ABOUT THIS ITEM

Continuing Edsel’s reissue programme of Everything But The Girl’s first four albums. ‘Baby The Stars Shine Bright’ was followed by the more introspective singer-songwriter pop-soul of gold-selling ‘Idlewild’ (1988), which featured the band’s Top 3 UK Top 40 cover of Danny Whitten’s ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’. Produced by the duo's own Ben Watt, the music is stripped down to the bare minimum - a rhythm, a melody, and Tracy Thorn's divine voice - yet somehow they make it feel lush. Some of EBTG's most affecting songs are on Idlewild: Thorn's adolescent reminiscence in 'Oxford Street'; 'The Night I Heard Caruso Sing',(Watt's ode to his father), the tale of friendship in 'Blue Moon Rose'; and 'Apron Strings', a song of love and loss.

In a beautifully presented 2xCD casebound book, put together with the full involvement of Ben and Tracey, and featuring a newly-written note by the couple, along with all the lyrics, ‘Idlewild’ features eighteen bonus tracks: 10 non-album single A- and B-sides, and 7 previously unreleased home demos, and a previously unreleased version of “Apron Strings”, recorded for, but not used in the John Hughes film “She’s Having A Baby”.

Disc 1
1. Love Is Here Where I Live
2. These Early Days
3. I Always Was Your Girl
4. Oxford Street
5. The Night I Heard Caruso Sing
6. Goodbye Sunday
7. Shadow On A Harvest Moon
8. Blue Moon Rose
9. Tears All Over Town
10. Lonesome For A Place I Know
11. Apron Strings
Disc 2
1. Dyed In The Grain
2. No Place Like Home
3. Another Day, Another Dollar
4. Hang Out The Flags
5. Home From Home
6. I Don't Want To Talk About It
7. I Don't Want To Talk About It [Instrumental]
8. Living On Honeycomb
9. How About Me?
10. These Early Days [Dave Bascombe Remix]
11. Love Is Here Where I Live [Home Demo]
12. I Always Was Your Girl [Home Demo]
13. Tears All Over Town [Home Demo]
14. Apron Strings [Home Demo]
15. Oxford Street [Home Demo]
16. Lonesome For A Place I Know [Home Demo]
17. Always Remember (These Early Days) [Home Demo]
18. Apron Strings [Alternative Film Version]