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Amplified Heart was Everything But The Girl’s million-selling and critically acclaimed seventh studio album, and now appears for the first time on vinyl in a deluxe 25th anniversary edition mastered at half-speed for optimum audio fidelity by Miles Showell at London’s Abbey Road Studios.

The record - released in early 1994 by UK alt-pop duo Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt - contains the original version of what was to become the band’s biggest hit, Missing. If Todd Terry’s famous house remix took that song onto the world’s dancefloors and upper reaches of the global pop charts in 1995 (#2 on US Billboard Hot 100, #1 on US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, #3 on the UK Top 40, and #1 in Canada, Germany and Italy), the original version also remains a timeless classic, now in heavy demand on modern streaming services, and one that perhaps better reflects the enduring appeal of the album’s modern-retro hybrid of ardent folk-soul and scratchy electronica.

“We’ve always been proud of Amplified Heart” says Ben, reflecting on the new edition. “It’s both close to the bone -  understandable given it’s background - but also gentle in it’s touch, and shot through with resiliance. The newly mastered pressing sounds amazing -  as good as the original tapes.”

“i think it’s a real rebirth record” adds Tracey, “the moment we got our mojo back. And it’s where Missing began, so it’s a significant album for us.”

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Tracklist:

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

Barcode: 5060516092642

Catalogue Number: EBTG009V

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