Amplified Heart

Amplified Heart is the eighth studio album by British musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 13 June 1994 by Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada, and elsewhere by Blanco y Negro Records. The album was recorded and mixed in London from winter 1993 to 1994.

Amplified Heart
Studio album by Everything but the Girl
Released	13 June 1994 (1994-06-13)
Recorded	December 1993–April 1994
Studio	Livingston Studios (London, England) Strongroom (London) Battery Studios (London) Mayfair Studios (London) Whitfield Street Recording Studios (London)
Genre	Folk-pop[1]
Length	36:32
Label	Atlantic Blanco y Negro
Producer	Tracey Thorn Ben Watt John Coxon
Everything but the Girl chronology
Home Movies (1993) Amplified Heart (1994) Walking Wounded (1996)
Singles from Amplified Heart
"Rollercoaster" Released: 23 May 1994 (EP) "Missing" Released: 8 August 1994 "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" Released: 16 October 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[8]

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,[9] "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.[10] It went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.[11]

Amplified Heart was reissued in 2012 by Edsel Records as a two-disc deluxe set.

On May 16, 2019, the band's Twitter account announced a special 25th anniversary pressing of the album on vinyl. Set to be released July 5, 2019, it marks the album's debut in the vinyl format. The Todd Terry club mix of "Missing" is not on the vinyl as it was added on to later pressings of the CD as a bonus track.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Bonus track on later editions

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Missing" (Todd Terry club mix)	Thorn	Watt	4:09

2012 Edsel Records reissue

Disc 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Disc 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"I Don't Understand Anything" (home demo)	Thorn	Thorn	4:17
2.	"Rollercoaster" (home dem)	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

Personnel

Credits for Amplified Heart adapted from liner notes.[12]

Everything but the Girl Tracey Thorn – vocals, production Ben Watt – acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, vocals, mixing, production Additional musicians John Coxon – keyboards and production on "Troubled Mind", "Get Me" and "Missing" Martin Ditcham – percussion, strings on "I Don't Understand Anything" and "Two Star" Peter King – alto saxophone on "Disenchanted" Dave Mattacks – drums Harry Robinson – string arrangements, conductor Kate St John – Cor Anglais on "Two Star" Danny Thompson – double bass Richard Thompson – lead electric guitar on "25 December"

Production Mads Bjerke – engineering Jerry Boys – engineering, mixing Bruce Davies – mixing Jon Mallison – engineering Design Corinne Day – inner sleeve photography Everything but the Girl – design Richard Haughton – cover and inner sleeve photography The Senate – design Ponyboy Wildwood – inner sleeve photography

Charts

Chart (1994–96)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	60
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	36
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[15]	32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	21
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17]	97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]	20
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	20
US Billboard 200[20]	46

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21]	Gold	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[22]	Gold	500,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Sheffield, Rob (1 March 2018). "Review: Tracey Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
2. Ruhlmann, William. "Amplified Heart – Everything But the Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Everything but the Girl". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
4. Romero, Michele (29 July 1994). "Amplified Heart". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
5. Rosenbluth, Jean (4 September 1994). "Everything but the Girl, 'Amplified Heart,' Atlantic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
6. Sherburne, Philip (16 July 2019). "Everything But the Girl: Amplified Heart". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
7. Sarig, Roni (2004). "Everything but the Girl". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 288–89. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
8. Crist, Renée (1995). "Everything but the Girl". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 136–37. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
9. "Everything But the Girl". Billboard. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
10. Rosen, Craig (10 February 1996). "Following Success of Oasis, Everything but the Girl, and Others, Britpop Acts Are on Invasion Alert". Billboard. Vol. 108 no. 6. p. 88. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
11. "About". EBTG.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
12. Amplified Heart (liner notes). Everything but the Girl. Blanco y Negro Records. 1994. 4509-96482-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
13. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Moonlight Publishing.
14. "Austriancharts.at – Everything but the Girl – Amplified Heart" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
15. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2897". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
16. "Offiziellecharts.de – Everything but the Girl – Amplified Heart" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
17. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
18. "Swisscharts.com – Everything but the Girl – Amplified Heart". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
19. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
20. "Everything but the Girl Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
21. "British album certifications – Everything but the Girl – Amplified Heart". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 March 2018. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Amplified Heart in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
22. "American album certifications – Everything but the Girl – Amplified Heart". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 23 March 2018. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.