Eddi Reader

Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as the lead vocalist of the folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three Brit Awards. In 2003, she showcased the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.

Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as the lead vocalist of the folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three Brit Awards. In 2003, she showcased the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. === Political views=== Reader has been an advocate for the Yes Scotland movement, campaigning for a Yes vote in the referendum for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. Her 2013 appearance on the British TV programme Question Time was publicly criticised, with one viewer threatening on Twitter to cut her tongue out. Reader has said she is "an egalitarian who believes in the autonomy of small nations, it's unconscionable that those who call people 'nationalists' for wanting their country to manage its own wealth, do not recognise the 'nationalistic' choice of supporting a 'BRITISH nation'". Reader said that, in reprisal for her advocacy for Scottish independence, Lord Steel of Aikwood said in a debate on Scottish independence in the House of Lords that Reader's work on Robert Burns was "murdering Burns' simple melodies". Reader also said that the newspaper The Scotsman, in reprisal for Reader choosing to advocate a Yes vote, had published a story mischaracterising her political views and misrepresenting her great-uncle as a Nazi and leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), stating: "there’s people out there in Scotland, especially in the Press, and especially at The Scotsman — which is a very wrong name for that paper, because they don’t believe in Scotland at all; they believe in London management — who believe that Scots do not deserve the vote. I don’t want to be in that team." She issued a formal appeal to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), saying that: "The article was trying to portray ALL people wanting to have Scots running Scotland and independence voters as having links with the early Fascists. The journalist scrapped around and tried to attach my great-uncle, who supported independence, to a 'Nazi' group and a terrorist organisation, creating hateful responses and threats to my family." The PCC ruled in May 2013 that the image in the story, accompanied by the headline ‘Klan Alba’, did not breach the Editor’s Code of Practice. Reader is writing a book for publication about her great-uncle Seamus (or James) Reader, based on his extensive diaries. He was head of the Scottish Brigade of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), when the Irish War of Independence broke out in 1919, later becoming a founder of the abortive Scottish Republican Army, which attempted to replicate the Irish struggle in Scotland between the wars. On Facebook, she posted that he: "was in command of 4,000 Scots involved in the Irish Rising build-up and the Irish war against The British state. In telling the story I felt my ancestor was passing the baton to me to tell the truthful story of this time". {| class=wikitable |- ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result |- | rowspan=2| 1989 | rowspan=2| Brit Awards | "Perfect" | Best British Single | |- | The First of a Million Kisses | Best British Album | |- | rowspan=3| 1995 | Ivor Novello Awards | "Patience of Angels" | Best Song Musically & Lyrically | |- | Ivor Novello Awards | "Dear John" | Best Song Musically & Lyrically | |- | rowspan=2| Brit Awards | rowspan=3| Herself | rowspan=2| Best British Female | |- | 1997 | |- | 2016 | Boisdale Music Awards | Great Scot Music Award | {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK |- ! scope="row"| Mirmama | Released: 12 October 1992 Label: RCA | 34 | |- ! scope="row"| Eddi Reader | Released: 20 June 1994 Label: Blanco y Negro | 4 | BPI: Gold |- ! scope="row"| Candyfloss and Medicine | Released: 8 July 1996 Label: Blanco y Negro | 24 | |- ! scope="row"| Angels & Electricity | Released: 11 May 1998 Label: Blanco y Negro | 49 | |- ! scope="row" |Simple Soul | Released: 9 January 2001 Label: Rough Trade | 92 | |- ! scope="row"| Driftwood | Released: 8 October 2001 Label: Rough Trade | — | |- ! scope="row"| Sings the Songs of Robert Burns | Released: 12 May 2003 Label: Rough Trade | 86 | BPI: Silver |- ! scope="row"| Peacetime | Released: 29 January 2007 Label: Rough Trade | 93 | |- ! scope="row"| Love Is the Way | Released: 13 April 2009 Label: Rough Trade | 109 | |- ! scope="row"| Vagabond | Released: 13 April 2009 Label: Reveal | 93 | |- ! scope="row"| Cavalier | Released: 28 September 2018 Label: Reveal | — | |- ! scope="row"| Light Is in the Horizon | Released: 1 April 2022 Label: Vertical | — | {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK |- ! scope="row"| "All or Nothing" | 1991 | — | rowspan=2| Mirmama |- ! scope="row"| "What You Do with What You've Got" | 1992 | 100 |- ! scope="row"| "Patience of Angels" | rowspan=3| 1994 | 33 | rowspan=3| Eddi Reader |- ! scope="row"| "Joke (I'm Laughing)" | 42 |- ! scope="row"| "Dear John" | 48 |- ! scope="row"| "Nobody Lives Without Love" | 1995 | 84 | Batman Forever |- ! scope="row"| "Town Without Pity" | rowspan=3| 1996 | 26 | rowspan=2| Candyfloss and Medicine |- ! scope="row"| "Medicine" | 100 |- ! scope="row"| "Waiting Game" (with Jools Holland) | — | Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll |- ! scope="row"| "Prayer Wheel" | 1998 | — | Angels & Electricity |- ! scope="row"| "Fragile Thing" (with Big Country) | rowspan=2|1999 | 69 | Driving to Damascus |- ! scope="row"| "Usual Things" (with Little Tempo & Linton Kwesi Johnson) | — | |- ! scope="row"| "The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon" | rowspan=2| 2001 | — | rowspan=2| Simple Soul |- ! scope="row"| "Prodigal Daughter"/"Simple Soul" | — |- ! scope="row"| "Holiday" | rowspan=2| 2002 | — | Driftwood |- ! scope="row"| "May You Never" (with David Knopfler) | — | Wishbones |- ! scope="row"| "Auld Lang Syne"/"Wild Mountainside" | rowspan=2| 2003 | — | rowspan=2| Sings the Songs of Robert Burns |- ! scope="row"| "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose"/"Jamie Come Try Me" | — |- ! scope="row"| "Muddy Water" | 2007 | — | Peacetime |- ! scope="row"| "Roses" | rowspan=2| 2009 | — | rowspan=2| Love Is the Way |- ! scope="row"| "Dragonflies" | — |- ! scope="row"| "Baby's Boat" | 2013 | — | rowspan=2| Vagabond |- ! scope="row"| "Back the Dogs (Dancing Down Rock)" | 2014 | — |- ! scope="row"| "Starlight" | 2018 | — | Cavalier |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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