''Amplified Heart'' is the eighth studio

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by English musical duo

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. It was released on 13 June 1994 by

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in the U.K. and on 19 July 1994 by

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in the United States and Canada. The album was recorded and mixed in London from winter 1993 to 1994. Primarily an acoustic-driven set, ''Amplified Heart'' brought Everything but the Girl to mainstream audiences via the

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remix of the song "

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". Ultimately peaking at number 2 on the US ''

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singles chart in early 1996, "Missing" spent more than a year gaining airplay and exposing Everything but the Girl to US and worldwide audiences, leading ''Amplified Heart'' to sell upwards of 232,000 copies in the United States, according to

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. It went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. ''Amplified Heart'' was reissued in 2012 by Edsel Records as a two-disc deluxe set. A 25th anniversary pressing of the album on vinyl was released in 2019. The Todd Terry club mix of "Missing" is not on the vinyl and it was added on to later pressings of the CD as a bonus track.

Track listing

2012 Edsel Records reissue

Personnel

Credits for ''Amplified Heart'' adapted from liner notes. Everything but the Girl *

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, production *

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 ...

– acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, vocals, mixing, production Additional musicians * John Coxon – keyboards and production on "Troubled Mind", "Get Me" and "Missing" *

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, strings on "I Don't Understand Anything" and "Two Star" * Peter King – alto saxophone on "Disenchanted" *

Dave Mattacks David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English rock and folk drummer, best known for his work with British folk rock band Fairport Convention. Fairport Convention He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road ac ...

– drums * Harry Robinson – string arrangements, conductor *

Kate St John Kate St John (born 2 October 1957) is an English composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. She was a member of bands Ravishing Beauties, The Dream Academy, and Channel Light Vessel, and of Van Morrison's live band, in which she pl ...

– Cor Anglais on "Two Star" *

Danny Thompson Daniel Henry Edward Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Ma ...

– double bass *

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– lead electric guitar on "25 December" Production * Mads Bjerke – engineering * Jerry Boys – engineering, mixing * Bruce Davies – mixing * Jon Mallison – engineering Design *

Corinne Day Corinne Day (19 February 1962 – 27 August 2010) was a British fashion photographer, Documentary photography, documentary photographer and fashion model. Early life Corinne Day grew up in Ickenham with her younger brother and her grandparents ...

– inner sleeve photography * Everything but the Girl – design * Richard Haughton – cover and inner sleeve photography * The Senate – design * Ponyboy Wildwood – inner sleeve photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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