# Everything but the Girl

Everything but the Girl, aussi connu sous l'abréviation EBTG, est un duo d'artistes britanniques créé en 1982, originaire de Hull dans le comté du Yorkshire de l'Est, en Angleterre. Il est composé de Tracey Thorn (chanteuse) et Ben Watt (compositeur, musicien, chanteur).

## Biographie

Quand Thorn et Watt se rencontrent, tous deux sont étudiants à l'Université de Hull. Tous deux ont signé un contrat avec la maison de disques indépendante Cherry Red Records, en tant qu'artiste solo.
Ils forment un duo et adoptent leur nom de groupe « Everything But The Girl », en référence au slogan d'un magasin de literie de Hull très connu, Turners' Furniture, sur Beverley Road. Le magasin avait en effet originellement une devanture sur laquelle on pouvait lire « Pour votre chambre, nous vendons tout sauf la fille » (for your bedroom needs, we sell everything but the girl).
Leur premier single, Night and Day, sort en 1982. Eden, premier album du groupe, parait deux ans plus tard, ainsi qu'un deuxième album, la même année. C'est le single Each and Every One qui leur permet d'acquérir une petite notoriété dans le milieu du jazz underground et du rock alternatif britanniques. Leur musique est en effet influencée par le jazz, la pop et la bossa nova.
Love Not Money, le deuxième album, sort en 1985 et arrive dans le top 10 du classement britannique. Il est suivi l'année suivante par l'opus Baby, the Stars Shine Bright.
En 1988 sort Idlewild dont le titre I Don't Want to Talk About It connait un grand succès au UK Singles Chart. The Language of Life, album suivant, parait en 1990, et se classe numéro 10 au UK Albums Chart.
Après Worlwide (1991) et la sortie d'une compilation, Home, qui s'est classée à la 5e position du UK Albums Chart, le duo participe, en 1994, à l'album Protection de Massive Attack. Il participe, l'année suivante, avec ce même groupe, à la BO de Batman Forever.
La même année paraît Amplified Heart. C'est le titre Missing, notamment dans sa version remixée par Todd Terry façon house, qui les fait connaître du grand public. Missing est joué pendant plus de six mois dans tous les clubs et fait la une des stations de radio pendant plus d'un an. Le titre devient ainsi un succès international, frôlant les premières places de l'US Billboard Hot 100, au début de l'année 1996.
En 1996 et 1999 sortent Walking Wounded et Temperamental deux albums qui marquent un tournant dans l'orientation musicale du duo. Ils se distinguent par une utilisation prononcée de l'électronique, s'approchant de la lounge music, du trip hop et du nu jazz.
À partir des années 2000, Tracey Thorn s'engage de plus en plus dans une carrière solo et Ben Watt crée et dirige dès lors son label de musique Buzzin' Fly Records, et participe aux mixages d'albums. Le groupe sort alors des compilations regroupant leurs singles et remixes.
En 2008 sort The Works, un coffret de trois CD rassemblant une soixantaine de titres du groupe.
Le 2 novembre 2022 Tracey Thorn annonce, après 24 ans d'absence, la reformation du groupe ainsi que la sortie d'un nouvel album, intitulé Fuse, le 21 avril 2023 et dont le premier extrait est Nothing Left To Lose$^,$. Fait intéressant, le groupe ne fera aucune tournée pour soutenir cet album.

## Discographie
### Albums studio

* Each and Every One
* Bittersweet
* Tender Blue
* Another Bridge
* The Spice of Life
* The Dustbowl
* Crabwalk
* Even So
* Frost and Fire
* Fascination
* I Must Confess
* Soft Touch
* Each And Every One
* Tender Blue
* Another Bridge
* Frost And Fire
* Fascination
* Crabwalk
* Never Could Have Been Worse
* Laugh You Out The House
* Mine
* Easy as Sin
* Native Land
* Riverbed Dry
* When All's Well
* Ugly Little Dreams
* Shoot Me Down
* Are You Trying To Be Funny ?
* Sean
* Ballad of The Times
* Anytown
* This Love (Not For Sale)
* Trouble and Strife
* Angel
* Heaven Help Me
* Kid
* Come on Home
* Don't Leave Me Behind
* A Country Mile
* Cross My Heart
* Don't Let The Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart
* Careless
* Sugar Finney
* Come Hell or High Water
* Fighting Talk
* Little Hitler
* Love Is Here Where I Live
* These Early Days
* I Always Was Your Girl
* Oxford Street
* The Night I Heard Caruso Sing
* Goodbye Sunday
* Shadow On A Harvest Moon
* Blue Moon Rose
* Tears All Over Town
* Lonesome For A Place I Know
* Apron Strings
* Driving
* Get Back Together
* Meet Me In The Morning
* Me And Bobby
* The Language Of Life
* Take Me
* Imagining America
* Letting Love Go
* My Baby Don't Love Me
* The Road
* Old Friends
* Understanding
* You Lift Me Up
* Talk to Me Like The Sea
* British Summertime
* Twin Cities
* Frozen River
* One Place
* Politics Aside
* Boxing and Pop Music
* Feel Alright
* Rollercoaster
* Troubled Mind
* I Don't Understand Anything
* Walking to You
* Get Me
* Missing
* Two Star
* We Walk the Same Line
* 25th December
* Disenchanted
* Missing (Todd Terry remix)
* Before Today
* Wrong
* Single
* The Heart Remains a Child
* Walking Wounded
* Flipside
* Big Deal
* Mirrorball
* Good Cop Bad Cop
* Wrong (Todd Terry Remix)
* Walking Wounded (Omni Trio Remix)
* Five Fathoms
* Low Tide of the Night
* Blame
* Hatfield 1980
* Temperamental
* Compression
* Downhill Racer
* Lullaby Of Clubland
* No Difference
* The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) (featuring Deep Dish)
* Nothing Left to Lose
* Run a Red Light
* Caution to the Wind
* When You Mess Up
* Time and Time Again
* No One Knows We’re Dancing
* Lost
* Forever
* Interior Space
* Karaoke

### Album acoustique

* Love Is Strange - 3:21
* Tougher Than The Rest - 4:13
* Time After Time - 4:26
* Alison - 3:04
* Downtown Train - 3:07
* Driving - 2:24
* One Place - 4:43
* Apron Strings (Live) - 2:50
* Me And Bobby D - 4:20
* Come On Home - 4:08
* Fascination (Live) - 4:19

### EP

* Love Is Strange
* Tougher Than the Rest
* Time After Time
* Alison
* I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love
* My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
* Political Science
* A Piece of My Mind
* The Only Living Boy in New York
* Gabriel
* Birds
* Horses in the Room
* Rollercoaster
* Straight Back to You
* Lights of Te Touan
* I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love (demo)
* Missing (album version)
* Missing (Little Joey remix)
* Missing (Chris & James Full On Club Mix)
* Missing (Ultramarine remix)

### Singles

* 1982 : Night and Day
* 1984 : Each & Every One ; Native Land ; Mine
* 1985 : When All's Well ; Angel
* 1986 : Come on Home ; Don't Leave Me Behing
* 1988 : I Don't Want to Talk About It ; These Early Days ; I Always Was Your Girl ; Love Is Here Where I Live
* 1990 : Take Me ; Driving
* 1991 : Twin Cities ; Old Friends
* 1994 : Missing
* 1995 : Missing (Todd Terry remix)
* 1996 : Walking Wounded ; Wrong ; Single
* 1997 : Before Today
* 1998 : The Future of the Future (Stay Gold) (avec Deep Dish)
* 1999 : Five Fathoms ; Blame ; Temperamental ; Lullaby of Clubland
* 2000 : Tracey In My Room (sous le nom EBTG vs Soul Vision)
* 2002 : Corcovado
* 2023 : Nothing Left to Lose

### Compilations

* Meet Me In The Morning
* These Early Days (Remix)
* Come on Home (Acoustic version)
* Downtown Train
* Living on Honeycomb
* Each and Every One
* Night and Day
* Almost Blue
* Native Land
* Draining The Bar
* Oxford Street
* I Don't Want To Talk About It
* Driving (Acoustic Version)
* Take Me (Love Mix)
* Twin Cities (The Green Plains A Cappella Mix)
* No Place Like Home
* Old Friends
* Each and Every One
* Another Bridge
* Fascination
* Native Land
* Come On Home
* Cross My Heart
* Apron Strings
* I Don't Want to Talk About It
* The Night I Heard Caruso Sing
* Driving
* Imagining America
* Understanding
* Twin Cities
* Love Is Strange
* I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love
* The Only Living Boy in New York
* Missing (Todd Terry remix)
* Driving (Todd Terry remix)
* Old Friends
* One Place
* I Don't Want to Talk About It
* Love Is Strange
* The Only Living Boy in New York
* Apron Strings
* When All's Well
* Another Bridge
* Each and Every One
* Rollercoaster
* Driving (Playgroup remix)
* Better Things (avec Massive Attack)
* Protection (avec Massive Attack)
* Friends And Enemies par DJ Cam
* All Alone (No One To Be With) par Slick Rick
* The Bayou par Deadly Avenger
* Stars All Seem To Weep par Beth Orton
* The Flow (Juan Atkins G-Funk Mix) par Model 500
* Cascades Of Colour (Wamdue Black Mix) par The Ananda Project
* Do It Now par Dubtribe Sound System
* A Wonderful Life par Carl Craig
* To Cry About par Mary Margaret O'Hara
* Silent Treatment par The Roots
* Funky For You (Spacehopper Mix) par Deadbeat
* Someday We'll All Be Free par Donny Hathaway
* Old Friends (Lonely Mix)
* Wrong (Deep Dish Mix)
* Everything (DNB Mix)
* Driving (Bamboo Mix)
* Before Today (Chicane Mix)
* Blame (J Majik Mix)
* Lullaby of Clubland (Ben Storm Mix)
* Wrong (Todd Terry Mix)
* Touch Me (Massive Attack Mix)
* Before Today (Underworld Mix)
* My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
* Rollercoaster
* Corcovado
* Each and Every One
* Before Today (Chicane Remix)
* Mine
* Protection (avec Massive Attack)
* Single (Photek Remix)
* Tracey in My Room
* Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
* Almost Blue
* No Difference
* Cross My Heart
* Mirrorball
* A Piece of My Mind
* Walking Wounded
* Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Sole Full Remix)
* Before Today (Adam F Remix)
* Missing (McSpadden Unreleased Powerhouse Mix)
* Corcovado (Knee Deep Remix)
* Rollercoaster (King Britt Scuba Mix)
* Downhill Racer (Kenny Dope Remix)
* Single (Brad Wood Memphis Remix)
* Walking Wounded (Dave Wallace Remix)
* Five Fathoms (Ben Watt Edit)
* Lullaby of Clubland(Jay Sinister Sealee Remix)
* Temperamental (Pull Timewarp Remix)
* Blame (Fabio Remix)
* Wrong (Todd Terry Unreleased Freeze Mix)
* Driving (Acoustic Mix)
* Rollercoaster (King Britt Scuba Ambient Mix)
* Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Groovin' Remix)
* Missing
* I Don't Want To Talk About It
* Apron Strings
* Driving
* Fascination
* Old Friends
* Come On Home
* Another Bridge
* I Was Always Your Girl
* Meet Me In The Morning
* We Walk The Same Line
* Get Me
* I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love
* Careless
* Each and Every One
* Only Living Boy in New York
* Walking Wounded
* Wrong (Todd Terry Remix)
* Single
* Before Today
* Five Fathoms
* Temperamental
* Hatfield 1980
* Good Cop Bad Cop
* Low Tide Of The Night
* Downhill Racer
* Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Sole Full Remix)
* Corcovado (Knee Deep Remix)

### Rééditions

* Each and Every One
* Bittersweet
* Tender Blue
* Another Bridge
* The Spice of Life
* The Dustbowl
* Crabwalk
* Even So
* Frost and Fire
* Fascination
* I Must Confess
* Soft Touch
CD 2 A-Sides & B-Sides
* Laugh You Out The House
* Never Could Have Been Worse
* Mine
* Gun Cupboard Love
* Easy As Sin
* Native Land
* Riverbed Dry
* Don't You Go
* Each And Every One (Home Demos 1983)
* Bittersweet (Home Demos 1983)
* Even So (Home Demos 1983)
* Frost And Fire (Home Demos 1983)
* Soft Touch (Home Demos 1983)
* Another Bridge (BBC Session Recordings 1984)
* Easy As Sin (BBC Session Recordings 1984)
* Riverbed Dry (BBC Session Recordings 1984)
* Never Could Have Been Worse (BBC Session Recordings 1984)
* When All's Well
* Ugly Little Dreams
* Shoot Me Down
* Are You Trying To Be Funny ?
* Sean
* Ballad of The Times
* Anytown
* This Love (Not For Sale)
* Trouble and Strife
* Angel
CD 2 A-Sides & B-Sides
* Heaven Help Me
* Kid
* Heaven Help Me
* Kid
* Pigeons In The Attic Room
* Charming Callous Ways
* Easy As Sin (Version)
* Angel (Home Demo 1984)
* Ugly Little Dreams (Home Demo 1984)
* Are You Trying To Be Funny? (Home Demo 1984)
* This Love (Not For Sale) (BBC Session Recordings (1984/85)
* Ballad Of The Times (BBC Session Recordings (1984/85)
* Are You Trying To Be Funny? (BBC Session Recordings (1984/85)
* Come on Home
* Don't Leave Me Behind
* A Country Mile
* Cross My Heart
* Don't Let The Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart
* Careless
* Sugar Finney
* Come Hell or High Water
* Fighting Talk
* Little Hitler
CD 2 B-Sides & Demos
* Come On Home (Extended Mix)
* Draining The Bar
* I Fall To Pieces
* Come On Home (Acoustic)
* Alfie
* Where's The Playground Susie?
* Almost Blue
* Come On Home (Home Demo 1985)
* Sugar Finney (Home Demo 1985)
* Careless (Home Demo 1985)
* Cross My Heart (Home Demo 1985)
* Little Hitler (Home Demo 1985)
* Love Is Here Where I Live
* These Early Days
* I Always Was Your Girl
* Oxford Street
* The Night I Heard Caruso Sing
* Goodbye Sunday
* Shadow On A Harvest Moon
* Blue Moon Rose
* Tears All Over Town
* Lonesome For A Place I Know
* Apron Strings
CD 2 A-sides & B-sides
* Dyed In The Grain
* No Place Like Home
* Another Day, Another Dollar
* Hang Out The Flags
* Home From Home
* I Don't Want To Talk About It
* I Don't Want To Talk About It (Instrumental)
* Living On Honeycomb
* How About Me?
* These Early Days (Dave Bascombe Remix)
* Love Is Here Where I Live (Home Demo 1987)
* I Always Was Your Girl (Home Demo 1987)
* Tears All Over Town (Home Demo 1987)
* Apron Strings (Home Demo 1987)
* Oxford Street (Home Demo 1987)
* Lonesome For A Place I Know (Home Demo 1987)
* Always Remember (These Early Days) (Home Demo 1987)
* Apron Strings (Alternative 'Film' Version, 1987) (Outtake)
The Language of Life
* Driving - 3:59
* Get Back Together - 3:57
* Meet Me In The Morning - 3:49
* Me And Bobby D - 4:08
* The Language Of Life - 4:03
* Take Me - 4:07
* Imagining America - 4:58
* Letting Love Go - 4:45
* My Baby Don't Love Me - 3:42
* The Road - 3:50
Remixes
* Driving (Masters At Work Racing Mix) - 5:42
* Driving (Underdog Vocal Remix) - 3:16
* Take Me (Clifton Mix) - 5:06
* Take Me (Clifton Mix Instrumental) - 4:46
* Take Me (Lee Hamblin Remix) - 6:21
* Take Me (Lee Hamblin Love Mix) - 4:40
CD 2
B-Sides
* Downtown Train - 3:08
* Driving (Acoustic) - 2:27
Demos
* Imagining America (Home Demo) - 4:12
* Driving (Home Demo) - 3:38
* The Road (New York Live Demo) - 3:48
* Meet Me In The Morning (New York Live Demo) - 3:41
* Will The Roof Fall In? (Home Demo) - 4:46
Live At The Hammersmith Odeon (October 1990)
* Meet Me In The Morning (Live) - 3:59
* The Road (Live) - 4:09
* Driving (Live) - 4:26
* Me And Bobby D (Live) - 4:44
* Imagining America (Live) - 6:12
* The Language Of Life (Live) - 5:40
Outtakes (Alternate Solos)
* Letting Love Go (Michael Brecker Final Solo And Alternatives, Rough Mixes) - 1:46
* Driving (Michael Brecker Final Main Solo And Alternatives, Rough Mixes) - 1:58
* Driving (Michael Brecker Outro Solo And Alternative, Rough Mixes) - 2:33
* The Road (Stan Getz Alternate Whole Take, Rough Mix) - 3:51
Worldwide
* Old Friends - 3:47
* Understanding - 4:10
* You Lift Me Up - 4:14
* Talk To Me Like The Sea - 4:28
* British Summertime - 3:48
* Twin Cities - 4:36
* Frozen River - 3:49
* One Place - 5:00
* Politics Aside - 3:25
* Boxing And Pop Music - 5:56
* Feel Alright - 1:11
Remixes
* Twin Cities (Wildwood Remix) - 4:17
* Twin Cities (The Green Plains A Cappella Mix) - 4:30
* Politics Aside (Instrumental) - 2:37
Demos
* British Summertime (Home Demo) - 3:21
* Frozen River (Home Demo) - 3:29
* Understanding (Home Demo) - 3:46
CD 2
Covers EP
* Love Is Strange - 3:23
* Tougher Than The Rest - 4:14
* Time After Time - 4:26
* Alison - 3:05
The Only Living Boy In New York EP
* The Only Living Boy In New York - 4:13
* Gabriel - 2:32
* Birds - 2:22
* Horses In The Room - 2:58
I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love EP
* I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love - 4:19
* My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains - 2:59
* Political Science - 2:15
* A Piece Of My Mind - 3:30
Demos
* I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love (Home Demo) - 3:42
* Thirteen (Unreleased Studio Demo) - 2:42
Live [1990 - 1994]
* Kotton Krown - 2:33
* Talk To Me Like The Sea - 4:09
* Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - 3:49
* Let It Be Me - 2:42
* Apron Strings - 2:49
* Back To The Old House - 2:48
* Fascination - 4:09
Amplified Heart
* Rollercoaster - 3:16
* Troubled Mind - 3:33
* I Don't Understand Anything - 4:27
* Walking To You - 3:31
* Get Me - 3:40
* Missing - 4:07
* Two Star - 4:07
* We Walk The Same Line - 4:03
* 25th December - 4:16
* Disenchanted - 2:05
B-Sides
* Straight Back To You - 4:38
* Lights Of Te Touan - 2:29
* These Days (Live) - 3:24
* Each And Every One (Live) - 3:57
* I Don't Want To Talk About It (Live) - 3:13
CD 2
Home Demos
* I Don't Understand Anything - 4:17
* Rollercoaster - 3:13
* Two Star - 2:57
* Troubled Mind - 3:48
* We Walk The Same Line - 3:46
* Richard Says - 2:24
* Back At Square One - 3:31
* Two Star (Harry Robinson's String Arrangement Demo) - 4:06
Live (1994-1995)
* Missing - 7:41
* Troubled Mind - 4:42
* Two Star - 5:23
* Walking To You - 3:35
* 25th December - 4:37
Missing
* Missing (Chris & James Full On Club Mix) - 8:35
* Missing (Little Joey Remix) - 5:03
* Missing (Ultramarine Remix) - 5:27
* Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix, Ben Watt's 'Blanco-Eternal' Radio Edit) - 3:54
* CD 1 :
* Before Today
* Wrong
* Single
* The Heart Remains a Child
* Walking Wounded
* Flipside
* Big Deal
* Mirrorball
* Good Cop Bad Cop
* Wrong (Todd Terry Remix)
* Walking Wounded (Omni Trio Remix)
* Corcovado (Bonus track)
* Before Today (Live in Tokyo, 1997) (Bonus track)
* Single (Live in Tokyo, 1997) (Bonus track)
* Wrong (Live in Tokyo, 1997) (Bonus track)
* CD 2 :
* Mirrorball (Demo)
* Flipside (Demo)
* Above The Law (Demo)
* Speeding Car Side On (Demo)
* Walking Wounded (Dave Wallace Remix)
* Wrong (Mood II Swing Dub)
* Wrong (Deep Dish Remix Edit)
* Single (Photek Remix)
* Single (Brad Wood Memphis Remix)
* Before Today (Nellee Hooper unreleased 1996 Remix)
* Before Today (Adam F Remix)
* Before Today (Chicane Remix)
* Before Today (Dilinja Remix)
* Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Sole Full Remix)
* Corcovado (Knee Deep Classic Club Mix – Ben Watt vocal re-edit)
* CD 1 :
* Five Fathoms
* Low Tide of the Night
* Blame
* Hatfield 1980
* Temperamental
* Compression
* Downhill Racer
* Lullaby Of Clubland
* No Difference
* The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) (featuring Deep Dish)
* Firewall (Bonus track)
* Come In (Unfinished album track) (Bonus track)
* Temperamental (Live at The Forum, London, 1999) (Bonus track)
* CD 2 :
* Five Fathoms (Club 69 Future Club Mix)
* Five Fathoms (Kevin Yost Enlightenment Mix)
* Temperamental (Pull Timewarp Mix)
* Temperamental (Hex Hector and Mac Quayle Reverse Drum Dub)
* Temperamental (Wamdue Project Remix)
* Blame (Fabio Remix)
* Blame (J Majik VIP Remix)
* Downhill Racer (Kenny Dope Remix)
* Lullaby of Clubland (Markus Schulz Tribal Journey)
* Lullaby Of Clubland (Matty Heilbronn II Deep Club Mix)

### Vidéographie

* 1988 : Everything but the Girl (VHS / LaserDisc / DVD)
* 1993 : Home Movies - The Best Of Everything But The Girl (compilation de 14 vidéos) (VHS)
* 2002 : Like The Deserts Miss The Rain (compilation de 16 vidéos) (DVD)

### Non officiels

Certains disques non officiels du groupe ont été diffusés, tels Recorded Live at Rolling Stone Club Milan, Peel Sessions, ou encore The Black Sessions - Session No. 29.