Amplified Heart | ||||
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Released | 13 June 1994 | |||
Recorded | December 1993 – April 1994 | |||
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Genre | Folk-pop [1] | |||
Length | 36:32 | |||
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Everything but the Girl chronology | ||||
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Singles from Amplified Heart | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
Knoxville News Sentinel | [5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
Pitchfork | 8.6/10 [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10 [9] |
Amplified Heart is the eighth studio album by English musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 13 June 1994 [10] by Blanco y Negro Records in the U.K. and on 19 July 1994 [11] by Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada. The album was recorded and mixed in London from winter 1993 to 1994.
Primarily an acoustic-driven set, [2] 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, [12] "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. [13] It went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. [14]
Amplified Heart was reissued in 2012 by Edsel Records as a two-disc deluxe set.
A 25th anniversary pressing of the album on vinyl was released in 2019. The Todd Terry club mix of "Missing" is not on the vinyl and it was added on to later pressings of the CD as a bonus track.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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. | "25 December" | Watt | Watt | 4:04 |
10. | "Disenchanted" | Thorn | Watt | 2:03 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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11. | "Missing" (Todd Terry club mix) | Thorn | Watt | 4:55 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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. | "25 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 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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. | "25 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 |
Credits for Amplified Heart adapted from liner notes. [15]
Everything but the Girl
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [25] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [26] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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