Walking Wounded (2026 Deluxe Edition) 2-Disc CD

First released in 1996, Walking Wounded is the acclaimed millionselling album from Everything But The Girl the bestselling UK duo formed in 1982 by singerwritermusicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt and arrives in a new 29track deluxe CD reissue edition featuring additional remixes and extra tracks.Walking Wounded peaked at 4 on the UK Album Chart in May 1996 and contains four UK Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits Walking Wounded and Wrong. In the process, it set new a benchmark for the intersection of contemporary electronic music and emotional pop songwriting.If the album builds on the folktronica of the duo039s previous millionseller, Amplified Heart, it also owes its sense of adventure to the subsequent success of Amplified Heart039s breakout 1995 global hit, Missing remixed by Todd Terry, and Thorn039s 1994 collaboration with Bristol collective, Massive Attack, on their second album, Protection.Inspired by London039s burgeoning drum 039n039 bass scene, and deep house imports from the US, Watt programmed and produced the bulk of the tracks in the basement of the duo039s north London home demo studio using an Akai sampler, a synth and guitar, an inexpensive vocal mic, and an 8track tape machine. Thorn039s lone voice took centre stage, with the futurefacing arrangements kept spare and stripped of background vocals. In addition, producer John Coxon Spring Heel Jack, with whom the duo had worked on Amplified Heart, delivered the backing track for the album039s title song, and beats specialist Howie B programmed the groove for Flipside. Everything was then transferred to 234 analogue tape and mixed at The Townhouse by Andy Bradfield.Walking Wounded was acclaimed on its release on both sides of the Atlantic. 039The new incarnation of EBTG is the best yet. It039s just going to take a while for people to catch up,039 said NME. 039A career peak ... raw, pure and absolutely gorgeous,039 said Rolling Stone. Twentythree years later, in a 2019 retrospective review, Pitchfork awarded the album 9.0 and commented, 039Words don039t do justice to the emotional multiplicity hurt but warm, worn but rich of Thorn039s voice, and how seamlessly she made a home for herself amid Watt039s stark sonic architecture.039Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, the running order follows the template of the now outofprint 2015 deluxe edition with original artwork in a new layout by John Gilsenan at IWant Design, featuring full lyrics, credits and photos from the period.