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Eden (Everything but the Girl album)

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Released
  
4 June 1984

Length
  
33:40

Release date
  
4 June 1984

Recorded
  
January 1984

Producer
  
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Studio
  
Powerplant Studios, London

Eden(1984)
  
Genres
  
Rock music, Bossa nova, Alternative rock, Smooth jazz, Jangle pop

Similar
  
Everything but the Girl albums, Rock music albums

Eden is the debut album by Everything but the Girl, released in 1984. It contains their first UK Top 30 entry, the number 28 hit "Each and Every One". The cover design was by Tracey Thorn's former colleague in the Marine Girls, Jane Fox. Eden was reissued in 2012 as a remastered 2-disc Deluxe Set by Edsel Records.

Contents

Everything but the girl bittersweet


Track listing

All tracks composed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, except where noted.

  1. "Each and Every One" – 2:48
  2. "Bittersweet" (Thorn) – 2:50
  3. "Tender Blue" (Watt) – 3:05
  4. "Another Bridge" – 2:13
  5. "The Spice of Life" (Thorn) – 3:30
  6. "The Dustbowl" (Thorn) – 1:39
  7. "Crabwalk" (Watt) – 2:02
  8. "Even So" (Thorn) – 3:24
  9. "Frost and Fire" – 2:31
  10. "Fascination" (Thorn) – 3:06
  11. "I Must Confess" (Watt) – 3:20
  12. "Soft Touch" (Watt) – 3:12

2012 Edsel Records Reissue

Disc 1

  1. "Each and Every One"
  2. "Bittersweet"
  3. "Tender Blue"
  4. "Another Bridge"
  5. "The Spice of Life"
  6. "The Dustbowl"
  7. "Crabwalk"
  8. "Even So"
  9. "Frost and Fire"
  10. "Fascination"
  11. "I Must Confess"
  12. "Soft Touch"

Disc 2

  1. "Laugh You Out the House" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  2. "Never Could Have Been Worse" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  3. "Mine" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  4. "Gun Cupboard Love" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  5. "Easy as Sin" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  6. "Native Land" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  7. "Riverbed Dry" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  8. "Don't You Go" (A-Sides & B-Sides)
  9. "Each and Every One" (Home Demo 1983)
  10. "Bittersweet" (Home Demo 1983)
  11. "Even So" (Home Demo 1983)
  12. "Frost and Fire" (Home Demo 1983)
  13. "Soft Touch" (Home Demo 1983)
  14. "Another Bridge" (BBC Session Recording 1984)
  15. "Easy as Sin" (BBC Session Recording 1984)
  16. "Riverbed Dry" (BBC Session Recording 1984)
  17. "Never Could Have Been Worse" (BBC Session Recording 1984)

Personnel

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ben Watt – guitars, vocals, hammond organ, piano and horn arrangements
  • Simon Booth – guitar
  • Joao Bosco De Oliveira – percussion
  • Charles Hayward – drums
  • Chucho Merchándouble bass
  • Dick Pearce – flugelhorn
  • Nigel Nash – tenor saxophone
  • Pete Kingalto saxophone
  • Technical

  • Mike Pela - engineer
  • Jane Fox - cover design
  • Songs

    1Each and Every One2:48
    2Bittersweet2:47
    3Tender Blue3:05

    References

    Eden (Everything but the Girl album) Wikipedia


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