Everything But the Girl is a well-known electronic music band of British origin, famous for its long history and its almost constant stay on the local charts.
His story began in 1982 when the two college mates Tracey thorn Y Ben watt They saw a very funny sign in a furniture store. The particular store offered everything you need to put together a beautiful bedroom set, “Everything except the Girl”(Everything But the Girl).
With this name as a project they decided to record a cover of a well-known song in England, “Night and day” from Cole Porter. It reached very high on the independent charts.
As each of the members had side projects at first they decided not to do anything really serious, but as their popularity grew they could not avoid continuing together.
Before the end of 1983 they released another cover as a single, this time from The Jam, “English Rose”. The original author liked it so much, Paul weller, who decided to invite them to join him on a small tour of various British pubs.
Thanks to all these impulses they were able to record their first album, called “Eden”Where they explored the most diverse styles, from bossa nova to Jazz. Their good reception placed them among the top 40 British artists.
On 1985 their second CD went on sale, which they called “Love, Not Money“Which laid the foundation for popularity for the third album:”Baby, the Stars Shine Bright” from 1986.
The latter received acclaim for his classical music and orchestral instruments, but without a doubt, his story reached the top with “Idlewild”. With this production they reached the top of the charts for a long time.
The market for England was already fully conquered, so it only remained to reach the USA. Therefore, in 1990 They traveled to the city of The Angels to burn your disc “The Language of Life”.
This time they totally bet on commerce, getting closer than ever to the pop that at that time reigned in all the record companies. Fortunately, this did not cause them to lose audience, but rather they gained more and more.
In this way Everything But the Girl traveled all over the world to record his album live “Worldwide” on 1991. Then, with the rise of formats unplugged, they launched “Acoustic”.
On 1993 a terrible disease affected Ben watt, taking him almost to the brink of death. Fortunately he was able to recover, but for just over a year the band was on the brink of collapse.
Finally, in the middle of 1994, decided to return to the ring, but this time with a totally renewed sound, proposed by Ben during his recovery: Everything But the Girl went on to make electronic music.
His first work within this field was called “Amplified”And little by little it was opening their way into this new market. Of course their old followers did not abandon them on the new journey, but they knew how to adapt very well.
On nineteen ninety six Went on sale “Walking wounded”And finally they entered through the main door to the world of dance and electronic trance. From that moment on, more and more jobs followed, including “Moody” of 2000 Y “Adapt or Die” of 2005 they are the brightest.