''Acoustic'' is an album by
Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer and sing ...
, released in North America on 2 June 1992. It consists of Everything but the Girl's covers of six songs by other artists as well as two live recordings and four re-recordings of songs from the duo's repertoire. In the United Kingdom, the duo had released the ''Covers EP'' for
Blanco y Negro
Blanco y Negro Records (Spanish: "White and Black"), a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd., was established in 1983 by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Mike Alway of él Records. Michel Duval of Les Disques du Crépuscule was also involve ...
, which had peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles chart dated 7 March 1992,
with this release expanded into a full album for its release abroad.
The albums ''
Worldwide'' (1991) and ''Acoustic'' were reissued together by Edsel Records as a 2-disc set in 2012. This release also included the 1992 EP "
The Only Living Boy in New York" and 1993's "
I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love".
Track listing
Some digital downloads of the album – including those sold by Amazon and iTunes – have the fully orchestrated version of "Come on Home" (3:22) from ''
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright'' rather than the pared back version from ''Acoustic''. The error appears to be the recording company's.
Personnel
;Everything but the Girl
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Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is an English singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 2000, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to ...
– vocals
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Ben Watt
Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt (born 6 December 1962) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, author, DJ, and radio presenter, best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl.
Early life
Watt was born in Marylebone, London, and grew u ...
– guitar, piano, vocals
with:
*Damon Butcher – keyboards
*Dick Oatts – soprano saxophone
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Martin Ditcham
Martin Ditcham is an English drummer/percussionist and songwriter.
Ditcham is a prolific session musician, working with artists such as Henry Cow, Status Quo, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey, Sade, Mary Black, Nik Kershaw, Chris ...
– percussion
*Steve Pearce – bass
;Technical
*Jerry Boys, Tony Harris – engineer
*Richard Haughton – photography
References
Everything but the Girl albums
1992 albums
Blanco y Negro Records albums
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