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Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura is a group from the UK, active since 1996.

Group GB since 1996 indie pop rock pop
TOTAL PLAYS
1,167
SONGS PLAYED
107
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2006-04-29 00:53 · 6 Music — "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "French Navy"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
300 225 150 75 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,099 94%
Radio 2 66 6%
Radio 1 2 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 04:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 French Navy 335 2026-05-06
2 Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken 96 2013-05-16
3 Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken 90 2026-05-03
4 Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken 76 2016-07-11
5 Do It Again 63 2025-12-02
6 Break It To You Gently 60 2013-09-07
7 Honey in the Sun 59 2022-08-11
8 Let's Get Out of This Country 58 2025-05-29
9 If Looks Could Kill 43 2014-03-25
10 The Sweetest Thing 41 2025-05-30
11 Let's Get Out Of This Country 39 2011-09-04
12 Big Love 17 2025-02-14
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-06 07:20 French Navy 6 Music
2026-05-03 19:46 Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken Radio 2
2026-04-26 02:15 Super Trouper Radio 2
2026-02-21 18:31 Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken Radio 2
2025-12-14 22:55 Super Trouper Radio 2
2025-12-02 05:28 Do It Again 6 Music
2025-11-28 22:20 French Navy 6 Music
2025-10-16 07:13 French Navy 6 Music
2025-09-14 06:25 Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken 6 Music
2025-08-29 20:39 Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken 6 Music
2025-08-20 06:26 Do It Again 6 Music
2025-08-19 09:44 French Navy 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

107 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Cock Up Your Beaver (BBC Session, 22nd Jan, 2004) — 1 ▶
A Cock Up Your Beaver - BBC Session 22/01/2004 — 10 ▶
A Fond Kiss - BBC Session 22/01/2004 — 5 ▶
A Red, Red Rose — 3 ▶
Antiwestern (Radio 1 Session, 6 Aug 2001) — 3 ▶
Antiwestern - BBC Session 06/08/2001 — 3 ▶
Arrangements of Shape & Space — 1 ▶
Baby Huey (Hard Times) — 1 ▶
Before You Cry — 1 ▶
Before You Cry (Radio 1 Session, 6 Aug 2001) — 2 ▶
Before You Cry - BBC Session 06/08/2001 — 1 ▶
Big Love — 17 ▶
Books Written for Girls — 1 ▶
Books Written For Girls - BBC Session 15/05/2007 — 1 ▶
Break It To You Gently — 60 ▶
Break It To You Gently (4AD Session) — 2 ▶
Come back Margaret — 1 ▶
Come Back Margaret (6 Music session 2 May 2007) — 1 ▶
Country Mile — 3 ▶
Cri Du Coeur — 1 ▶
Denon — 4 ▶
Desire Lines — 1 ▶
Desire Lines (6Music Session 10th June 2013) — 1 ▶
Do It Again — 63 ▶
Do It Again (6 Music Session, 10 Jun 2013) — 1 ▶
Dory Previn (6 Music session 2 May 2007) — 1 ▶
Eighties Fan — 2 ▶
Every Weekday — 1 ▶
Every Weekday (6Music Session 10th June 2013) — 1 ▶
Fifth In Line To The Throne — 1 ▶
French Navy — 335 ▶
French Navy (6 Music Hub Session, 24 Apr 2009) — 1 ▶
French Navy (6 Music session 12 March 2009) — 2 ▶
French Navy - 6Music Hub Session 240409 — 5 ▶
French Navy - 6Music Session 12/03/2009 — 1 ▶
Happy New Year — 2 ▶
Honey in the Sun — 59 ▶
Honey In The Sun (Lp Version) — 1 ▶
Hushabye — 1 ▶
If Looks Could Kill — 43 ▶
James — 10 ▶
Keep It Clean — 2 ▶
Let's Get Out of This Country — 58 ▶
Let's Get Out Of This Country — 39 ▶
Let's Get Out Of This Country (Live Gideon Coe Session 12_06_06) — 1 ▶
Lets Get Out of the Country — 1 ▶
Liberty Print — 9 ▶
Liberty Print (6 Music Session, 6 May 2024) — 2 ▶
Lloyd I'm Heartbroken - Hub Session 15/05/2006 — 2 ▶
Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Broken Hearted (6 Music Session 8 Dec 2009) — 1 ▶
Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken — 76 ▶
Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken — 96 ▶
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken - Indian Summer 2006 — 1 ▶
Lloyd, I’m ready to be heartbroken — 90 ▶
Look to the East, Look to The West (6 Music Session, 6th May, 2024) — 1 ▶
Love My Jean - BBC Session 22/01/2004 — 7 ▶
Modern Girl (Session Track) — 1 ▶
Modern Girl - 6Music Session 15/05/2006 — 1 ▶
Modern Girl - Hub Session 15/05/2006 — 1 ▶
My Maudlin Career (Instrumental) — 1 ▶
New Year's Resolution — 2 ▶
Number One Son (John Peel session 6.8.2001) — 1 ▶
Number One Son (Radio 1 Session, 6 Aug 2001) — 1 ▶
Number One Son - BBC Session 06/08/2001 — 5 ▶
O' That I Were Where Helen Lies - BBC Session 22/01/2004 — 1 ▶
O' That Were Where Helen Lies - BBC Session 22/01/2004 — 3 ▶
Red Red Rose - BBC Session 22/01/2004 — 4 ▶
Return To Send Her — 1 ▶
Skye Boat Song — 1 ▶
Some Guys Have All The Luck — 1 ▶
Some Guys Have All The Luck (Saturday Session Archive) — 1 ▶
Sun on His Back — 3 ▶
Sun On His Back (John Peel session 6.8.2001) — 1 ▶
Sun On His Back - BBC Session 06/08/2001 — 1 ▶
Super Trooper — 1 ▶
Super Trooper (Saturday Session Archive) — 3 ▶
Super Trouper — 6 ▶
Super Trouper (Dermot O'Leary Session version) — 1 ▶
Super Trouper - BBC Session 15/05/2007 — 1 ▶
Super Trouper R2 Saturday Session — 1 ▶
Supertrooper — 1 ▶
Swans — 8 ▶
Swans (6 Music Session 8 Dec 2009) — 1 ▶
Tears For Affairs — 5 ▶
Tears for Affairs — 1 ▶
Tears For Affairs (6 Music session 2 May 2007) — 1 ▶
Tears For Affairs - 6Music Session 15/05/2006 — 1 ▶
Teenager — 1 ▶
Teenager- Indian Summer 2006 — 1 ▶
The Blizzard — 1 ▶
The Blizzard (6 Music Session 8 Dec 2009) — 1 ▶
The false contender — 1 ▶
The False Contender (Session Track) — 1 ▶
The Last Song - BBC Session 15/05/2007 — 1 ▶
The Nights Are Cold — 3 ▶
The Sun On His Back — 1 ▶
The Sweetest Thing — 41 ▶
The Sweetest Thing (6 Music session 12 Mar 2009) — 2 ▶
The Sweetest Thing - 6Music Session 12/03/2009 — 1 ▶
This Is Love (Feels Alright) — 1 ▶
Tougher than the Rest — 3 ▶
Troublemaker — 1 ▶
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star — 1 ▶
We're Going to Make It in a Man's World (6 Music Session, 6 May, 2024) — 1 ▶
You Told a Lie (6 Music session 12 March 2009) — 2 ▶
You Told A Lie - 6 Music Session, 12 Mar 2009 — 1 ▶
You Told A Lie - 6Music Session 12/03/2009 — 1 ▶