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The Best Of Everything But The Girl

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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.

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.

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.

I am a huge fan of this group but was disappointed with this CD. The remixes were not as good as the originals and the remainder of "The Best Of" was not.

This has a few well known songs from this group but the rest were very average, have traded it in as really not that impressed.

I have to admit that I absolutely love this CD, which, in light of its completely pop/electronic sound, is something of a guilty pleasure for me. I initially learned about Everything But The Girl after hearing Tracey Thorn's vocals on two beautiful songs that she did with Massive Attack, "Better Things" and "Protection," both of which are on this compilation. I immediately wanted to hear more of her, and this was the first CD that I picked up. Every song is great. I was surprised to see so many negative reviews. I can understand that some of the fans of EBTG's earlier music were put off by their transition to a more electronic sound, but the tracks on this CD provide such a mellow, hypnotic groove that it's hard to imagine that any preestablished prejudices weren't worn down. I could listen to this CD at any time. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I have just recently been introduced to the musical genius of EBTG and Tracey Thorn. After reading some of the other reviews, I'm quite glad that the first time I heard EBTG was from this CD. I thought it was an awesome compilation of music with a flair I had never before heard, and immediately became addicted. Since then, I've also listened to their earlier work, and although it has certainly changed over the years, they had and still have a style that's all their own, one which is brilliant to say the least.

Over several years, I have listened to this album over and over and over and never ever get tired of it. A total emotional rollercoaster that I walk away from each and every time with something new. I can't recommmed it enough. BUY THIS CD!!!

I have been a fan of EBTG for many years and was very much looking forward to "The Best" from EBTG. What a disappointment for me when there were only 3 tracks that deserved to be on the "Best of" EBTG. Save your time and money. Too bad, these guys are much better than what the CD title leads you to beleive.

I am an extremely die hard fan of Everything But The Girl (E.B.T.G.) and knew early on there could never be a best of compilation that would satisfy me. The fact is that their first few albums were their best work-
1. Eden (1984) 2. Everything But The Girl (1984) 3. Love Not Money (1985). If you want to know WHAT they sounded like before they sold out, these 3 albums are a good place to start. If you want to hear HOW they sounded at their peak- get these 2 albums: 1. Idlewild (1988) 2. Acoustic (1992). I truly understand one must move with the times and not lag behind in the world of music, hence their recent other Best Of called Adapt or Die, but they abandoned a lot of fans when they sold out to the techno/electronica audience. I miss their early days and wish they would record just one more last album of the old stuff for their old fans- a sort of gift to those of us who were there in the beginning.