82-92 Essence & Rare [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Reissue of Japanese exclusive compilation originally released in 1992. A combination of hits and hard to find gems taken from the English pop duo's first ten years. 17 tracks including favorites, 'These Early Days' (Remix), 'Come On Home' (acoustic version), 'Each And Every One', 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' and 'Driving' (acoustic version) alongside rare covers of, Elvis Costello's 'Almost Blue', Cole Porter's 'Night And Day' and Tom Waits' 'Downtown Train'. 2002.

Tracks:

Meet Me in the Morning
These Early Days [Remix]
Come on Home [Acoustic Version]
Downtown Train
Living on Honeycomb
Each and Everyone
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

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

82-92 Essence & Rare
Everything but the Girl
Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Everything But the Girl

ASIN: B000068WBL
Release Date: 2002-07-24

Tracks:

Meet Me in the Morning
These Early Days [Remix]
Come on Home [Acoustic Version]
Downtown Train
Living on Honeycomb
Each and Everyone
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

Album Description

Reissue of Japanese exclusive compilation originally released in 1992. A combination of hits and hard to find gems taken from the English pop duo's first ten years. 17 tracks including favorites, 'These Early Days' (Remix), 'Come On Home' (acoustic version), 'Each And Every One', 'I Don't Want To Talk About It' and 'Driving' (acoustic version) alongside rare covers of, Elvis Costello's 'Almost Blue', Cole Porter's 'Night And Day' and Tom Waits' 'Downtown Train'. 2002.

Average customer rating:

a good collection, mastering is mediocre
as for other EBTG collections

82-92 Essence & Rare
Everything but the Girl
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000056NKB
Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

Meet Me in the Morning
These Early Days [Remix]
Come on Home [Acoustic Version]
Downtown Train
Living on Honeycomb
Each and Everyone
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

Album Description

Reissue of Japanese exclusive compilation originally released in 1992. A combination of hits and hard to find gems taken from the English pop duo's first ten years. 17 tracks including favorites, 'These Early Days' (Remix), 'Come On Home', 'Each And Every One', 'I Don't Wanna Talk About It' and 'Driving' (acoustic version) alongside rare covers of, Elvis Costello's 'Almost Blue', Cole Porter's 'Night And Day' and Tom Waits' 'Downtown Train'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Japanese reissue of this favorite rarities compilation from Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.

Customer Reviews:

a good collection, mastering is mediocre.......2001-06-16

This disc contains a lot of good tracks (and alternate mixes) from the days before EBTG became a dance music group. I really love the alternate mixes of "Take Me" and "Twin Cities".

I will point out, however, that if you bought this disc in its first version, there is no real reason to "upgrade" to this remastered version. The same problems appear (small tape dropouts in a couple of tracks, and the strange cutting in and out of the lower frequencies on "Each And Every One"). I was hoping that they had actually remastered this disc from scratch and improved it, but such is not the case. The remastered "Eden" disc doesn't suffer from the same audio problem on "Each and Every One", so clearly it isn't an issue of the source tape being damaged or unavailable.

as for other EBTG collections.......2001-04-04

As for other EBTG collections, this proves to be a must have just because of the tracks that you can't get from any other album.

I also love that this collection includes some of their more poignant songs from the language of love album(my personal fave).

A must for collectors and true blue tracey/ben fans. All posers would be clearly satisfied by the HOME MOVIES collection, which shows their more accessible POP side. This is a good collection before they went all dance music crazy on us. :(

track listings: 1. Meet Me In The Morning 2. These Early Days 3. Come On Home 4. Downtown Train 5. Living On Honeycomb 6. Each And Every One 7. Night And Day 8. Almost Blue 9. Nativeland 10. Draining The Bar 11. Oxford Street 12. I Dont Want To Talk About 13. Driving 14. Take Me 15. Twin Cities 16. No Place Like Home 17. Old Friends

82-92 Essence and Rare
Average customer rating:
82-92 Essence and Rare
Everything But The G
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000BRHW62
Release Date: 2000-10-13