Track Listing

1. Each And Every One
2. Bittersweet
3. Tender Blue
4. Another Bridge
5. Spice Of Life
6. Dust Bowl
7. Crabwalk
8. Even So
9. Frost And Fire
10. Fascination
11. I Must Confess
12. Soft Touch

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6028 in Music
• Released on: 1985-11-11
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Everything but the Girl hit the ground running with their first album, Eden; in some ways, they wouldn't equal the effort again for years. Though both Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt learned how to use their voices to better effect over the years, their vocal talents are evident here. Singing over a gentle, tropical-toned combo, Thorn sounds strong and free, and, when the occasion calls for it, vulnerable. Watt may be a little melodramatic on "Tender Blue", but the affecting "Soft Touch" more than makes up for it. Meanwhile, "Another Bridge" presages "Me and Bobby D" (from The Language of Life); "The Dustbowl" succinctly captures a post-break-up reflection with only a modicum of regret; "Frost and Fire" reaches out from daughter to mother; and "I Must Confess" neatly sambas its way out of a finished relationship. Mature, intelligent, and unflinchingly romantic, it ranks among EBTG's best work. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews

uhm...
personally i'm not concerned that this release will only contain 12 tracks, as it is listed as a double cd (as all Collector's Editions are). hopefully we'll get all the tracks from both the US and UK releases, which will comprise basically all of the b-sides and bonus tracks from the singles. the first peel sessions from 18 Aug 1984 are relevant (Ballad Of The Times, Riverbed Dry, Never Could Have Been Worse, Don't You Go), and hopefully will be included also. i'm thinking that the bbc might have recorded a show around that time also. this is all just wishful thinking; i'll just be happy to get this marvelous album in a better mastering than the original job. what worries me is that it keeps getting pushed back. according to the release dates originally given, we should have had this around the first week of september. now it's nearly november. anyone heard anything?

Album 4.5 stars, collectors edition 0 stars
This looks to be a disappointing re-issue and has the cheek to call itself a collectors edition. As far as I can tell, from the the tracklisting, there are no bonus tracks - what about the infectious 'Laugh You Out The House' and the beautiful 'Mine'. If this 'collectors edition' included these tracks and the tracks from the earlier Cherry Red release ('Night and Day', 'Feeling Dizzy' and 'On My Mind') then this would have been the most essential EBTG release and worthy of 5 stars, unfortunately it looks like the record label have messed it up.

Just beautiful
This has been my favourite all time album for many, many years. I love every moment. Really wonderful album. Fascination is a stunning song. Love it, love it, love it.