Everything But The Girl (CD)

British duo Everything But the Girl has always consisted of singer Tracey Thorn and instrumentalist Ben Watt, but the pair's sound radically transformed over the years. They began in the early 1980s as purveyors of quiet, jazzy folk-pop. By the mid-'90s, they had fully embraced dance music and electronica, incorporating drum-and-bass and trip-hop into their moody style. Watt's recovery from a rare, life-threatening illness gave the group itself a new lease on life, and they ended the '90s as relevant as they were at the beginning of their career.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
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• Release Date: November 14, 1995
• Label: Sire Records (USA)
• UPC: 075992521222
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106710838
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #24497 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #8823 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #5422 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)

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Everything But The Girl: Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn.

On Everything But the Girl's 1984 self-titled debut, the British duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn offers up a seemingly light, breezy set of jazz-inflected pop tunes that makes no qualms about evoking the bossa nova boom of the '60s. What makes these songs stand out from other acts in the lounge set, however, are Thorn's nuanced vocals and Watt's literate, melancholy lyrics and smart, subtle arrangements. The lilting single "Each and Every One" proved to be a hit in EBTG's native U.K. (where this album was released, with a somewhat different track list, as EDEN), while other tracks, including the dreamy, droning "Frost and Fire" and the slightly New Wave-ish "Never Could Have Been Worse," opted for mood over melody. Although Watt and Thorn would have to wait until the mid-'90s for their U.S. breakthrough (the surging dance remix of "Missing"), this record firmly establishes the core of the EBTG sound, allowing for the fascinating stylistic experimentation on subsequent releases.

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