EP · 1994
Missing
Missing is an ep by Everything but the Girl, released in 1994 on Blanco y Negro Music S.A., with 4 tracks.
- 4
- Tracks
- 24 min
- Runtime
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EP · 1994
Missing is an ep by Everything but the Girl, released in 1994 on Blanco y Negro Music S.A., with 4 tracks.
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4 tracks · 24 min
A leader of the sophisti-pop movement throughout the 1980s, Everything But the Girl became an unlikely success story during the mid-'90s, emerging at the vanguard of the fusion between pop and electronica. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, both already active as solo artists, formed the duo in 1982 and began making hushed, jazzy folk-pop, releasing a string of albums that earned gold certifications in their native U.K., including their 1984 debut Eden and 1988's Idlewild (containing the number three hit "I Don't Want to Talk About It"). Todd Terry's house remix of "Missing" (from 1994's Amplified Heart) unexpectedly became an inescapable worldwide hit, and the duo incorporated deep house, trip-hop, and drum'n'bass into their sound for 1996's Walking Wounded and 1999's Temperamental, two of their most successful and acclaimed albums. However, the duo decided to retreat from the spotlight, and they returned to their solo careers, raised a family together, and each wrote best-selling books about their life experiences. They resumed making music as Everything But the Girl after more than two- decade hiatus, and 2023's Fuse proved that they hadn't lost their touch for matching affecting songwr…