Kirsty Anna MacColl – Kirsty MacColl – (b.October 10, 1959, Croydon, South London, UK – d.December 18, 2000 in Cozumel, Mexico) was a singer-songwriter from England, UK. The daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and dancer Jean Newlove; sister of Hamish MacColl and half-sister to Kitty MacColl, Neil MacColl (of The Bible) and Calum MacColl (of Liberty Horses), Aunt of Jamie MacColl (of Bombay Bicycle Club). After a brief stint in 1978 with her first band The Drug Addix she went solo and scored a hit with the single There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis in 1981. In 1984 she married producer Steve Lillywhite and had two children – Jamie Lillywhite (manager of Ellie Goulding), and Louis Lillywhite. Kirsty was killed whilst swimming with her children in Cozumel, Mexico. She was hit by a speedboat which had crossed into an area restricted to swimmers only. The album Tropical Brainstorm was released in the USA posthumously in early 2001.
National Album Day 2021 – Celebrating women in music.
National Album Day reissue of her 1989 album on 180g magnolia coloured vinyl.
Tracklisting:
| A1 | Innocence |
| A2 | Free World |
| A3 | Mother’s Ruin |
| A4 | Days |
| A5 | No Victims |
| A6 | Fifteen Minutes |
| B1 | Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim! |
| B2 | Tread Lightly |
| B3 | What Do Pretty Girls Do? |
| B4 | Dancing In Limbo |
| B5 | The End Of A Perfect Day |
| B6 | You And Me Baby |
