Amplified Heart is the eighth studio album by English musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 13 June 1994 by Blanco y Negro Records in the U.K. and on 19 July 1994 by Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada. The album was recorded and mixed in London from winter 1993 to 1994.
Primarily an acoustic-driven set, 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, "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. It went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.
Amplified Heart was reissued in 2012 by Edsel Records as a two-disc deluxe set.
A 25th anniversary pressing of the album on vinyl was released in 2019. The Todd Terry club mix of "Missing" is not on the vinyl and it was added on to later pressings of the CD as a bonus track.
Track listing
2012 Edsel Records reissue
Personnel Credits for Amplified Heart adapted from liner notes.
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" Danny Thompson – double bass Dave Mattacks – drums Martin Ditcham – percussion Harry Robinson – string arrangements on "I Don't Understand Anything" and "Two Star", conductor Peter King – alto saxophone on "Disenchanted" Kate St John – Cor Anglais on "Two Star" 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
Weekly charts Chart (1994–96)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)60
Year-end charts Chart (1996)PositionUS Billboard 200170
Certifications
References
External links https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mIQEO9ZB_BbeULuMpy2PNWIuKrYEDSPG4