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Eden | 
 enlarge | Artist: Everything But The Girl
Label: Blanco Y Negro
Category: Music
List Price: £7.99
Buy New: £4.06
You Save: £3.93 (49%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 10366
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 022924039522
EAN: 0022924039522
ASIN: B000005RM1
Release Date: November 11, 1985
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| » | Each And Every One | | » | Bittersweet | | » | Tender Blue | | » | Another Bridge | | » | Spice Of Life | | » | Dust Bowl | | » | Crabwalk | | » | Even So | | » | Frost And Fire | | » | Fascination | | » | I Must Confess | | » | Soft Touch |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Everything but the Girl hit the ground running with their first album, Eden; in some ways, they wouldn't equal the effort again for years. Though both Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt learned how to use their voices to better effect over the years, their vocal talents are evident here. Singing over a gentle, tropical-toned combo, Thorn sounds strong and free, and, when the occasion calls for it, vulnerable. Watt may be a little melodramatic on "Tender Blue", but the affecting "Soft Touch" more than makes up for it. Meanwhile, "Another Bridge" presages "Me and Bobby D" (from The Language of Life); "The Dustbowl" succinctly captures a post-break-up reflection with only a modicum of regret; "Frost and Fire" reaches out from daughter to mother; and "I Must Confess" neatly sambas its way out of a finished relationship. Mature, intelligent, and unflinchingly romantic, it ranks among EBTG's best work. --Randy Silver
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| Customer Reviews:
Just beautiful December 17, 2007
This has been my favourite all time album for many, many years. I love every moment. Really wonderful album. Fascination is a stunning song. Love it, love it, love it.
Eden :- An underrated classic! May 28, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have been professionally involved in the music business as a performer and a sound engineer for 20 years. I loved this album when it was released and I'm ashamed to say that I forgot about it. I was worried that I was remembering the quality from a less experienced standpoint and was reluctant to risk being dissappointed. Weird I know but there were lots of memories associated with this album. Anyway it is a masterpiece! Not only are Ben and Tracey brilliant, exposed, raw, fragile and talented. They manage to convey true emotion which is utterly believable, the songs are at times truly beautiful and the musicianmanship is absolute class. The recordings have been handled in a sensitive and thoughtful manner and the Flugel horn solos are masterpieces. Buy this album it is a classic honestly!-
A smooth and soulful vehicle for Tracey's outstanding voice May 7, 2000
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have loved this album since before pussy was a kitten. There are a clutch of brilliant tracks of a quality never reached again by EBTG. 'Each and every one' is a song of such beauty that it hurts to think it barely dented the top 40. I cannot recommend this album highly enough.
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