Everything But the Girl - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright Tonight
#337/2017
August 25 1986
Everything But the Girl
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
Genre: What hath Style Council wrought?
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
Sugar Finney
Once again we find ourselves on a tributary veering away from the mission statement. The jangle is gone from EbtG and what remains is the plaintive wail of Thorn’s voice and the lushness of the arrangements with strings and horns and big echoes. If there were coffee shops in the 80s, this would be playing in them. I’m fairly sure there’s a barista out there who is making hearts leaves in someone’s morning joe as I type this.
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