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1994 studio album by Everything but the Girl
Amplified Heart Released 13 June 1994 (1994-06-13 ) Recorded 1993–1994 Studio Livingston Studios , Mayfair , Whitfield Street Studios and Strongroom, LondonLength 36 :32 Label Producer
"Rollercoaster EP" Released: 23 May 1994 (1994-05-23 )
"Missing " Released: 8 August 1994 (1994-08-08 )
"Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" Released: 1995 (1995 )
Amplified Heart is the eighth studio album by British musical duo Everything but the Girl . It was released on 13 June 1994 by Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada, and elsewhere by Blanco y Negro Records . The album was recorded and mixed in London from winter 1993 to 1994. Its cover photography was by Corinne Day .
Primarily an acoustic-driven set,[ 1] Amplified Heart brought Everything but the Girl to mainstream audiences via the dance remix of the song "Missing ". Ultimately peaking at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1996,[ 7] "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 Nielsen SoundScan .[ 8] It went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.[ 9]
Amplified Heart was reissued in 2012 by Edsel Records as a two-disc deluxe set.
Track listing
Title Lyrics Music 1. "Rollercoaster" Ben Watt Watt 3:14 2. "Troubled Mind" Tracey Thorn Watt 3:34 3. "I Don't Understand Anything" Thorn Thorn 4:25 4. "Walking to You" Watt Watt 3:30 5. "Get Me" Watt Watt 3:34 6. "Missing " Thorn Watt 4:06 7. "Two Star" Watt Watt 4:06 8. "We Walk the Same Line" Thorn Thorn 4:00 9. "25th December" Watt Watt 4:04 10. "Disenchanted" Thorn Watt 2:03 11. "Missing" (Todd Terry club mix; bonus track) Thorn Watt 4:09
2012 Edsel Records reissue
Disc 1 Title Lyrics Music 1. "Rollercoaster" Watt Watt 3:14 2. "Troubled Mind" Thorn Watt 3:34 3. "I Don't Understand Anything" Thorn Thorn 4:25 4. "Walking to You" Watt Watt 3:30 5. "Get Me" Watt Watt 3:34 6. "Missing" Thorn Watt 4:06 7. "Two Star" Watt Watt 4:06 8. "We Walk the Same Line" Thorn Thorn 4:00 9. "25th December" Watt Watt 4:04 10. "Disenchanted" Thorn Watt 2:03 11. "Straight Back to You" Watt Watt 4:38 12. "Lights of Te Touan" Stephen Ryan Ryan 2:29 13. "These Days " (live) Jackson Browne Browne 3:24 14. "Each and Every One" (live) Watt Thorn 3:57 15. "I Don't Want to Talk About It " (live) Danny Whitten Whitten 3:13
Disc 2 Title Lyrics Music 1. "I Don't Understand Anything" (home demo) Thorn Thorn 4:17 2. "Rollercoaster" (home demo) Watt Watt 3:13 3. "Two Star" (home demo) Watt Watt 2:57 4. "Troubled Mind" (home demo) Thorn Watt 3:48 5. "We Walk the Same Line" (home demo) Thorn Thorn 3:46 6. "Richard Says" (home demo) Thorn Thorn 2:24 7. "Back at Square One" (home demo) Thorn Watt 3:31 8. "Two Star" (Harry Robinson's string arrangement demo) Watt Watt 4:06 9. "Missing" (live) Thorn Watt 7:41 10. "Troubled Mind" (live) Thorn Watt 4:42 11. "Two Star" (live) Thorn Watt 5:23 12. "Walking to You" (live) Watt Watt 3:35 13. "25th December" (live) Watt Watt 4:37 14. "Missing" (Chris & James Full On club mix) Thorn Watt 8:35 15. "Missing" (Little Joey remix) Thorn Watt 5:03 16. "Missing" (Ultramarine remix) Thorn Watt 5:27 17. "Missing" (Todd Terry club mix, Ben Watt's 'Blanco-Eternal' radio edit) Thorn Watt 3:54
Personnel
Everything but the Girl
Tracey Thorn – vocals
Ben Watt – acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, vocals
Additional musicians
Technical
Jerry Boys – engineering
Mads Bjerke – engineering
Richard Haughton – cover photography
Charts
Certifications
References
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^ "British album certifications – Everything but the Girl – Amplified Heart" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 23 March 2018 . Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Amplified Heart in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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