - Beverley Knight (UK #43)
- 2007: "Just a Little Bit" - Mutya Buena (UK #65)
- 2006: "You Give Me Something" – James Morrison (UK #5)
- 2006: "Wonderful World" – James Morrison (UK #8)
- 2006: "Who Am I" - Will Young (UK #11)
- 2005: "Shiver" – Natalie Imbruglia (UK #8)
- 2005: "Call My Name" - Charlotte Church (UK #10)
- 2005: "Dirty Business" - Sara Jorge (UK Dance & Club charts #1)
- 2004: "You Had Me" – Joss Stone (UK #9)
- 2003: "Leave Right Now" – Will Young (UK #1)
- 2001: "Unemployed in Summertime" - Emiliana Torrini
- 2001: "Easy" - Emiliana Torrini
- 1999: "To Be Free" - Emiliana Torrini
- 1999: "Dead Things" - Emiliana Torrini
Album tracks
- 2018: "A Life Like This" Nao
- 2018: "Is This What We Wanted" Izzy Bizu
- 2018: "Abroad" Tom Grennan
- 2018: "Fast Forward" You Me at Six
- 2018: "Brake Lights" Cosha (ft. Nao)
- 2018: "Raining Glitter" Kylie Minogue
- 2017: "Lost and Lonely" Paloma Faith
- 2017: "Tonight's Not the Only Night" Paloma Faith
- 2017: "Sepia" Plan B
- 2017: "Blindside" Aquilo
- 2016: "How Can I Blame You" John Legend
- 2016: "Pay for It" Rebecca Ferguson
- 2016: "For Julian" Dua Lipa
- 2015: "Deserve to Be Loved" Zak Abel
- 2015: "You Knew Me When" Leona Lewis
- 2015: "I Am" Leona Lewis
- 2015: "See You Again" - Love Stuff, Elle King
- 2015: "Fight for Love" Kwabs
- 2014: "Paper Hearts" Chloe Howl
- 2014: "When You're Gone" Mary J. Blige
- 2014: "Takes Me a Long Time" Chloe Howl
- 2014: "Therapy" Mary J. Blige
- 2014: "The Magic Hour" Kimbra
- 2014: "Sugar Lies" Kimbra
- 2014: "I've Told You Now", "Good Thing" - In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith (singer)
- 2013: "Hold me", "Sense"- Long Way Down, Tom Odell
- 2013: "Fake Smile", "My Freedom" - "Freedom", Rebecca Ferguson
- 2013: "Water and a Flame" - Loved Me Back to Life, Celine Dion
- 2013: "Didn't Know Love" - Loved Me Back to Life, Celine Dion
- 2012: "Habit" - The Female Boss, Tulisa Contostavlos
- 2012: "Chaos & Piss" - The Truth About Love, Pink
- 2011: "Nothing's Real But Love", "Shoulder To Shoulder", "Fairytale", "Fighting Suspicions", "Too Good To Lose" - Heaven, Rebecca Ferguson
- 2011: "Drive All Night" - LP1, Joss Stone
- 2011: "Hands Are Clever", "Treading Water" - The Lateness of the Hour, Alex Clare
- 2011: "Two", "Here To Stay" - Two, Lenka
- 2011: "Yeah Right", "Muggin'" - Good for the Soul, Dionne Bromfield
- 2010: "If Time Is All I Have", "Turn Me On" - Some Kind of Trouble, James Blunt
- 2010: "Take It All" - 21, Adele
- 2009: "Bring It Back" - Kris Allen, Kris Allen
- 2009: "Hurricane Drunk" - Lungs, Florence + the Machine
- 2009: "Call in the Maker", "Don't Remember", "Don't Beg For Love", "Half Light", "It's Over Now" - Spilt Milk, Kristina Train
- 2008: "Innocent" - Songs for You, Truths for Me, James Morrison
- 2008: "Changes", "I Won’t Give Up", "Tell Me The Worst" - Let It Go, Will Young
- 2008: "Hot Mess", "Waiting For Time" - Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro
- 2008: "Warwick Avenue", "Delayed Devotion", "Hanging on Too Long" – Rockferry, Duffy
- 2008: "Chasing Pavements", "Tired", "Melt My Heart to Stone" – 19, Adele
- 2008: "One Foot Wrong" - Funhouse, Pink
- 2008: "Beggar's Prayer" - Me and Armini, Emiliana Torrini
- 2007: "The Sun Is Always Blinding Me" - This Delicate Thing We've Made, Darren Hayes
- 2007: "Cosmic" - X, Kylie Minogue
- 2007: "Can't Have it All" - Trip the Light Fantastic, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- 2007: "I'll Take Everything" - All the Lost Souls, James Blunt
- 2006: "Mancunian Way" - Beautiful Word, Take That
- 2006: "Keep On", "Think About It", "Save Yourself" - Keep On, Will Young
- 2005: "Slow Down" - Counting Down the Days, Natalie Imbruglia
- 2005: "Fisherman's Woman" - Fisherman's Woman, Emiliana Torrini
- 2005: "Baby I'm a Fool" - Relentless, Jo O'Meara
- 2003: "Leave Right Now", "Going Out of My Way", "Out of My Mind" - Friday's Child, Will Young
- 1999: "Fingertips", "Tuna Fish", "Sea People" - Love in the Time of Science, Emiliana Torrini
Production
- 2018: "Raining Glitter" - Golden, Kylie Minogue
- 2013: "Water and a Flame" - Loved Me Back to Life, Celine Dion
- 2013: "Didn't Know Love" - Loved Me Back to Life, Celine Dion
- 2012: "Habit" - The Female Boss, Tulisa Contostavlos
- 2011: "Turn Me On" - "Some Kind of Trouble", James Blunt
- 2010: Wasted in Jackson, Lauren Pritchard
- 2010: "Bring It Back" - Kris Allen, Kris Allen
- 2009: "Hurricane Drunk" - Lungs, Florence + the Machine (co-production with Paul Epworth)
- 2008: "Changes", "Let It Go", "I Won’t Give Up" (co-production with Freemasons - Let It Go, Will Young
- 2008: "Innocent" - Songs for You, Truths for Me, James Morrison
- 2008: "Chasing Pavements", "Tired", "Melt My Heart To Stone" - 19, Adele
- 2008: "One Foot Wrong" - Funhouse, Pink
- 2008: "Hot Mess", "Waiting For Time" - Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro (co-production with Paul Epworth)
- 2007: "Cosmic" - X, Kylie Minogue
- 2006: "You Give Me Something", "James Morrison" - Undiscovered, James Morrison
- 1999: "Sea People" - Love in the Time of Science, Emiliana Torrini
Awards and nominations
Year | Institution | Award |
|---|---|---|
Winner | ||
| 2009 | Ivor Novello Awards | Songwriter of the Year[1] |
| 2004 | Ivor Novello Awards | Best Song Musically and Lyrically ("Leave Right Now")[14] |
Year | Institution | Award |
|---|---|---|
Nominated | ||
| 2009 | Grammy Awards | Song of the Year & Record of the Year ("Chasing Pavements")[15] |
Eg and Alice - discography
- Singles
- "Indian" c/w "Crosstown and Bobby and Holly" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
- "Doesn't Mean That Much to Me" (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
- Album
24 Years of Hunger (WEA Records 1991) - did not chart
Solo discography
Singles
- 2015: "You Fooled Me" (Lakeshore Records)
- 2006: "Broken" (Ricky Ross) (Parlophone Records Ltd.)
- 1997: "Made My Baby Cry" (Warner Elektra Atlantic)
- 1996: "Stay Home" (Andy Sturmer)
Albums
Turn Me On, I'm a Rocket Man (WEA Records, 1996)
- Track listing
- "Nothing Comes Easy"
- "Made My Baby Cry"
- "What Can I Do"
- "Stay Home"
- "Mr Cool"
- "Do It for Myself"
- "Sister Blue"
- "Holding It In"
- "I Wish You Could Be Happy Too"
- "Angel"
- "My Lovely Valentine"
Adventure Man (Spilt Milk Records 2009)
- Track Listing
- "But California" (Eg White)
- "Weird Friendless Kid" (Eg White, Louis Eliot)
- "My People" (Eg White)
- "'Til The End" (Eg White, Aret Komlosy)
- "Pay Later" (Eg White, Neil Hannon)
- "Broken" (Eg White, Ricky Ross)
- "There's Going To Be Someone" (Eg White, Matt Marston)
- "Whatever Makes You Sick" (Eg White)
- "Time To Fall" (Eg White)
- "If You Run" (Eg White, Neil Hannon)
- "Pull Me Through" (Eg White, Alice Temple)
- "Our Turn Will Come" (Eg White, Jack Hues)
First review found at Daily Music Guide.[16]
References
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^ Allen, Liam (22 May 2009). "Songwriter White craves stage". BBC News. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ Swihart, Stanton. "Eg & Alice - biography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Kinky Machine - Kinky Machine : Credits". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ ab "CAN EG WHITE FINALLY CRACK THE CHARTS?". Daily Express. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Write me a hit by teatime: the world of professional songwriters". www.theguardian.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "2009 Ivor Novello awards: The winners". news.bbc.co.uk. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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^ Burrows, Robin. "Eg White - Adventure Man Album Review". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Grammy Scorecard". Los Angeles Times. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ Spencer, David (26 April 2009). "Eg White - Adventure Man (Parlophone)". dailymusicguide.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
External links
- Spilt Milk Management [1]
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