release date: May 1984
format: vinyl / cd (RE)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,38]
producer: Robin Millar
label: Blanco y Negro - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "Each and Every One" (4 / 5) - 2. "Bittersweet" - 4. "Another Bridge" - 5. "The Spice of Life" (4 / 5) - 8. "Even So" - 10. "Fascination"
Studio debut album by the duo Everything but the Girl consisting of the private partners Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. The style is close to what Thorn had been playing in Marine Girls only Everyting but the Girl is less indie pop and more jazz-based, and the band took part of the new music scene and a style (primarily based in London) emerging in the aftermath of post-punk, new romantic and early jangle pop including Altered Images, Orange Juice, Sade, Swing Out Sisters, Prefab Sprout, The Blue Nile, The Style Council, Felt, and Aztec Camera. Despite the overall fine compositions, I have always found it interesting but also somewhat anonymous. It's really fine for background noise, conversations, book reading, or it's just the right kind of music for a lazy Sunday.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5 stars ]
