The Works (2007)

About this title: Culling material from Everything But the Girl's first ten years as a band (from the Eden/Everything But the Girl stage through Amplified Heart), The Works is a three-disc, 58-song (well, 55 plus three remixes) that thoroughly recaps everything the group based itself on. The Works expands upon Home Movies, pretty much overlapping the latter's selection and then building upon it, and also including ten songs from Amplified Heart, which Home Movies ignores. For any EBTG fan who already has the group's albums, this compilation doesn't really offer much in new material, but it's a great way to ... read more

Tracks:

1. Each and Every One [Watt/Thorn]
2. Mine [Thorn]
3. Native Land [Watt/Thorn]
4. Bittersweet [Thorn]
5. Tender Blue [Watt]
6. Another Bridge [Watt/Thorn]
7. Crabwalk [Watt]
8. Even So [Thorn]
9. I Must Confess [Watt]
10. When All's Well [Watt]
11. Shoot Me Down [Watt]
12. Are You Trying to Be Funny? [Watt/Thorn]
13. Ballad of the Times [Watt]
14. Anytown [Watt/Thorn]
15. Trouble and Strife [Watt/Thorn]
16. Come on Home [Thorn]
17. Don't Leave Me Behind [Watt]
18. Cross My Heart [Thorn/Watt]
19. Don't Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart [Watt]
20. Come Hell or High Water [Thorn/Watt]
21. I Don't Want to Talk About It [Whitten]
22. Love Is Here Where I Live [Watt]
23. Oxford Street [Thorn]
24. Shadow on a Harvest Moon [Thorn]
25. Lonesome for a Place I Know [Thorn/Watt]
26. Apron Strings [Thorn/Watt]
27. Driving [Watt]
28. Get Back Together [Watt]
29. Me and Bobby D [Watt/Thorn]
30. The Language of Life [Watt/Thorn]
31. My Baby Don't Love Me [Watt]
32. The Road [Watt]
33. Old Friends [Watt]
34. Understanding [Watt/Thorn]
35. Twin Cities [Watt]
36. One Place [Thorn]
37. Politics Aside [Watt]
38. Frozen River [Watt]
39. The Only Living Boy in New York [Simon]
40. I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love [Watt]
41. Missing [Watt/Thorn]
42. You Lift Me Up [Thorn]
43. Talk to Me Like the Sea [Watt]
44. British Summertime [Watt/Thorn]
45. Love Is Strange [Smith/Robinson/Bake]
46. Boxing and Pop Music [Watt]
47. Rollercoaster [Watt]
48. Troubled Mind [Watt/Thorn]
49. I Don't Understand Anything [Thorn]
50. Walking to You [Watt]
51. Get Me [Watt]
52. Two Star [Watt]
53. We Walk the Same Line [Thorn]
54. 25th December [Watt]
55. Disenchanted [Watt/Thorn]
56. Driving [Underdog Remix] [Watt]
57. Driving [Todd Terry Remix] [Watt]
58. Missing [Todd Terry Remix] [Watt]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.