The definitive compilation from Everything But The Girl, the bestselling duo formed in 1982 by singer-writer-musicians Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. Spanning over forty years from their indie jazz-folk debut, Night and Day, to the acclaimed contemporary electronica of 2023’s UK Top 3 album, Fuse, the collection includes the 1995 global dancefloor smash, Missing (Todd Terry Remix), hit singles I Don’t Want To Talk About It, Walking Wounded and Each And Every One, and deep evergreen cuts from their pioneering career. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, the album is cut across double vinyl for high audio quality, and comes with a gatefold sleeve and a booklet containing full lyrics and comprehensive credits.
Everything But The Girl - aka EBTG - was formed in 1982 by singer-writer-musicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. Their breakthrough debut single was a stark jazz-folk cover of Cole Porter's "Night and Day".
Moving from success on London indie Cherry Red to Warner/Blanco Y Negro, the duo delivered a string of UK gold albums in the 1980s, exploring latin jazz, guitar pop, orchestral wall-of-sound and drum-machine soul - all showcasing Thorn’s unique voice, Watt’s arrangements and their shared songwriting. Their timeless cover of Danny Whitten’s I Don’t Want To Talk About It appeared in 1988 (#3, UK Top 40).
In the early 90s, after Watt's serious hospitalisation with a rare auto-immune disease, the pair returned unbowed with the uplifting Phil Ramone-produced The Only Living Boy In New York in 1993, contributions to the Massive Attack album, Protection, and the million-selling ardent folktronica of their own 1994 album, Amplified Heart. It featured their biggest hit, Missing, after New York DJ-producer Todd Terry’s remix made the leap from heavy club spins to global pop radio playlists in 1995 (#2, US Hot 100; # 3, UK Top 40; #1, Germany, Italy, Canada).
Inspired, the duo followed it in 1996 with the sparkling Walking Wounded (#4 UK Album Chart), a set of emotional future-facing songs brimming with ideas from the mid 90s electronic scene. Spawning four UK Top 40 hits, it became the pair’s first UK platinum album, going on to sell approaching 2 million copies worldwide. They followed it with Temperamental in 1999, and after appearing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2000, chose to hit the pause button.
After twenty years of accomplished solo careers and family life, the duo returned unexpectedly in 2023 with the widely-acclaimed studio album, Fuse. Sonically adventurous, it included the radio hit Nothing Left To Lose, took them to their highest ever album chart position (#3, UK Album Chart) and won them the Self-Producing Artist of the Year award at the MPG (Music Producer’s Guild) Awards 2024.
Features
- 180g Double LP
- Gatefold Sleeve
- Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
Tracklist
Side A
- Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
- Nothing Left To Lose
- Tracey In My Room (Lazy Dog Bootleg Vocal Mix)
- Walking Wounded
Side B
- Single
- Corcovado
- Before Today
- No Difference
Side C
- Driving
- Each And Every One
- Rollercoaster
- I Don't Want To Talk About It
Side D
- The Only Living Boy In New York
- Cross My Heart
- Run A Red Light
- Night And Day
Notes
