Everything But The Girl - Amplified Heart

Amplified Heart marked a number of changes in Everything but the Girl's career, the most obvious of which was their sudden popularity when a Todd Terry remix of "Missing" became a dance-floor hit. But before the album was even recorded, Ben Watt--who with Tracy Thorn is EBTG--was hospitalized for a life-threatening intestinal disorder (see his book, Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness, for a full account). His recovery invigorates Amplified Heart, making the love songs that much more passionate, the relationship songs that much more tender, and "25th December"--the one song in which Watt sings lead--that much more heartbreaking. Thorn's captivating vocals are the focus on the rest of the album, and she's as smooth as ever; combined with the focus that she and Watt share here, it makes for EBTG's best album.

1. Rollercoaster

2. Troubled Mind

3. I Don't Understand Anything

4. Walking to You

5. Get Me

6. Missing

7. Two Star

8. We Walk the Same Line

9. 25th December

10. Disenchanted

11. Missing [Remix]

ドラムンベースが流行りだした頃かな。アコースティック以外も魅力的なEBTGで★★★