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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - LIVERPOOL 1988 - from Big O

EBTG 1988 Royal Court Liverpool - Big O


EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL

Liverpool 1988 


Live at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, UK; March 17, 1988. Very good soundboard.

Thanks to MaxPaine for sharing the show at Dime.

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Everything but the Girl (occasionally referred to as EBTG) are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, producer and singer Ben Watt. hey have had four top ten singles and twelve top forty singles in the UK. Until 2022, the band were inactive, and have not performed publicly since 2000. After the group’s disbandment, Thorn and Watt released solo albums, and had indicated that it was unlikely they would ever record together again as Everything But the Girl. However, in November 2022, Thorn announced that a new album had been recorded for release in spring 2023.

Fuse is the upcoming eleventh studio album by British duo Everything but the Girl, scheduled to be released on April 21, 2023 through Buzzin’ Fly and Virgin Records. It is their first studio album in 24 years following Temperamental (1999). The album was preceded by the single “Nothing Left to Lose” on January 10, 2023, followed by “Caution to the Wind” and “Run a Red Light” in February and March, respectively.

The duo began working on the album in March 2021, recording it in secret at both their home and a studio outside of Bath, England with the engineer Bruno Ellingham, with Tracey Thorn stating that they were “aware of the pressures of such a long-awaited comeback, so we tried to begin instead in a spirit of open-minded playfulness”.

Ben Watt told the NME that they “wanted to come back with something modern-sounding. […] We just wanted to make a piece of work that would sound great now in 2023. That was the driver.” He also elaborated that Fuse is not “a pandemic album or a lockdown album - it just struck us that the time was right after 23 years of waiting”, also echoing Thorn’s statement that the intention was to be “a bit playful and experimental to see what happens. There wasn’t a masterplan.” - wikipedia

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Disc 1
Track 101. Crabwalk (Instrumental) 4:46
Track 102. Goodbye Sunday 6:04
Track 103. Love Is Here Where I Live 4:54
Track 104. Another Bridge 2:51
Track 105. Lonesome For A Place I Know 4:48
Track 106. Tender Blue 5:29
Track 107. Little Hitler 4:27
Track 108. Laugh You Out The House 4:52
Track 109. Ballad Of The Times 3:47
Track 110. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (U2 Cover) 3:44
46 mins

Disc 2
Track 201. The Dustbowl 1:46
Track 202. Ugly Little Dreams 3:03
Track 203. Easy As Sin 3:20
Track 204. Fascination 4:11
Track 205. Each And Every One 5:22
Track 206. I Always Was Your Girl 5:12
Track 207. Mine 4:52
Track 208. Blue Moon Rose 8:54
Track 209. When All’s Well 3:39
Track 210. The Spice Of Life 4:43
Track 211. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing 3:15
49 mins

Lineup:
Tracy Thorn - vocals
Ben Watt - vocals, guitar
Pete King - saxophone
Damon Butcher - keyboards
Steve Pierce - bass
Steve Sanger - drums

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New single 'Nothing Left To Lose', the first release from the forthcoming album, Fuse.
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