Walking Wounded

• Artist: Everything But the Girl
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• Release Date: May 21, 1996
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

With Walking Wounded, Everything but the Girl puts an acceptable face on trip-hop, jungle, and techno, opening up the world of experimental dance music to a new audience. At its core, Everything but the Girl is a pop group, which means it automatically abandons the free-form song structures that characterize most of trip-hop and techno. In a sense, that dilutes the impact of the music, but the duo found a way around that by seamlessly incorporating the rhythms into carefully crafted songs. They work the same ground as Massive Attack, but their songwriting is more accessible and less adventurous than the groundbreaking Bristol group. Furthermore, Everything but the Girl never approaches the tarnished glamour of Portishead, the kineticism of Björk, or the brilliantly evocative soundscapes of Tricky. Essentially, the beats are used as window dressing -- the group's music hasn't changed that much. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Before Today (Lyrics)	Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(4:18)
Wrong (Lyrics)	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(4:36)
Single (Lyrics)	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(4:38)
The Heart Remains a Child	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(3:50)
Walking Wounded (Lyrics)	Everything But the Girl, John Coxon, Ben Watt, Ashley Wales	Everything But the Girl	(6:05)
Flipside (Lyrics)	Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(4:33)
Big Deal (Lyrics)	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(4:29)
Mirrorball (Lyrics)	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl	(3:27)
Good Cop Bad Cop (Lyrics)	Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn	Everything But the Girl	(4:54)
Wrong [Todd Terry Remix]	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt	Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt, Everything But the Girl, Todd Terry	(4:45)
Walking Wounded [Omni Trio Remix]	John Coxon, Ashley Wales, Everything But the Girl, Ben Watt	Everything But the Girl, Ben Watt, Tracey Thorn, Omni Trio	(6:43)

Credits

Omni Trio (Remastering), Andy Bradfield (Mixing), Johnny Rockstar (Programming), Ben Watt (Synthesizer), Ben Watt (Beats), Todd Terry (Remastering), Howie B (Scratching), Todd Terry (Producer), Ben Watt (Engineer), Ben Watt (?), Ben Watt (Vocals), Mads Bjerke (Engineer), Howie B (Producer), Omni Trio (Remixing), Jim Friedman (Photography), Howie B (Programming), Ben Watt (Programming), Ben Watt (Sounds), Spring Heel Jack (Engineer), Todd Terry (Remixing), Marcelo Krasilcic (Photography), Jeremy Shaw (Programming), Ben Watt (Guitar (Acoustic)), Ben Watt (Producer), Spring Heel Jack (Producer), Rob Haigh (Engineer), Tracey Thorn (Vocals), Spring Heel Jack (Programming), Spring Heel Jack (Mixing), Ben Watt (Sound Effects)

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