Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 05/21/1996
With
Walking Wounded,
Everything but the Girl puts an acceptable face on
trip-hop,
jungle, and
techno, opening up the world of experimental
dance music to a new audience. At its core,
Everything but the Girl is a
pop group, which means it automatically abandons the free-form song structures that characterize most of
trip-hop and
techno. In a sense, that dilutes the impact of the music, but the duo found a way around that by seamlessly incorporating the rhythms into carefully crafted songs. They work the same ground as
Massive Attack, but their songwriting is more accessible and less adventurous than the groundbreaking Bristol group. Furthermore,
Everything but the Girl never approaches the tarnished glamour of
Portishead, the kineticism of
Björk, or the brilliantly evocative soundscapes of
Tricky. Essentially, the beats are used as window dressing -- the group's music hasn't changed that much.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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