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Clash Music	8/10^[1]

BETSY is the debut studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Betsy. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on September 29, 2017.

Background

After completing a course in fashion design in Central St Martins and working at Balenciaga in Paris, Betsy returned to the United Kingdom to pursue her dream of becoming a musician. She self-produced a three-track demo EP which later secured her a management deal.^[2] Betsy retreated to her brother's caravan for two months to write songs, a number of which appear on her debut album.^[3]

Release

Although initially scheduled to be released on 26 May 2017, the album was later pushed back to 29 September. Betsy revealed the release date with the digital pre-order on 30 June.^[4] The album artwork and tracklisting were subsequently revealed on 18 August.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Little White Lies"	BETSY Tim Woodcock	Alexander Burnett Dreamtrak	3:23
2.	"Lost & Found"	BETSY	Burnett Dreamtrak Blue May Peter Jarret Jonas Quant	2:58
3.	"Fair"	BETSY	BETSY Jarrett	3:34
4.	"Last Time We Danced"	BETSY Jim Eliot	Eliot	3:08
5.	"Heavy Head"	BETSY		3:18
6.	"Hope"	BETSY Shama Joseph	Sak Pase	2:43
7.	"Wanted More"	BETSY	Jarrett Dreamtrak Burnett	3:44
8.	"You Won't Love Me"	BETSY Jack McManus	McManus Jarrett Mark Ralph Jay Reynolds	3:24
9.	"So Much Love"	BETSY McManus	McManus Oliver Wright Jarrett	3:34
10.	"Waiting"	BETSY McManus	Jarrett McManus	3:16
11.	"Body Burn"	BETSY	May Jarrett	4:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic^[6]

Musicians

Betsy – vocals, production, keyboards
Tim Woodcock - background vocals
Blue May - vocal producer
Simon Elms - trumpet, flugelhorn
Geoff Holroyde - drums
Andy Brown - conductor
Robin Mullarkey - bass
Rob Malarkey - bass
London Metropolitan Orchestra - strings, orchestra
Tim Baxter - strings, orchestration
Izzi Dunn - strings, orchestration
Jessica Dannheiser - orchestration
Jonas Quant - strings
Colin Smith - saxophone
Jack McManus - piano, keyboards, backing vocals
Matt Johnson - piano
Peter Jarrett - piano, percussion, keyboards
Alex Reeves - additional drums

Technical

Alexander Burnett - production, programming
Blue May - production, engineering
Dreamtrak - production, programming
Jack McManus - production, programming
Jim Eliot - production
Jonas Quant - production, programming
Mark Ralph - production, mixing
Peter Jarrett - production, additional production, programming
Hal Ritson - programming
Richard Adlam - programming
Jay Reynolds - additional production
Oliver Wright - additional production, mixing
BiLLLy - programming
Drew Smith - engineering
Izzi Dunn - engineering
Robbie Nelson - engineering
SAK PASE - production
Sean and Seng – photography
Betsy - art direction, production
Mat Maitland – art direction, design
Drew Smith - mixing, engineering
Tom Ad Fuller – mixing
John Davis - mastering

References

^ Rosebury, Will. "Betsy - Betsy". Clash Music. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ Cragg, Michael (6 August 2017). "Betsy: 'I've never, ever wanted to be the girl next door'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ Holden, Steve (16 August 2016). "Meet singer Betsy: From a goose farm in Wales... to high fashion in France". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ Day, Laurence (4 July 2017). "Betsy details self-titled debut record". [The Line of Best Fit]]. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/betsy/id1250966153. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "All I Need - Foxes - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

External links

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[1] Rosebury, Will. "Betsy - Betsy". Clash Music. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[2] Cragg, Michael (6 August 2017). "Betsy: 'I've never, ever wanted to be the girl next door'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[3] Holden, Steve (16 August 2016). "Meet singer Betsy: From a goose farm in Wales... to high fashion in France". BBC Newsbeat. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[4] Day, Laurence (4 July 2017). "Betsy details self-titled debut record". [The Line of Best Fit]]. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[5] ttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/betsy/id1250966153. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[allmusiccredits-6] "All I Need - Foxes - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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