The Sunday Mail reports that Shirley Manson is working with Billy Corgan & Jack White on her new Solo album.
They also report that her debut solo album will be issued in 2007.
SCOTS superstar Shirley Manson is secretly lining up an A-list team for her first solo album.
The Garbage singer wants stunning tunes for her debut – and has recruited the biggest names in music to help.
White Stripes star Jack White, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan are all on board, as is award-winning movie composer David Arnold, who collaborated with Garbage on 1999′s James Bond theme The World Is Not Enough.
Yesterday, Paul revealed how he met up with Shirley at his Glasgow flat to work on ideas for the album, due out in 2007.
He said: “I knew Shirley’s work from her days in Scottish bands Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and Angel Fish and had heard the records she’d made with Garbage.
“But we’d never met so I couldn’t believe it when this rather formal email arrived saying, ‘Dear Mr. Buchanan…’
“The fact Shirley was motivated to ask me to write songs made it worth pursuing.
“I was worried my music wouldn’t fit in with the rocky stuff Jack White and Billy Corgan would come up with but Shirley said, ‘Don’t worry, I want you to do what you do’.
“Sometimes the unlikeliest combinations work best – it gets you out the comfort zone.” Paul and Shirley will meet in December to record tracks for the CD.
Before then, he has a Scottish tour which includes gigs at Aberdeen’s Music Hall on November 24, Edinburgh’s Usher Hall (25 and 26) and Perth City Hall (27).
Paul has also written songs with Euryth-mics’ Annie Lennox and duetted with Sharleen Spiteri on Texas’ hit single Sleep.
He said: “I made a conscious effort to write the songs from Shirley’s perspective.
“It only took five minutes to compose them but I’d had six weeks to come up with ideas.
“It was a similar experience to when I worked with Annie. Like Shirley, she made it easy to be in the room and wanted a bit of company – in a music sense – after working for so long with Dave Stewart.
“Shirley was also keen to bounce ideas off different people after taking a break from Garbage.”
But which Scots female rock star would Paul next like to add to his impressive CV?
He said: “It would be great to write for K.T. Tunstall. The bits of her music I’ve heard so far have been good.”
Source: Sunday Mail – thanks John5!
sooooo good to know that!
So cool!!! Now I know who sings in Texas’ Sleep!!! I do hope the album gets released on 2007. can’t hardly wait
This is fucking GREAT GREAT G R E A T news, can`t wait to the album is released, I CAN`T WAIT!
fucking great news!!! i cant wait
it will be very interesting
This news made me so wet!
Nice to hear she’s working with some interesting people. I hope she does something daring and dark and not some Gwen Stefani bubblegum fest. Since Shirley’s always better when she has the edge. Bleed like me proved that.I think she’s got a great distinctive voice and I can’t wait to hear what she does.
WOW, finally we know some news about the SOLO album of shirley, i can’t wait!!!
I am SOOO happy right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think I need some “alone” time…
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! yessssssssssssssss oh my god i can’t wait. i cant fucking wait!!! yes!!!
It was pretty good knowing Shirley is doing something new.
By less we can wait for excelent things.
Missing Shirley so much! Here’s to ’07…the year of Shirley Manson!
Woo-hoo! I hope she does some really crazy stuff, like music she’s never really done before. I heard an mp3 with her singing “Fever”! That was pretty sweet! But I wanna hear CRAZY shit!
that couple of types has the best from the fortunes to the power to work with woman’s beauty, as I envy them. and of the album for what I see won’t defraud us
Billy should should work on punpkins’ new album prior to this
I’ve always LOVED Garbage so am waiting breathlessly for Shirley’s solo album!!!!!
This is SO cool!
This album is going to be so awesome. Billy’s work on Hole’s Celebrity Skin was nothing short of brilliant.
what can I say? NICE NICE NICE!
LOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooveeeeeeelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!:o
Best news Ive heard all year!!! Id like to see Shirley take a stab at a little harder rock, perhaps like Evanescence or Lacuna Coil. Id love to see that type of music backed by Shirley’s vocals!
Go Shirley. Its been a long time coming. Can’t friggin’ wait. Rock.
Does anyone know which record label Shirley is signed to?
Oh I’m sooooooo happy 2 here she is coming out with a solo album Rock on Shirley Rock on! ^_~ I Love Her shes my fave ever! P.S.kick ass and good luck!