Amplified Heart (LP)
Everything But The Girl
Amoeba Review
08/06/2020
Everything But the Girl’s 1994 classic Amplified Heart is getting the fancy reissue treatment just in time for the album’s twenty-fifth anniversary — and it’s the record’s first time ever on vinyl. With a hi-fidelity half-speed master cut at Abbey Road, EBTG’s Ben Watt says “the newly mastered pressing sounds amazing—as good as the original tapes.” It’s a timeless work, with Tracey Thorn’s singular, sublime voice casting a spell through quiet, introspective folky ballads and ringing out in melancholy glory over the career-defining “Missing.” Sure to please longtime fans and introduce new listeners to this devastatingly lovely British pop duo.