EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT LP – Nr MINT 1986

Everything But The Girl – Baby, The Stars Shine Bright
(Blanco Y Negro Records  1986  BYN9)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some marks on the front and back and some ringwear and rubbing
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer and singer Ben Watt. The group’s early works have been categorized as sophisti-pop with jazz influences^]before undergoing an electronic music turn following the worldwide success of the 1994 hit single “Missing”, remixed by Todd Terry.

Baby, the Stars Shine Bright is the third studio album by British musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 25 August 1986 by Blanco y Negro Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, except where indicated:

1. “Come on Home”
2. “Don’t Leave Me Behind”
3. “A Country Mile” (Thorn)
4. “Cross My Heart”
5. “Don’t Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart” (Watt)
6. “Careless” (Watt)
7. “Sugar Finney”
8. “Come Hell or High Water”
9. “Fighting Talk”
10. “Little Hitler” (Thorn)

Personnel

• Tracey Thorn – vocals
• Ben Watt – guitar
• Micky Harris – bass
• Cara Tivey – organ, piano
• Rob Peters – Drums
• Jeff Daly, Philip Todd, Peter King, Nigel Nash, Ray Swinfield – saxophone
• Alan Downey, Derek Watkins, Luke Tunney, Stuart Brooks – trumpet
• Andy Fawbert, Peter Thoms, Chris Pyne, Alan Hutt – trombone
• James Handy, John Pigneguy – French horn
• Gavyn Wright, Wilfred Gibson, John Wilson, Richard Studt, Dave Woodcock, James Archer, Levine Andrade, Basil Smart, Bill Benham, Peter Oxer, Tim Good – violin
• Kenneth Essex, George Robertson, Cathy Stevens, David Emmanuel, Roger Garland – viola
• Chris Green, Paul Kegg, Helen Liebmann, Clive Anstee – cello
• Clare Torry, Linda Allen, Bob Saker, Lance Ellington, Bob Saker, Tony Burrows, Gary Taylor, Tony Burrows, Vicky Silva, Tessa Niles – background vocals
• Steve Henderson, Bosco DeOliveira, Frank Ricotti, Martin Ditcham – percussion
• Nick Ingman – conductor, director