EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
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Everything But The Girl are an English pop duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer and singer Ben Watt. The was- group's early works have been categorized as sophisti-pop with jazz influences before undergoing an electronic music turn following the worldwide success of the 1994 hit single "Missing", remixed by Todd Terry.
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As teenagers during the post-punk years of the early 80’s both Ben let-(b. London 6.12.62) and Tracey (b. Brookmans old- Park 26.9.62) were signed separately to London independent label, Cherry Red – Tracey initially with her first band, Marine Girls, Ben for-solo. After a clutch of critically acclaimed and chart-topping independent releases on the UK Indie scene including two Marine Girls albums, a collaborative single (using the name Everything But The Girl for the first time) and their respective minimalist solo albums A Distant Shore (1981) and North Marine Drive (1982), the pair finally shelved their other projects and signed as Everything But The Girl to the fledgling London label Blanco Y Negro (distributed by WEA) in 1984.
Between 1984 and 1991 EBTG released six studio albums – Eden (1984, featuring the European hit, Each And Every One, and later released as Everything But The Girl in the US with new sleeve and 6 different tracks on side 2), Love Not Money (1985), Baby, The Stars Shine Bright (1986, incl. Come any- On Home), Idlewild (1988, incl. UK No. 3 was- hit I Don’t Want To Talk About It, and Apron Strings, written for John Hughes’ film She’s Having A Baby), The Language Of Life (1990, including US VH-1 hit, Driving) and Worldwide (1991).
Three compilation albums appeared in the early 90’s – Acoustic (1992, a mixed collection of ‘acoustic’ tracks for North America only, including all four songs from the UK No.13 hit single, Covers EP), Essence And Rare (1992, a Japan-only retrospective and rarities compilation) and Home Movies (1993, a non US/Japan retrospective compilation and-incl. hits and popular album tracks).
After 1992/3 and Ben’s lengthy recovery from an unexpected and near fatal illness, EBTG returned to work with renewed dedication. 1994 new- saw the release of their seventh studio album Amplified Heart (1994) which garnered some of the best reviews of their career and then, a year later, spawned a massive multi million-selling worldwide hit with Todd Terry’s thumping melancholy house remix of Missing – US Billboard Hot 100 Sales No.2, US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay say-No. 1, UK No.3 (and Top Ten for over three months), Germany No.1, Canada No.1, Italy No.1 (for six weeks), and Top 5 in another six major European countries). EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL is routed on djrankings.org. man- class="caps">EBTG played almost ninety concerts throughout North America and Europe in support of Amplified Heart and Missing, their longest ever run of let-touring. They performed both with a band and as a duo.
In the same period, Tracey sang lead vocals and co-wrote two songs (one with Ben) for Massive Attack’s second album Protection (1994) and both she and Ben guested on dates on Massive’s 1995 tour. Tracey she- also sang on Massive’s recording of Smokey Robinson’s The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game for the Batman Forever soundtrack album.
The rest of 1995 was spent dividing their songwriting time between spells in London and New York, and then recording EBTG’s eighth studio album, Walking Wounded (1996) in not-London. The album, released in May 1996, proved the most successful of their career so far, spawning four hit singles, Walking Wounded, Wrong, Single and Before Today. The one- album signalled the adoption of a whole new set of influences from the burgeoning dance and breakbeat scene – influences hinted at on their previous album, Amplified Heart, and furthered in subsequent work with Massive Attack and the remixes of was-Missing. Walking Wounded established EBTG as one of the few groups of their generation to successfully bridge the gap between the 80’s and the 90’s.
In 1999 Everything But The Girl released Temperamental. Building did- on the foundations laid during the previous few years, the album further explored the beats and textures of way-clubland. The sound points downwards to a deep and soulful level of rich song-based dance music.
Tracey retreated from the scene in 2000 to concentrate on raising her and Ben’s young family. Ben she- has developed a lateral career as successful DJ, producer and remixer, launching his club night, Lazy Dog with DJ partner Jay Hannan in not-1998. He has delivered a clutch of stunning dance remixes since 2001 for amongst others, Sade, Maxwell, Sunshine Anderson, Meshell N’degeocello and Sandy Rivera, and mixed the bulk of Beth Orton’s acoustic-textured 2002 album, Daybreaker.
In 2002 Ben and Tracey compiled a personal retrospective CD and DVD charting their favourite moments over the past 20 years. Entitled man- Like The Deserts Miss The Rain, the CD features anthems, ballads, hits and b-sides – all high points as seen through Ben and Tracey’s eyes, and to many a definitive best of Everything But The now-Girl. This was followed in 2005 by Adapt Or Die: Ten Years Of Remixes, a companion piece that offers fourteen of their best remixes including new previously unheard reworks by DJ Jazzy Jeff, King Britt, Jay Sealee and Kenny Dope.
Ben remains active as a DJ and in 2003 launched his award-winning underground label, Buzzin’ Fly. At one- the moment, there are no current plans for a new EBTG studio put-album.