Everything But The Girl
Like The Desert Miss The Rain (Best Of)

THE REVIEW

Hello everyone.
Today I want to talk to you about an English duo that, since '84 with EDEN, their first album, have been creating albums galore, and sometimes even astounding hits. I am talking about EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL...
I can't explain it, but I am madly in love with this duo... or rather with the singer's voice, which is warm, light, and harmonious. This is their second best of... after the one from '96, which I personally find more representative because it highlights the many facets of the duo, from the early '80s and folk, violins, and orchestra between the '80s and '90s... acoustic to the SOFT before reaching the featuring between the singer Tracey Thorn and Massive Attack in Protection... and from there their dance experiments and the timeless hit of that great ballad for making out, Missing...

Then they transitioned from pure avant-garde and trip-hop contamination to Temperamental in '99, decidedly drum&bass... and this best describes the recent years... honestly, I preferred them before when with sincerity they tried to make sweet and simple melancholic music or even in the avant-garde years, not the latest dance floor songs...
Of course, the melancholy and sadness that some EBTG songs convey are irreplaceable... let's hope they come back...