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Everything But The Girl: Worldwide

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On September 23, 1991, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Worldwide”, the sixth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Livingston Recording Studios” in London.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Greg Lester – guitar
  • Ben Watt – synthesizer, guitar, synthesizer bass, piano, organ, drum, sound programming, backing vocals
  • Damon Butcher – piano
  • Peter Murray – organ
  • Geoff Gascoyne – bass
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Ralph Salmins – drums, cymbals, percussion
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Dick Oatts – alto and soprano saxophone
  • Pete Whyman – tenor saxophone
  • James McMillan – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Jerry Boys – engineer
  • Richard Haughton – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Old Friends – Ben Watt
  2. Understanding – Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt
  3. You Lift Me Up – Tracey Thorn
  4. Talk to Me Like the Sea – Ben Watt
  5. British Summertime – Tracey Thorn, BenWatt
  6. Twin Cities – Ben Watt
  7. Frozen River – Ben Watt
  8. One Place – Tracey Thorn
  9. Politics Aside – Ben Watt
  10. Boxing and Pop Music – Ben Watt
  11. Feel Alright – Ben Watt

Everything But The Girl: Baby, The Stars Shine Bright

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On August 25, 1986, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Baby, the Stars Shine Bright”, the third Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded March – April 1986, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Hedges, Tracey Horn and Ben Watt.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – guitar, orchestral arrangements
  • Cara Tivey – organ, piano
  • Micky Harris – bass
  • Rob Peters – drums
  • Steve Henderson, Joao Bosco De Oliveira, Frank Ricotti, Martin Ditcham – percussion
  • Jeff Daly, Philip Todd, Peter King, Nigel Nash, Ray Swinfield – saxophone
  • Alan Downey, Derek Watkins, Luke Tunney, Stuart Brooks – trumpet
  • Andy Fawbert, Peter Thoms, Chris Pyne, Alan Hutt – trombone
  • James Handy, John Pigneguy – French horn
  • Gavyn Wright, Wilfred Gibson, John Willison, Richard Studt, Dave Woodcock, James Archer, Levine Andrade, Basil Smart, Bill Benham, Peter Oxer, Tim Good – violin
  • Kenneth Essex, George Robertson, Cathy Stevens, David Emanuel, Roger Garland – viola
  • Chris Green, Paul Kegg, Helen Liebmann, Clive Anstee – cello
  • Clare Torry, Linda Allen, Bob Saker, Lance Ellington, Gary Taylor, Tony Burrows, Vicky Silva, Tessa Niles – backing vocals
  • Nick Ingman – conductor, director
  • Caryn Gough – artwork
  • Richard Haughton – photography

Track listing:

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

  1. Come on Home
  2. Don’t Leave Me Behind
  3. A Country Mile – Tracey Thorn
  4. Cross My Heart
  5. Don’t Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart – Ben Watt
  6. Careless – Ben Watt
  7. Sugar Finney
  8. Come Hell or High Water
  9. Fighting Talk
  10. Little Hitler – Tracey Thorn

Everything But The Girl: Amplified Heart

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On June 13, 1994, “Blanco y Negro” label released “Amplified Heart”, the eighth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded December 1993 – April 1994, at “Livingston”, “Strongroom”, “Battery”, Mayfair” and “Whitfield Street Recording” in London, and was produced by Ben Watt and Tracey Horn.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals, design
  • Ben Watt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, mixing, design
  • Richard Thompson – lead electric guitar
  • John Coxon – keyboards
  • Danny Thompson – double bass
  • Dave Mattacks – drums
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion, strings
  • Peter King – alto saxophone
  • Harry Robinson – string arrangements, conductor
  • Kate St John – Cor Anglais
  • Mads Bjerke – engineer
  • Jon Mallison – engineer
  • Jerry Boys – engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Davies – mixing
  • The Senate – design
  • Richard Haughton – cover and inner sleeve photography
  • Ponyboy Wildwood – inner sleeve photography
  • Corinne Day – inner sleeve photography

Track listing:

  1. Rollercoaster – Ben Watt
  2. Troubled Mind – lyrics by Tracey Thorn, music by Ben Watt
  3. I Don’t Understand Anything – Tracey Thorn
  4. Walking to You – Ben Watt
  5. Get Me – Ben Watt
  6. Missing – lyrics by Tracey Horn, music by Ben Watt
  7. Two Stars – Ben Watt
  8. We Walk the Same Line – Tracey Thorn
  9. 25 December – Ben Watt
  10. Disenchanted – lyrics by Tracey Thorn, music by Ben Watt

Everything But The Girl: Fuse

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On April 21, 2023, “Buzzin’ Fly” and “Virgin” labels released “Fuse”, the eleventh Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Riverside Studios” in Bath, and was produced by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – lead and backing vocals, arrangements, recording
  • Ben Watt – electric guitar, piano, drums, backing vocals, programming, arrangements, engineer
  • Ewan Pearson – programming
  • Bruno Ellingham – programming, engineer, mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering

Track listing:

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

  1. Mothing Left to Lose
  2. Run a Red Light – lyrics by Ben Watt
  3. Caution to the Wind
  4. When You Mess Up
  5. Time and Time Again
  6. No One Knows We’re Dancing
  7. Lost
  8. Forever
  9. Interior Space
  10. Karaoke

Everything But The Girl: Idlewild

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On February 29, 1988, “Blanco y Negro” and “Sire“ labels released “Idlewild”, the fourth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Livingston Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Ben Watt.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitar
  • Damon Butcher – piano, synthesizer
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Chucho Merchán – bass
  • Peter King – alto saxophone
  • Ian Fraser – tenor saxophone
  • James McMillan – trumpet
  • Jerry Boys – engineer

Track listing:

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

  1. Love Is Here Where I Live
  2. These Early Days – Tracey Thorn
  3. I Always Was Your Girl
  4. Oxford Street – Tracey Thorn
  5. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing – Ben Watt
  6. Goodbye Sunday
  7. Shadow on a Harvest Moon – Tracey Thorn
  8. Blue Moon Rose
  9. Tears All Over Town – Ben Watt
  10. Lonesome for a Place I Know
  11. Apron Strings

Everything But The Girl: Language Of Life

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On February 5, 1990, “Atlantic” and “Blanco y Negro Records” labels released “The Language of Life”, the fifth Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Bill Schnee Studios”, “Ocean Way Recording” and “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tommy LiPuma.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Larry Williams – piano, synthesizers
  • Russell Ferrante – piano
  • Joe Sample – piano
  • John Patitucci – bass
  • Omar Hakim – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Marc Russo – alto saxophone
  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
  • Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
  • Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, horn arrangements
  • Al Schmitt – engineer
  • Bill Schnee – mixing
  • Nick Knight – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Watt, except where noted.

  1. Driving
  2. Get Back Together
  3. Meet Me in the Morning – Ben Watt, Tracey Horn
  4. Me and Bobby D – Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn
  5. The Language of Life – Ben Watt, Tracey Horn
  6. Take Me – Cecil Womack, Linda Womack
  7. Imagining America
  8. Letting Love Go
  9. My Baby Don’t Love Me
  10. The Road

Everything But the Girl: Eden

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On June 4, 1984, “Blanco y Negro Records” label released “Eden”, the debut Everything but the Girl studio album. It was recorded in January 1984, at “Power Plant” in London, and was produced by Robin Millar.

Personnel:

  • Tracey Thorn – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ben Watt – vocals, guitars, Hammond organ, piano, horn arrangements
  • Simon Booth – guitar
  • Joao Bosco De Oliveira – percussion
  • Charles Hayward – drums
  • Chucho Merchán – double bass
  • Pete King – alto saxophone
  • Nigel Nash – tenor saxophone
  • Dick Pearce – flugelhorn
  • Mike Pela – engineer
  • Jane Fox – design

Track listing:

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

Beth Orton: Central Reservation

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On March 9, 1999, “Heavenly Records” label released “Central Reservation”, the second Beth Orton studio album. It was recorded in 1998, at “The Church”, “September Sound”, “RAK”, “Olympic”, “Little Joey’s” and “The Garden Shed”, and was produced by Victor Van Vugt, Ben Watt, Mark Stent, Beth Orton, Dr. Robert and David Roback. The album won Beth Orton the “Best British Female Artist” at the 2000 “BRIT Music Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Beth Orton – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ted Barnes — acoustic, slide and electric guitar, bouzouki
  • Dr. Robert — guitar
  • Ben Harper — electric guitar
  • Ben Watt — guitar, keyboards, noise, programming, engineer, mixing
  • Dr. John — piano
  • Sean Read — piano, keyboards
  • Henry Olsen — bass
  • Ali Friend — bass
  • Andy Waterworth — double bass
  • Will Blanchard — drums
  • Lascelles Gordon — percussion
  • David Friedman — vibraphone
  • Calina de la Mare — violin
  • Beki Doe — violin
  • Howard Gott — violin
  • Ruth Gottlieb — violin
  • Lucy Wilkins — violin
  • Becca Ware — viola
  • Sara Wilson — cello
  • Oliver Kraus — cello
  • Terry Callier — background vocals
  • Giles Hall — engineer
  • Dick Meaney — engineer
  • Trevor Smith — engineer
  • Victor Van Vugt — engineer
  • John Wood — engineer
  • Peter Hill — engineer assistant
  • Andy Bradfield — mixing
  • Dr. Robert — mixing
  • Beki Doe — mixing
  • Oliver Kraus — mixing
  • David Roback — mixing
  • Paul Walton — mixing assistant
  • Tim Young — mastering
  • Sam Harris — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Beth Orton except where noted. 

  1. Stole Car
  2. Sweetest Decline
  3. Couldn’t Cause Me Harm
  4. So Much More
  5. Pass in Time
  6. Central Reservation
  7. Stars All Seem To Weep
  8. Love Like Laughter – Beth Orton, Ted Barnes
  9. Blood Red River
  10. Devil Song
  11. Feel To Believe
  12. Central Reservation (The Then Again Version)

Beth Orton: DayBreaker

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On July 16, 2002, “Heavenly” label released “Daybreaker”, the third Beth Orton album. It was recorded in 2002, at “Ridge Farm Studio” in Surrey, “Eastcote Studios” in London, and was produced by Beth Orton, Victor Van Vugt and Ben Watt.

Personnel:

  • Beth Orton – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Ryan Adams- acoustic and slide guitar, bass, piano, bass, backing vocals
  • Ted Barnes – acoustic guitar
  • Sean Read – keyboards
  • Ali Friend – bass guitar
  • Will Blanchard – drums
  • Richard “Dread” Mann – engineer
  • John McCormack – engineer assistant
  • Andy Bradfield, Ben Watt – mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Beth Orton, except where noted.

  1. Paris Train – Ted Barnes, Beth Orton
  2. Concrete Sky – Johnny Marr, Beth Orton
  3. Mount Washington
  4. Anywhere
  5. Daybreaker
  6. Carmella
  7. God Song
  8. This One’s Gonna Bruise – Ryan Adams, Beth Orton
  9. Ted’s Waltz – Ted Barnes, Beth Orton
  10. Thinking About Tomorrow – Ted Barnes, Beth Orton, Sean Read, Sebastian Steinberg

Ben Watt: Hendra

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On April 14, 2014, “Unmade Road” label released “Hendra”, the second Ben Watt studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Eastcote Studios”, “The Square”, “Northern Heights”,  “Air Lyndhurst Hall”, and was produced by Ewan Pearson.

Personnel:

  • Ben Watt – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, electric piano, piano, synthesizer, mellotron
  • Bernard Butler – electric guitar
  • Martin Ditcham – tambourine, congas, shaker, drums
  • Jim Watson – keyboards, organ, synthesizer
  • Ewan Pearson – synthesizer, mellotron, handclaps
  • Steve Pearce – upright and electric bass
  • Leo Taylor– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Watt.

  1. Hendra
  2. Forget
  3. Spring
  4. Golden Ratio
  5. Matthew Arnold’s Field
  6. The Gun
  7. Nathaniel
  8. The Levels
  9. Young Man’s Game
  10. The Heart Is a Mirror