Walking Wounded

reminds me of gran turismo background music, im kinda digging it so far but we will see for how far it lasts. update: Im starting to lose my mind.

Quieter than my usual fare, but I like “Before Today,” which is straightforward song with some soft electronic. Let’s Tracy Thorn’s voice and lyrics shine on through. I think I just like her voice. It’s Cloudy Sunday sound.

I had forgotten all about this group! I actually just got lost in this 2 hour album and did chores around my house so...I have to give it a four? So much was accomplished because of sad lady and her robot. It was great!

This is not my thing at all. I don’t enjoy the trip hop beats at all, and this all feels pretty one-note. I would normally just give this my usual one-star rating that I give all electronica and move on with my day. I do at least respect that there’s a real person singing, but it all sounds like a crappy club music version of Sade. I think this band is what the XX was shooting for, and I kinda hate that band too. 4/10

dit is niet mijn kopje thee... redelijk slaapverwekkend 1,5 ster

doing a little dialectics in this shit: everything but the girl is bad. there is good in the world. the girl must, therefore, be the good. lesbians remain winning.

I like Everything But The Girl, and this album has some good stuff, but it's not their best. (Temperamental is.) 3 1/2, rounding down.

Some fairly pleasant downtempo, though nothing especially standout.

Loved this!!

Good enough album with a promising start, but it slackens off halfway through. I thought the main issue was my car speakers and found it more enjoyable on headphones but again halfway through it gets more boring. I don't really think they had enough tricks to fill an album of this length.

I instantly recognized the voice from the 90s hit "Missing", but I was completely unaware of the group. I enjoyed the album- kind of giving Pure Moods vibes- new world meets some techno elements. Overall- solid album

It grew pretty boring near the end

Electronic Sade, great.

Great album. Will definitely be added to my vinyl collection. (Listened to it on Apple Music)

Meh

This was clean, elegant, considered. A few years later, every white woman on MTV who wasn't trying to be a teenage sex bomb sounded a bit like it.

Very serene, but nothing crazy crazy highlights: before today wrong mirrorball

It’s a fine record. It’s like Sade but with electronic textures and arrangements instead of a jazzy band. Romy, from The xx, owes a lot to her for the style.

Great album, it was nice to hear something like this on the list. I thought it was a great mix of pop and electronic/dance music. Its a great sombre dance album.

Really enjoyed this, easy to underestimate how influential it is. Felt like there was some great contrast her between the instrumental and the vocal, which made for a nice pop record. Glad I heard it in full.

Imagine if Portishead weren't as timeless and you would get this record. The downtempo beats are good for the most part and Tracey Thorn has a sultry voice that is perfect for style of music. I can imagine that this soundtracked many passionate nights. This felt rather one-note, and you would get an idea if this record is for you by listening to a single track or two. There are no surprises here. I recommend this if you desperately need more trip-hop in your life.

Someone playing around on electronic “music” making machine, beep beeps and repetitive electronic drum beats. With someone, with admittedly decent voice singing dreary, downer lyrics. And I needed to hear this?? Well now I have, a whole album of it. Don’t like to use the word as it’s too easy, and somewhat dismissive to someone’s work and some people’s preferences but it was just, well boring. It’s not in anyway terrible but can’t raise any interest for it and that damn drum machine, at least it fits the rain today, no more that 2 Star. So tried again later and know what, it was even more dull, 1 Star

se tirasse o trip hop era 5 estrelas soltinhas, achei bom pra cacete

ou, bem popzão, hein. infelizmente tem um pouco de trip hop ali, mas eh bem mais puxado prum popzinho, sem perder o tom blasé. o que me irrita no triphop eh os beat downtempo indançável. aqui já eh beeem dançável! enfim. achei bem bacana. tem uns beats interessantíssimos!

Pretty interesting but ended up getting bored by the end.

Several tiers below some of my favourites in the genre, I think Esthero's Breath from Another would be a much better pick for the list if you want to expand on '90s trip hop/downtempo. Walking Wounded failed to impress me most of the time. It's technically competent, but there really isn't much to make it stand out among the sea of similar albums of the time. The beats are mostly stereotypical and Tracey Thorn's vocals are decent, though nothing particularly captivating. I liked her more as a guest vocalist on some other trip hop releases. There are a couple of standouts, but even the title track manages to overstay its welcome after an exciting first half. Flipside is probably my favourite inclusion here, the only track on the album I would call great. This is the supppsedly good pick for the band when it comes to the list, so I'm not looking forward to Idlewild.

Not my kind of thing, but I’m sure it’s enjoyable if it’s yours.

Don't remember much about it (listened 3 days ago) so I'm going to assume it wasn't anything special.

Enjoyed "Wrong" but overall this sounded pretty cheap. Very very 1996.

A little Garbage, a little XX, a little Alanis at times. Don’t love it but also don’t hate it. First, they’re married! Nice. Second, the song “Missing” not on this album, so famous and didn’t know this was them. Really nice voice!

Better than Coldplay

This is from 1996??? It was so ahead of its time. A soft, lofi-vibe.

3,2 Highlights: Single, Walking Wounded

Fine enough

Ah, this redeems their debut for me. While that one felt somambulant, they have upped the energy, pop sensibility, and electronic production sophistication on this one. Tracey Thorn’s voice remains gorgeous. It’s dusky and haunting throughout. While there’s a clunker or two towards the end, it’s generally high quality throughout. I added “Wrong” and “Single” to my playlist.

I want to listen to Annie Lennox. We have Annie Lennox at home. At home: this uninspiring album

A guy on a music machine and a woman singing stuff. This is my fifth lousy album in a row. I’m 500 albums in. It only gets worse. How about some new wave stuff or ska?

4/10 - I see what they're trying to do but the sound is boring after a few songs

About as high as a 2 can go - I liked 4/9 songs!

If you asked me to say one word when I think of the band Everything But the Girl, I’d probably say “Boring.” So, I came to this record like “prove to me that I should like something by Everything But the Girl.” And ok: I do think the trip-hoppiness of this particular album makes it marginally more interesting than what I remember about their other stuff. But it still sounds like bland background music to me, lacking what I like about bands like Massive Attack where there’s an interesting tension in the music. I guess the title track here approaches that for me (particularly listening to it while watching that interesting b&w video of the people with the empty picture frames), but unfortunately on the whole this album hasn’t changed my opinion of the band much.

Why are there two albums from this group on the list?

Now this is what tf I’m talking about!!

Hilarious that all those southern bands came out of hull

There's some good, sometimes really good, tracks to be found on here but as is often the case with downtempo albums, it can all too often fail to really connect the dots so to speak and create a truly impressive listen.

Classic 90’s nostalgia. A good, mellow breakbeat/pop album.

Of the electronic music this was ok

Why the actual fuck do I need to hear this? It's dull as dishwater. I like Tracey's voice, but the backing is nondescript 90s comedown. A solid reason not to imbibe drugs if this is what you have to listen to the next morning. Chinky chonky brrrp brrrp... repeat for 45 minutes. Stop it, generator! Give me something with skin, bones and muscles tomorrow! This is just a puddle of piss.

Gosh this was boring. Sort of music you hear in a shop where all the assistants are staring at you because you don’t belong there.

Drum machine driven slick pop pablum.

I like EBTG but I can't in good conscience say that this album is groundbreaking or one of the best.

OK album

Oftentimes, listening to this gave me Massive Attack vibes. Not my usual genre, but this was a great listen. What's most fascinating is that their other album on this list - Idlewild was absolutely intolerable shit. Quite the turnaround in the 8 years between.

Surprisingly liked this for not being familiar with it

Solid

A very bland, vibey electronica album from the mid-90s. Most of the songs sound like they should be on that Pure Moods compilation they used to advertise late night on TV. There's nothing about this album that is important, and I'm pretty sure you'd only listen to downtempo house music like this in a club; nobody is putting this on to just listen to it solo. Low 2/5

Great background music, good for a party

second album i’ve gotten from this band, definitely enjoyed this one more than the last. it was okay to listen to, nothing too memorable though

It's a bit boring. This is my first listen through of this band and I was at least hoping "Missing" was on this one. Still a few good beats to give a chill vibe.

Pleasant enough pop songs with electronica backing. A bit on the bland side.

Cocteau twins for the club and coffee shop? Obviously, it’s not that simple. I’m in a real 90s electronic/trip-hop/house period of my life so I was more than ready to embrace this with open arms. Plus, I’ve loved Tracey Thorn’s beautiful voice since I first heard it on the radio as a child.

Didn't get this at all. So boring. So drab. Not an ounce of feeling.

Its pretty lofi. Shes got a good voice. 2.6/5

another beautiful album on this site unfairly rated by people who thought that this challenge would be "1001 albums i like" and not an exploration into different types of music.

I think that was pretty great, very moody and evocative. Great vocals

This was done but frankly is not my speed…

You know what.. a good vibe.

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl wasn't really my thing.

Still love this album. It’s held up over the years.

Good background music I enjoy!

Медитативно

Most of these songs on their own would be perfectly fine, but altogether on this album, it gets really repetitive fast. I was pretty bored throughout the listen. Definitely a case of the whole being lesser than the sum of its parts.

Tracey Thorn has a pleasant voice. That said, to my ears the music is maddeningly repetitive and boring.

Loved it

Singer Tracey Thorn has a lovely voice and a strong melodic sense but those elements aren't enough to offset the headache-inducing drum 'n' bass backing tracks that plague this record.

4/5

Before today - 2 Wrong - 2 Single - 3 The heart remains a child - 3 Walking wounded - 2 Flipside - 2 Big deal - 2 Mirrorball - 2 Good cop, bad cop - 2 Wrong (todd terry remix) - 2 Walking wounded (omni trio mix) - 2

This one is tough to judge, the production is great, the sound of the drums and the beats are cool. Vocals remind me a little bit of Dido or Haim but feel unnecessary kinda soulless and get in the way of the music on first listen. It feels like something really good is here but the lyrics kinda get in the way.

This is the music that was playing in Abercrombie & Fitch in the early 2000s and you can't convince me otherwise. It's not really good, but it's fine for background music.

2.25

It’s enjoyable and I do like her voice. Confused how they made it onto this list at least twice when their music is mid, at best.

This sounds like the music you would he in a club in a 90’s movie. Not bad just kinda meh

Is a miserable experience.

what the fuck do u mean these guys are on a downtempo/breaks type sound???? i've heard the name from time to time for years but i always assumed they were like, idk. grunge or something. my bad i guess?? anyway its a good sound, enough for a 4 no problem, but god damn the title track really fuckin pulls some weight here. the chopped and messed up break is fucking yummy dude.. and when it drops.... holy shit..... thats a 5. that one track pulls it up to a 5 alone. and the album closes out with a remix of the same track? awesome. i love music sometimes......

Could be the soundtrack to 50 Shades… (derogatory) Bo-ring!

Interesting band name

Was aware of this album when it came out, but wasn’t my bag then…and still not really my thing now either. But I can appreciate its easy listening, smoothed out electronica mellow vibe more than in 1996. Hard to believe this band has two albums on the list though. 2.5⭐️

Pretty boring tbh, her voice is great, and I enjoy it when they step on the gas a bit. Unfortunately, they only do that like twice.

nice

feels like portishead a bit to start gives dido life for rent, but with breakbeat/drumnbass very chill overall cover dude has very small eyes 💥wrong

5/10

It’s more interesting than Idlewild at least I was actually really surprised by how strong that electronic sound was in this one, it felt like 10 years ahead of its time. I think the vocals are pretty solid and variety is pretty decent for what it is. Wrong is probably the single best thing about this album, it’s catchy I just really don’t get these guys at all though, absolutely nothing stuck besides the style and a select single. They are the ultimate low ceiling high floor band in my opinion, where they peak at about a 7/10 per song. I’m trying to rack my brain for stuff I actually disliked and I just can’t think of much, just stuff that didn’t thrill me I genuinely forgot we had them until I accidentally clicked on their name to see we reviewed them before, and my review boiled down to “yeah it’s alright but forgettable,” so I will 100% forget about them again if you give me a month. Having finished both of their albums I can say pretty safely I’m never bumping Everything But The Girl again, but it’s inoffensive and would probably be fine at like a bar or something

ok here's the take: the jungle parts are awesome. lyrics over drum and bass sounds so tight. the pop stuff sounds terrible. jungle is about the groove and you lost it

Okaaay first track hit and I was on board! Loving the breakbeat shit! Then the rest of the album happened and it was painfully boring. Lyrics were often making me cringe. Felt like the sort of off the cuff lyrics you’d hear from a teenager trying to write their first song and not in a charming Majical Cloudz way.

How does a one hit wonder have two albums on the list???

meh

Mood music for the feminine side

#464/1001. One of the biggest surprises for me about this album was that it is already the 9th studio album by EBTG. Good for them. Hull seems to breed quite a few well established musicians, there is probably something in the water. This album doesn't have the biggest single, it is missing (pun intended) but continues in that style, electronic, trip-hop and acid jazz beats, sounds and rhythms are the deal here and somehow, judging here much later on, it seems a bit overlaid, doesn't it? Like listening to electronic cover versions of sad pop made for "keeping it fresh". Not far from the cheap compilation records where "some of the tracks have been re-recorded by the artist or one or more members of the original group". That's a bit mean, I know. The deluxe album with the 10+ remixes feels like torture. I guess it defines an era or a small slice of one, and I can name many local bands who copied the sound. But my cake has already been eaten.

Meh. 2.8/5

7 - GOOD

Better than the other EBTG album here but still a little boring, nice enough production though