Friday, January 30, 2009

Love Not Money: Everything But the Girl

"Every song on this album is a keeper: beautiful melodies and a jazzy acoustic sound throughout make for a guaranteed enjoyable listen that is head and shoulders above most (if not all) of the other production-line pop that dominated the 80's era." -- Amazon review

This is Everything But the Girl's second album which carries their jazz-pop sound more than their later albums did. It also establishes EBTG's social commentary with several songs; Angel refers to child abuse, Sean was about Northern Ireland and Ugly Little Dreams comments about attitudes towards intelligent women. The video was a fun reminder of the styles back then and worth it for that reason alone.

Everything But the Girl: Love Not Money (1985)
01  When All's Well
02  Ugly Little Dreams
03  Shoot Me Down
04  Are You Trying To Be Funny_
05  Sean
06  Ballad Of The Times
07  Anytown
08  This Love (Not For Sale)
09  Trouble And Strife
10  Angel

When All's Well

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