Walking Wounded
Editorial Reviews
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Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything but the Girl have done their share of style-hopping, from jazz pop to Britpop to orchestral pop to contemporary R&B to jazzy R&B. Their seventh album, 1996's Walking Wounded, finds the duo landing, good as new, onto the dance floor with a batch of songs based around techno-derived beats. The shift toward electronics may seem extreme for a group that courted adult audiences, but given the huge success of their 1994 beat-driven remix single "Missing" and their fruitful collaborations on Massive Attack's breakthrough trip-hop record Protection, the rewards of embracing club sounds had already been well proven. Everything but the Girl's music has always focused on Thorn's lush, soulful voice--a tribute to its versatility, it weathered well through all the group's stylistic incarnations. Walking Wounded, however, introduces a second focal point in the insanely attractive, intricately sculpted beats of the jungle offshoot drum & bass. On cuts like "Before Today," "Single," and the title track, the interaction of a beat's minutely detailed rhythms and a voice that rides smoothly over the top makes for an elegant symbiosis. And even with the help of progressive dance specialists like Howie B. and Spring Heel Jack, Everything but the Girl retains a maturity that shouldn't alienate old fans. --Roni Sarig --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Average customer rating:
- Awsome
- Great CD
- Great New CD (review from a Non-Bayside Fan)
- My Friend.
- Maybe five stars was a little generous
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The Walking Wounded
Bayside
Manufacturer: Victory Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Similar Items:
- Bayside
- Sirens and Condolences
- Infinity on High
- Acoustic
- Remains
ASIN: B000LXH0T0
Release Date: 2007-02-06 |
Tracks:
- The Walking Wounded
- They're Not Horses, They're Unicorns
- Duality
- Carry On
- I and I
- Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem
- Head On A Plate
- Dear Your Holiness
- Landing Feet First
- Thankfully
- A Rite Of Passage
- (Pop) Ular Science
Customer Reviews:
Awsome.......2007-05-16
I've been following Bayside's music for a couple of years now and have most of their albums. I think that this one is the best by far. The entire album is awsome. You can tell by the meaningful lyrics and intricate guitar work that the band put a lot of thought and hard work into the album. A must have for anyone who even remotely likes Bayside.
Great CD.......2007-04-10
I think this is one of the best C.D.'s I have bought in a while. I liked Sirens and Condolences a bit so I preordered this albulm. When I got it was immediately hooked. It's much better than Sirens and Condolences. There are many knock out songs such as The Walking Wounded, I And I, Head On A Plate, Duality, and of course the amazing Landing Feet First. This is an albulm I can play on my ipod and let it go all the way through. It's a full albulm of catchy songs, good melodies, and pretty decent lyrics.
Great New CD (review from a Non-Bayside Fan).......2007-03-20
OK, since this is the first time I've heard them, this review definitely would apply to the non-Bayside seasoned fan, if that makes sense.
This CD is great. It's kind of like a mix between My Chemical Romance and Panic at the Disco... only a bit softer. I am a fan of FOB, The Summer Obsession and others including pioneers Jimmy Eat World.
If you like all those I just mentioned, then this CD will find favor in your CD rotation.
As to the claims that Bayside has gone soft; that is very possible, but like I said, this is my first CD and after stumbling onto them I am extremely happy that I can write a run-on sentence about how I love this CD.
This CD is now in the CD-player ready for Spring to kick in.
My Friend........2007-03-07
This is a wonderful album. I think most people who reviewed this album spent more time listening to the self titled record. I think this album is a pleasent departure from the sound that self titled bayside brought to us. It is not entirely different. But yes in lyrical content it is a LOT less depressed. But i think this is not a tottaly new thing for the band at all. Sirens and Condolences had its fair share of positive punches and pop driven chorus and melody. As a true believer of bayside i would reccomend this album to anyone. Bayside is a band that makes me still have faith in music. Good honest meaningful music. I know this band is often clasiffied as an Emo but i think it is an understatement. This band has a unique sound that is their own. I would compare their sound to the smoking popes, or the smiths.
Maybe five stars was a little generous.......2007-02-20
Is it just me or has Bayside gotten soft? I don't just mean musically (after all, who doesn't love their acoustic ep?) but lyrically as well. Don't get me wrong, this is a great album...but I miss the bayside that hated love and used morbid metaphors to describe pain and loneliness. The lyrics are actually a bit corky at times anyway...as if they really wanted to say something mean but chose to be polite instead. It just doesn't flow as their previous songs have...which means that I will most likely get tired of half of the songs as they seem to follow the same path that many other bands in the genre have...by writing catchy songs with little substance...which means I most likely won't be listening to this album three months from now...at least not in it's entirety.
To be fair however, I think the writing has matured a bit and the message has grown a little more optimistic. A year and a half ago when they released their self titled LP, they painted a picture of a band frustrated but hopeful with a firm resolve to not only stay in the game, but to not allow circumstances to control them. With this CD we see the same resolve, and yet not nearly as frustrated...Perhaps after adjusting to their bandmates death last year, they have decided to focus on more important, worthwhile things...while at times even shifting their focus to matters of faith with honest integrity.
One of my favorite songs on the album is "Dear Holiness" in which they do just that...determining to stay strong even if they feel alone. Perhaps this is when the writing gets the best, when they approach it with so much honesty, that even the "holiest" of people could actually relate to it even when the message leaves off at doubting God and putting faith in oneself.
I admit the band seems a little too comfortable with their own originality and doesn't earn any credit by taking credit for "bringing music back to music", but they still delivered a solid album that is still worth a spot in any collection.
Average customer rating:
- Stands the test of time
- wonderful
- One of the best records of the 1990's
- What a voice!
- sad and amazing
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Walking Wounded
Everything But the Girl
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Acoustic
ASIN: B000002JA3
Release Date: 1996-05-21 |
Tracks:
- 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 Mix)
Amazon.com essential recording
Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything but the Girl have done their share of style-hopping, from jazz pop to Britpop to orchestral pop to contemporary R&B to jazzy R&B. Their seventh album, 1996's Walking Wounded, finds the duo landing, good as new, onto the dance floor with a batch of songs based around techno-derived beats. The shift toward electronics may seem extreme for a group that courted adult audiences, but given the huge success of their 1994 beat-driven remix single "Missing" and their fruitful collaborations on Massive Attack's breakthrough trip-hop record Protection, the rewards of embracing club sounds had already been well proven. Everything but the Girl's music has always focused on Thorn's lush, soulful voice--a tribute to its versatility, it weathered well through all the group's stylistic incarnations. Walking Wounded, however, introduces a second focal point in the insanely attractive, intricately sculpted beats of the jungle offshoot drum & bass. On cuts like "Before Today," "Single," and the title track, the interaction of a beat's minutely detailed rhythms and a voice that rides smoothly over the top makes for an elegant symbiosis. And even with the help of progressive dance specialists like Howie B. and Spring Heel Jack, Everything but the Girl retains a maturity that shouldn't alienate old fans. --Roni Sarig
Customer Reviews:
Stands the test of time.......2007-03-09
I originally bought this CD when it first came out and instantly fell in love with it. It dissapeared from my collection about 5 years ago and I have missed it since. I recently just purchased the album again and am very happy to see that the songs are just as charming and enchanting as they were 10 years ago. While drum and bass has faded into musical obscurity, the album does not fall into the trap of sounding dated. A timeless wonderfully enjoyable album from start to finish. Mirrorball and The Heart Remains a Child are true delights on the ears.
To resort to an cliche, if I were trapped on a desert island this would, without question, be on my list of must have albums.
wonderful.......2006-11-16
I am a huge everything but the girl fan...I have all of their albums and I have to say that this is one of their best...not one song on here is bad...I also have to say that you can't go wrong buying any of their albums...
One of the best records of the 1990's.......2006-10-09
This is one of the best albums of the 1990's. If you thought major labels couldn't put out creditable artistry then you were wrong. After EBTG's massive reinvention as a cutting edge dance music act "walking wounded" finds the duo at the full helm of this new direction. Not since New Order had I heard electronic dance music this human and this senstitive. At the peek of the dance/electronica 90's explosion, when bold and adventurous sub-genres were mutating like viruses and the human had fully re-taken the machine along came Everything But the Girl. Here they add even more soulful, existential, thoughful lyrics about love, loss, and urban life. And underneath lies a breathtaking arrangement of truely cutting edge and even avantgarde electronic dance music. A total classic.
What a voice!.......2006-09-27
Tracey Thorn simultaneously melts and heals the heart--a singular and unique talent achieved by relatively few singers. In tone and timbre, her voice strongly recalls former Fleetwood Mac stalwart Christie McVie, but Thorn's is far more emotionally-driven. She and her partner, Ben Watts, craft the kind of songs that effortlessly weave in and out of the often complex ironies of life and love, large and small. The beats that drive and thunder through "Walking Wounded" are at times so insistent that they suggest irregular heart palpitations. "Wrong" willfully echoes their huge pop/dance club hit "Missing." Elsewhere, Thorn's melancholic affect belies the cockiness of "Before today." "Good Cop, Bad Cop" and "Single" agonize over the merits of companionship versus independence. And, best of all, "Mirrorball" ponders--and then essentially reconciles--missed possibilities. As one of EBTG's best efforts, "Walking Wounded" effectively showcases Tracey Thorn's devastatingly beautiful voice, which pricks the heart and soothes the mind.
sad and amazing.......2006-05-09
it's very hard to make songs so personal resonate for others. tracy thorn does. the score and the beats in back of her voice are stunning in their restraint. best cut from this album? pssh, pick any one. it's wonderful all the way through.
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Raging Winds of Time
Walking Wounded
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Rock
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Adult Alternative
| Pop
| Styles
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ASIN: B00008EUDU
Release Date: 1989-08-08 |
Customer Reviews:
TRACK LIST.......2006-12-13
CHAMELEON RECORDS/Raging Winds of Time (Jerry Giddens & Mike Nichols) 3'28 Los Muchachos (Jerry Giddens) 3'08 Don't Forget the Way Back (Jerry Giddens) 1'44 Remember Reuben Salazar (Jerry Giddens) 4'25 Our Day Will Come (Jerry Giddens) 2'35 Mariah (Jerry Giddens) 4'28 Sacrifice (Jerry Giddens) 3'38 I Remember (Jerry Giddens) 3'38 Beggar's Bluff (Jerry Giddens & David Weininger) 3'38 Prince of Thieves (Jerry Giddens) 5'00 Hollywood's to Blame (Jerry Giddens) 4'02
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Manufacturer: Virgin
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Single
- Before Today
- Lullaby of Clubland
- Temperamental
- Five Fathoms
ASIN: B000006YKI
Release Date: 1996-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Walking Wounded [Main Vocal Mix Edit]
- Walking Wounded [Hard Vocal Mix]
- Walking Wounded [Omni Trio Remix]
- Walking Wounded [Dave Wallace Remix]
- Walking Wounded [Main Vocal Mix]
- Walking Wounded [Spring Heel Jack Dub Mix]
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Walking Wounded (Cuts 1986 - 1994)
Jerry Giddens
Manufacturer: Sputnik Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000A81RR2 |
Product Description
Jerry Giddens "Walking Wounded (Cuts 1986-1994)
1. Angel and Corrine 3:46
2. By the Light 4:06
3. Hollywood Love Song 4:09
4. Charlene 2:30
5. The Train 5:33
6. Whispering Wires 3:03
7. Raging Winds of Time 3:33
8. Remember Ruben Salazar 4:29
9. Mariah 4:31
10. Prince of Thieves 5:03
11. Under the Sheltering Sky 4:09
12. Sarah 3:36
13. California 3:49
14. I Can't This Time 4:57
15. The Devil's Front Door 3:07
16. Thin Veiled Line 3:51
17. Burn it Down 4:01
18. Mervin Bell's Blues 1:16
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Hard Times
Walking Wounded
Manufacturer: Landmark Distributor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Contemporary Folk
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
Traditional Folk
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
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| Styles
| Music
General
| Adult Contemporary
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Adult Alternative
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000008QMH
Release Date: 1995-04-16 |
Tracks:
- Under the Sheltering Sky
- Your Daughters and Your Sons
- Pearls to Swine
- Hard Times
- Sweet Redemption
- Loneliest Road in America
- California
- Sarah
- Broken Spirits
- Saddled by Idiots
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Walking Wounded
Manufacturer: The Original Mr. Prime Suspect
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Rap & Hip-Hop
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000CAK22O
Release Date: 2003-11-04 |
Tracks:
- Money Back Guarantee
- Lord, Don't let my baby be a G
- Hard From the Start
- State of Mind
- Mask On
- Gangstaz ain't supposed to live this long
- Head in my hands
- Gangsta's Dream
- Dedication
- What you Got
- Feel My Pain
- Where Would You be?
- Suicide
- How was it?
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New West
Walking Wounded
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Contemporary Folk
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
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| Adult Contemporary
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Adult Alternative
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B00008EUCX
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Average customer rating:
- Stands the test of time
- wonderful
- One of the best records of the 1990's
- What a voice!
- sad and amazing
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Walking Wounded
Everything But the Girl
Manufacturer: Atlantic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Alternative Dance
| Alternative Styles
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Dance & DJ
| Styles
| Music
Trip-Hop
| Dance & DJ
| Styles
| Music
General
| Dance Pop
| Dance & DJ
| Styles
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| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
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| Adult Contemporary
| Pop
| Styles
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Alternative Rock
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
Dance & DJ
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
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- Amplified Heart
- Temperamental
- Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
- The Language of Life
- Acoustic
ASIN: B000024LJR
Release Date: 1996-05-21 |
Tracks:
- Before Today - Everything But the Girl
- Wrong - Everything But the Girl
- Single - Everything But the Girl,
- Heart Remains a Child - Everything But the Girl
- Walking Wounded - Everything But the Girl
- Flipside - Everything But the Girl
- Big Deal - Everything But the Girl,
- Mirrorball - Everything But the Girl,
- Good Cop Bad Cop - Everything But the Girl,
- Wrong [Todd Terry Remix] - Everything But the Girl, Todd Terry, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt
- Walking Wounded [Omni Trio Remix] - Everything But the Girl, Omni Trio, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt
Amazon.com essential recording
Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything but the Girl have done their share of style-hopping, from jazz pop to Britpop to orchestral pop to contemporary R&B to jazzy R&B. Their seventh album, 1996's Walking Wounded, finds the duo landing, good as new, onto the dance floor with a batch of songs based around techno-derived beats. The shift toward electronics may seem extreme for a group that courted adult audiences, but given the huge success of their 1994 beat-driven remix single "Missing" and their fruitful collaborations on Massive Attack's breakthrough trip-hop record Protection, the rewards of embracing club sounds had already been well proven. Everything but the Girl's music has always focused on Thorn's lush, soulful voice--a tribute to its versatility, it weathered well through all the group's stylistic incarnations. Walking Wounded, however, introduces a second focal point in the insanely attractive, intricately sculpted beats of the jungle offshoot drum & bass. On cuts like "Before Today," "Single," and the title track, the interaction of a beat's minutely detailed rhythms and a voice that rides smoothly over the top makes for an elegant symbiosis. And even with the help of progressive dance specialists like Howie B. and Spring Heel Jack, Everything but the Girl retains a maturity that shouldn't alienate old fans. --Roni Sarig
Customer Reviews:
Stands the test of time.......2007-03-09
I originally bought this CD when it first came out and instantly fell in love with it. It dissapeared from my collection about 5 years ago and I have missed it since. I recently just purchased the album again and am very happy to see that the songs are just as charming and enchanting as they were 10 years ago. While drum and bass has faded into musical obscurity, the album does not fall into the trap of sounding dated. A timeless wonderfully enjoyable album from start to finish. Mirrorball and The Heart Remains a Child are true delights on the ears.
To resort to an cliche, if I were trapped on a desert island this would, without question, be on my list of must have albums.
wonderful.......2006-11-16
I am a huge everything but the girl fan...I have all of their albums and I have to say that this is one of their best...not one song on here is bad...I also have to say that you can't go wrong buying any of their albums...
One of the best records of the 1990's.......2006-10-09
This is one of the best albums of the 1990's. If you thought major labels couldn't put out creditable artistry then you were wrong. After EBTG's massive reinvention as a cutting edge dance music act "walking wounded" finds the duo at the full helm of this new direction. Not since New Order had I heard electronic dance music this human and this senstitive. At the peek of the dance/electronica 90's explosion, when bold and adventurous sub-genres were mutating like viruses and the human had fully re-taken the machine along came Everything But the Girl. Here they add even more soulful, existential, thoughful lyrics about love, loss, and urban life. And underneath lies a breathtaking arrangement of truely cutting edge and even avantgarde electronic dance music. A total classic.
What a voice!.......2006-09-27
Tracey Thorn simultaneously melts and heals the heart--a singular and unique talent achieved by relatively few singers. In tone and timbre, her voice strongly recalls former Fleetwood Mac stalwart Christie McVie, but Thorn's is far more emotionally-driven. She and her partner, Ben Watts, craft the kind of songs that effortlessly weave in and out of the often complex ironies of life and love, large and small. The beats that drive and thunder through "Walking Wounded" are at times so insistent that they suggest irregular heart palpitations. "Wrong" willfully echoes their huge pop/dance club hit "Missing." Elsewhere, Thorn's melancholic affect belies the cockiness of "Before today." "Good Cop, Bad Cop" and "Single" agonize over the merits of companionship versus independence. And, best of all, "Mirrorball" ponders--and then essentially reconciles--missed possibilities. As one of EBTG's best efforts, "Walking Wounded" effectively showcases Tracey Thorn's devastatingly beautiful voice, which pricks the heart and soothes the mind.
sad and amazing.......2006-05-09
it's very hard to make songs so personal resonate for others. tracy thorn does. the score and the beats in back of her voice are stunning in their restraint. best cut from this album? pssh, pick any one. it's wonderful all the way through.
Average customer rating:
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Walking Wounded
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Rap & Hip-Hop
| Styles
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ASIN: B000GBEL44
Release Date: 2005-08-16 |
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