Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

by Everything but the Girl

Baby, the Stars Shine Bright cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 August 1986
  • Label: Blanco Y Negro
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 34:25
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Tracey Thorn, Cara Tivey, Derek Watkins, Basil Smart, Helen Liebmann, David Woodcock, Cathy Stevens, George Robertson, Nigel Nash, Alan Downey, Richard Studt, Wilf Gibson, Peter King, Andy Fawbert, Peter Thoms, Paul Kegg, Roger Garland, Clive Anstee, Martin Dover, Kenneth Essex, Levine Andrade, Luke Tunney, Micky Harris, Rob Peters, Jim Archer, Frank Ricotti, James Handy, Joao Bosco De Oliveira, John Willison, Chris Green, Tim Good, Bill Benham, Gavyn Wright, Ray Swinfield, Peter Oxer, Mike Hedges, Phil Todd, Alan Hutt, Martin Ditcham, David Emanuel, Chris Pyne, John Pigneguy, Jeff Daly, Stuart Brooks

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recording live with a full orchestra, the British duo dramatically expanded their stripped-down indie-jazz origins into a sweeping, symphonic pop format. The lush, highly orchestrated production serves as an explicit homage to the 1960s 'Wall of Sound' techniques pioneered by Phil Spector.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, wall-of-sound, atmospheric, orchestral, sophisticated, vocal, retro, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Come on Home (3:20)
  2. Don't Leave Me Behind (3:15)
  3. A Country Mile (3:04)
  4. Cross My Heart (3:35)
  5. Don't Let the Teardrops Rust Your Shining Heart (3:17)
  6. Careless (3:26)
  7. Sugar Finney (3:35)
  8. Come Hell or High Water (3:23)
  9. Fighting Talk (3:21)
  10. Little Hitler (4:03)

Credits

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