The Best Of Everything But The Girl [Import]

Everything But the Girl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000005RKV
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,584 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Missing-(Todd Terry Remix)

2. Driving-(Todd Terry Remix)

3. Old Friends

4. One Place

5. I Don't Want To Talk About It

6. Love Is Strange

7. The Only Living Boy In New York

8. Apron Strings

9. When All's Well

10. Another Bridge

11. Each And Every One

12. Rollercoaster

13. Driving-(The Underdog Remix)

14. Better Things

15. Protection

Editorial Reviews

Import-only compilation from the British duo featuring 15 of their best tracks spanning the years 1985-96. Includes the hit remix versions of 'Missing' and 'Driving', plus Tracey Thorn's vocal offering on Massive Attack's 1995 hit 'Protection' plus 'Apron Strings', 'I Don't Want To Talk About It', 'Each And Everyone', 'Love Is Strange', 'When All's Well' and more. Warner. 1996.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything and Much More Too, July 29, 2000

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Luis Hernandez (New York, New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of Everything But The Girl (Audio CD)

Being the first and only compilation of their hits after the worldwide success of the smash hit single "Missing," this album examines the legacy of acoustic hitmakes Everything But The Girl (or EBTG for short). With the help of great mixes by the legendary Todd Terry, Everything but the Girl has built a large following of techno music fans in recent years as they have moved away from acoustic music and into mainstream club music.

The highlights on this album have to be the songs "Missing," and "Driving," both mixed by Todd Terry. Wonderful time and energy was poured when remixing "Driving" as it sounds like an electronica fantasy come true. The remix is pure listening pleasure for any one into heavy techno mixed with deep vocals.

On the acoustic side, the song "To Each and His Own," was my favorite due to singer Tracy Thorn's cheerful voice and the great musical arrangement. The songs they collobrated with Massive Attack are good as well. Regardless of what one past reviewer said, this album is an excellent representation of EBTG's music these past 15 years.

The disc, which was made in Germany, is an import, meaning you will have to pay more to get your hands on this collection, but let me guarantee you that once you do, you won't regret it. EBTG is here to stay and this album truly demonstrate's their lasting appeal and enormous talent.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, January 28, 2001

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Senne Soli - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of Everything But The Girl (Audio CD)

I only knew "Temperamental" and "Walking Wounded" by Everything But The Girl. This album has showed me in a nice way how EBTG has evolved from folksy jazz duo to a more 'modern' dance sound.

There is the famous Todd Terry-remix from "Missing" and the "Driving"-remixes R also nice. And of course there R the two wonderfull songs with Massive Attack, "Protection" and "Better Things" ( but they should have put "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" here too ).

Then there is the beautiful little EBTG-world I didn't knew. Soft jazzy or folksy songs. The stand-outs R "The Only Living Boy In New York", "I Don't Want To Talk About It" and "Apron Strings".

Maybe this compilation is lame for hardcore EBTG-fans, but as an introduction it was very good for me.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Was expecting something different, December 28, 2000

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V. Ravindran (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of Everything But The Girl (Audio CD)

Looking back, I am not sure whether my expectations were fair. I had heard a couple of songs on the radio, and thought this would be a good purchase since "Missing" is so brilliant. Unfortunately there is not another song in the same vein on the CD.

That being said, I find several of the songs good, but they are quite a bit different that what I had expected. Since I am not a huge fan, I am not qualified to judge the quality of the remixes and the songs that were selected for the CD. What I do feel qualified to say is that if you are hoping for a CD that has the feel of "Missing" for 15 songs, you will not be getting that. But you will be getting some quality lyrics and feeling, so I don't want to sound like the CD is not good. It is, just make sure you listen to the sound samples before buying.