Everything but the Girl (album)

1984 compilation album by Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl

Compilation album by

Everything but the Girl

Released| 1984
Genre|

* Alternative rock
* indie pop
* jangle pop

Length| 34:29
Label| Sire
Producer| Robin Millar
Everything but the Girl chronology
| Eden
(1984)  | Everything but the Girl
(1984)  | Love Not Money
(1985)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide| 7/10[3]

Everything but the Girl is a compilation album by British musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released in 1984 in the US and Canada by Sire Records, serving as the band's debut album in those countries. It contains six tracks from their United Kingdom debut Eden, two UK singles and four B-sides.

## Background and release

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Everything but the Girl was only released in the United States, Canada, and a few other countries, such as Brazil. It consists of six tracks from Eden plus B-sides and non-album UK singles. In the several months gap between recording and releasing Eden, Thorn and Watt opened themselves to new influences, mostly the Smiths, with whom they also became close. This influence can be heard in "Never Could Have Been Worse" (released as a B-side to "Each and Every One" in the UK).[4]

Other new songs include "Mine", which was released as a single in the UK (where it reached No. 58) only four weeks after Eden, and marked a departure from the album's themes and sound, with Thorn singing about a single mother and gender politics involved in surnames. The other single "Native Land", which featured the Smiths's Johnny Marr on harmonica, only reached No. 73.[4] The album completes its track listing with "Easy as Sin", "Riverbed Dry" (B-sides to "Mine" and "Native Land"), "Never Could Have Been Worse" and "Laugh You Out the Hose" (B-sides to "Each and Every One").

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Original release| Length

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1.| "Each and Every One"|

* Tracey Thorn
* Ben Watt

| Eden| 2:46
2.| "Tender Blue"| Watt| Eden| 3:04
3.| "Another Bridge"|

* Thorn
* Watt

| Eden| 2:12
4.| "Frost and Fire"|

* Thorn
* Watt

| Eden| 3:02
5.| "Fascination"| Thorn| Eden| 3:19
6.| "Crabwalk" (Instrumental)| Watt| Eden| 3:24
7.| "Never Could Have Been Worse"| Watt| "Each and Every One" B-side| 2:43
8.| "Laugh You Out the House"| Thorn| "Each and Every One" B-side| 1:46
9.| "Mine"| Thorn| Stand-alone single| 3:18
10.| "Easy as Sin"| Watt| "Mine" B-side| 2:56
11.| "Native Land"|

* Thorn
* Watt

| Stand-alone single| 3:06
12.| "Riverbed Dry"|

* Thorn
* Watt

| "Native Land" B-side| 2:53
Total length:| 34:29

## Personnel

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Everything but the Girl

* Tracey Thorn – acoustic guitar, vocals
* Ben Watt – guitar, piano, Hammond organ, vocals

Additional musicians

* Bosco DeOliveira – percussion
* Dick Pearce – flugelhorn, trumpet
* Nigel Nash – tenor saxophone
* Peter King – alto saxophone
* Charles Hayward – drums
* Chucho Merchán – double bass
* Simon Booth – guitar
* Bill Le Sage – vibraphone
* Johnny Marr – harmonica on "Native Land"
* Phil Moxham – bass
* Dave Smith – double bass
* Bob Sydor – tenor saxophone
* June Miles-Kingston – drums, vocals

## References

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1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Everything But the Girl – Everything But the Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
2. ^ Sarig, Roni (2004). "Everything but the Girl". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 288–289. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
3. ^ Crist, Renée (1995). "Everything but the Girl". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 136–137\. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.136-137&rft.pub=Vintage+Books&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-679-75574-8&rft.aulast=Crist&rft.aufirst=Renée&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Everything+but+the+Girl+(album)" class="Z3988">
4. ^ a b Thorn, Tracey (2013). Bedsit Disco Queen. United Kingdom: Hachette Digital, Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 200–202\. ISBN 978-1-40551-398-2.200-202&rft.pub=Hachette+Digital,+Little,+Brown+Book+Group&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-40551-398-2&rft.aulast=Thorn&rft.aufirst=Tracey&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Everything+but+the+Girl+(album)" class="Z3988">

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Everything but the Girl

* Ben Watt
* Tracey Thorn

Studio albums|

* Eden
* Everything but the Girl
* Love Not Money
* Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
* Idlewild
* The Language of Life
* Worldwide
* Acoustic
* Amplified Heart
* Walking Wounded
* Temperamental
* Fuse

Compilation albums|

* Essence & Rare 82–92
* Home Movies
* The Best of Everything but the Girl
* Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
* Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes

Singles|

* "Night and Day"
* "Each and Every One"
* "I Don't Want to Talk About It"
* "Missing"
* "Walking Wounded"
* "Wrong"
* "Tracey in My Room"
* "Corcovado"

Other songs|

* "I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Bedsit Disco Queen
* Marine Girls
* Patient

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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