Amplified Heart

Everything But the Girl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 19, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002IZ1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,252 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rollercoaster

2. Troubled Mind

3. I Don't Understand Anything

4. Walking to You

5. Get Me

6. Missing

7. Two Star

8. We Walk the Same Line

9. 25th December

10. Disenchanted

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen loud and feel it, January 29, 2006

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encyclomuse (Farmington, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amplified Heart (Audio CD)

If you listen to Amplified Heart for the first time, you'll find that one song will strike very deeply, and resonate with you for days or weeks. It's the best song you've heard in a long time. You'll skip over songs to get to it. As it starts to wear off, you'll find that another song, probably one you were actually skipping, is perhaps the best song you've heard in a long time. This will continue until you realize that this is one of those albums where there's really not a bad moment. This turns out to be a great collection of very strong, simple songs.

The emotion runs deep and true through this album without getting overbearing. A lot of that has to do with the songs themselves, which are just simple and powerful. But it's even more to do with the spare but rich production. The vocals are pitch perfect, and the choice of instrumentation prevents any song from getting overdone. When not to play is often as important as when to play. This album is one where every note seems to have a place and a meaning. The overall mood is longing, but thoughtful, profound, and mature.

I started out on Rollercoaster, jumped to Get Me, then found We Walk the Same Line, drove around on Two Star for a couple weeks, realized I Don't Understand Anything and just started playing the whole thing. There are many essentials that I'll be returning to for a long time.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars me like, July 12, 2004

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mark twain "25354" (Monrovia, Liberia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amplified Heart (Audio CD)

Having become enthralled with EBTG through Walking Wounded and Temperamental I was not at first able to get my head around their earlier albums. On first hearing, Amplified Heart was barely above elevator music to me. But I find that many tracks have grown on me dramatically, so that now I listen to the album non-stop. Tracey Thorne's voice is like a balm to my troubled nerves. I could listen to her sing the phone book. One of the tracks that has particularly grown on me is Your Troubled Mind, particularly the lyric, "When you're dooooown you bring me down too-oo; and that is somethi-in' I would not do-o. You say its hard I know its hard; that is somethi-in' I don't dis-re-ga-ard."
My advice is, buy the album. If you don't like it at first, force yourself to listen to it over and over and you will come crawling on you knees begging the album to forgive you for ever having doubted it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uplifting Music, Poetic Lyrics, Outstanding CD, May 8, 2003

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L. Shirley "Laurie's Boomer Views" (Huntington Beach,CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amplified Heart (Audio CD)

This review refers to the "Amplified Heart" CD by Everything But The Girl.....

The music of Everything But The Girl is many things. On this album, "Amplified Heart", I found the music upbeat yet soothing, the lyrics poetic, romantic and profound. It is the kind of music you can listen to while kicking back and reading, working around the house, or for a quiet dinner for two.

To be honest, I had never heard their music nor heard of them before I made this purchase. I had just finished reading Ben Watt's "Patient:The True Story of a Rare Illness", and was so touched by the inspirational, and very human account of his illness, that I just had to hear the music of the person who words had touched me so, and, Tracey Thorn the woman who remained at his side through the whole ordeal.

I had no idea what to expect, and was delighted after my very first listen. I chose this particular album because it was made after his hospital experience. Through this music you can really feel the love, the loyalty and the bonding that these two have experienced together.

In one of the songs "We Walk The Same Line", they say "If you lose your faith babe, you can have mine, and if you're lost I'm right behind.....". How beautiful is that??? This album is filled with wonderful songs like that.There are 10 tracks and includes "Rollercoaster", "Walking To You" and "Missing".(For a complete list of songs, see buying info). I seem to always add this to whatever mix I'm loading up my CD player with, it just makes me feel good.

The CD is excellent. A very good quality recording, it fills the room with the wonderful sounds of this album. It also comes with a booklet that has the words to all the songs as well.

For a nice soft rock/ballad type atmosphere I highly recommend this album as well as Ben Watt's book for a beautiful reading experience.

Feel the love..and enjoy...Laurie