{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Amplified Heart | type = studio | artist = Everything but the Girl | cover = Amplified_Heart.jpg | released = {{Start date|1994|06|13|df=yes}} | recorded = December 1993 – April 1994 | studio = *Livingston, London *Strongroom, London *Battery, London *Mayfair, London *Whitfield Street Recording, London | genre = Folk-pop<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-tracey-thorns-synth-pop-record-delivers-sisterly-passion-wry-wisdom-204033/ |title=Review: Tracey Thorn's Synth-Pop 'Record' Delivers Sisterly Passion, Wry Wisdom |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=1 March 2018 |accessdate=21 May 2020 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield}}</ref> | length = 36:32 | label = {{hlist|Blanco y Negro|Atlantic}} | producer = {{hlist|Tracey Thorn|Ben Watt|John Coxon}} | prev_title = Home Movies | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Walking Wounded | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Amplified Heart | type = Studio | single1 = Rollercoaster | single1date = 23 May 1994 (EP) | single2 = Missing | single2date = 8 August 1994 | single3 = Missing (Todd Terry Remix) | single3date = 16 October 1995 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/amplified-heart-mw0000118446 |title=Amplified Heart – Everything But the Girl |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=9 July 2016 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |archive-date=27 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827063012/http://www.allmusic.com/album/amplified-heart-mw0000118446 |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Everything but the Girl |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1994/07/29/amplified-heart |title=Amplified Heart |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=29 July 1994 |accessdate=9 July 2016 |last=Romero |first=Michele}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Knoxville News Sentinel'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Campbell, Chuck (5 August 1994). "British Duo Hits Its Stride On 'Amplified'". ''Knoxville News Sentinel''.</ref> | rev5 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-04-ca-34590-story.html |title=Everything but the Girl, 'Amplified Heart,' Atlantic |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=4 September 1994 |access-date=9 July 2016 |last=Rosenbluth |first=Jean |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817155632/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-04/entertainment/ca-34590_1_electric-guitar |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6score = 8.6/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/everything-but-the-girl-amplified-heart/ |title=Everything But the Girl: Amplified Heart |work=Pitchfork |date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=16 July 2019 |last=Sherburne |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Sherburne |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716090947/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/everything-but-the-girl-amplified-heart/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Everything but the Girl |last=Sarig |first=Roni |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/288 288–89]}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' | rev8score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Everything but the Girl |last=Crist |first=Renée |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=136–37}}</ref> }}
'''''Amplified Heart''''' is the eighth studio album by English musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 13 June 1994<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ad Focus |journal=Music Week |date=1994-06-11 |issue=23 |page=12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-06-11.pdf |access-date=10 February 2023 |publisher=Spotlight Publications |language=English |location=London, England |issn=0265-1548 |quote=Everything But The Girl's Amplified Heart, released next Monday |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417225751/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-06-11.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> by Blanco y Negro Records in the U.K. and on 19 July 1994<ref>{{cite journal |title=Upcoming Releases |journal=CMJ New Music Report |date=1994-07-25 |issue=30 |page=65 |publisher=College Media Inc. |location=Great Neck, New York, USA |language=English |issn=0890-0795 |quote=July 19...Everything But The Girl – Amplified Heart – Atlantic}}</ref> by Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada. The album was recorded and mixed in London from winter 1993 to 1994.
Primarily an acoustic-driven set,<ref name="AllMusic"/> ''Amplified Heart'' brought Everything but the Girl to mainstream audiences via the dance remix of the song "Missing". Ultimately peaking at number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in early 1996,<ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=everything but the girl|chart=all}} |title=Everything But the Girl |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=6 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021181112/http://www.billboard.com/artist/301974/everything-girl/chart |archive-date=21 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> "Missing" spent more than a year gaining airplay and exposing Everything but the Girl to US and worldwide audiences, leading ''Amplified Heart'' to sell upwards of 232,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88 |title=Following Success of Oasis, Everything but the Girl, and Others, Britpop Acts Are on Invasion Alert |magazine=Billboard |volume=108 |issue=6 |date=10 February 1996 |accessdate=2 September 2017 |last=Rosen |first=Craig |page=88}}</ref> It went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ebtg.com/about/ |title=About |publisher=EBTG.com |accessdate=23 March 2018 |archive-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321031940/http://ebtg.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Amplified Heart'' was reissued in 2012 by Edsel Records as a two-disc deluxe set.
A 25th anniversary pressing of the album on vinyl was released in 2019. The Todd Terry club mix of "Missing" is not on the vinyl and it was added on to later pressings of the CD as a bonus track.
==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_music = Ben Watt, except where noted | total_length = | title1 = Rollercoaster | lyrics1 = Ben Watt | length1 = 3:14 | title2 = Troubled Mind | lyrics2 = Tracey Thorn | length2 = 3:34 | title3 = I Don't Understand Anything | lyrics3 = Thorn | music3 = Thorn | length3 = 4:25 | title4 = Walking to You | lyrics4 = Watt | length4 = 3:30 | title5 = Get Me | lyrics5 = Watt | length5 = 3:34 | title6 = Missing | lyrics6 = Thorn | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Two Star | lyrics7 = Watt | length7 = 4:06 | title8 = We Walk the Same Line | lyrics8 = Thorn | music8 = Thorn | length8 = 4:00 | title9 = 25th December | lyrics9 = Watt | length9 = 4:04 | title10 = Disenchanted | lyrics10 = Thorn | length10 = 2:03 }} {{tracklist | headline = Bonus track on later editions | title11 = Missing | note11 = Todd Terry club mix | lyrics11 = Thorn | music11 = Watt | length11 = 4:55 }}
===2012 Edsel Records reissue=== {{tracklist | headline = Disc 1 | total_length = | title1 = Rollercoaster | lyrics1 = Watt | length1 = 3:14 | title2 = Troubled Mind | lyrics2 = Thorn | length2 = 3:34 | title3 = I Don't Understand Anything | lyrics3 = Thorn | music3 = Thorn | length3 = 4:25 | title4 = Walking to You | lyrics4 = Watt | length4 = 3:30 | title5 = Get Me | lyrics5 = Watt | length5 = 3:34 | title6 = Missing | lyrics6 = Thorn | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Two Star | lyrics7 = Watt | length7 = 4:06 | title8 = We Walk the Same Line | lyrics8 = Thorn | music8 = Thorn | length8 = 4:00 | title9 = 25th December | lyrics9 = Watt | length9 = 4:04 | title10 = Disenchanted | lyrics10 = Thorn | length10 = 2:03 | title11 = Straight Back to You | length11 = 4:38 | lyrics11 = Watt | title12 = Lights of Te Touan | length12 = 2:29 | lyrics12 = Stephen Ryan | music12 = Ryan | title13 = These Days | note13 = live | length13 = 3:24 | lyrics13 = Jackson Browne | music13 = Browne | title14 = Each and Every One | note14 = live | lyrics14 = Watt | music14 = Thorn | length14 = 3:57 | title15 = I Don't Want to Talk About It | note15 = live | lyrics15 = Danny Whitten | music15 = Whitten | length15 = 3:13 }} {{tracklist | headline = Disc 2 | total_length = | title1 = I Don't Understand Anything | note1 = home demo | lyrics1 = Thorn | music1 = Thorn | length1 = 4:17 | title2 = Rollercoaster | note2 = home demo | lyrics2 = Watt | length2 = 3:13 | title3 = Two Star | note3 = home demo | lyrics3 = Watt | length3 = 2:57 | title4 = Troubled Mind | note4 = home demo | lyrics4 = Thorn | length4 = 3:48 | title5 = We Walk the Same Line | note5 = home demo | lyrics5 = Thorn | music5 = Thorn | length5 = 3:46 | title6 = Richard Says | note6 = home demo | lyrics6 = Thorn | music6 = Thorn | length6 = 2:24 | title7 = Back at Square One | note7 = home demo | lyrics7 = Thorn | length7 = 3:31 | title8 = Two Star | note8 = Harry Robinson's string arrangement demo | lyrics8 = Watt | length8 = 4:06 | title9 = Missing | note9 = live | lyrics9 = Thorn | length9 = 7:41 | title10 = Troubled Mind | note10 = live | lyrics10 = Thorn | length10 = 4:42 | title11 = Two Star | note11 = live | lyrics11 = Thorn | length11 = 5:23 | title12 = Walking to You | note12 = live | lyrics12 = Watt | length12 = 3:35 | title13 = 25 December | note13 = live | lyrics13 = Watt | length13 = 4:37 | title14 = Missing | note14 = Chris & James Full On club mix | lyrics14 = Thorn | length14 = 8:35 | title15 = Missing | note15 = Little Joey remix | lyrics15 = Thorn | length15 = 5:03 | title16 = Missing | note16 = Ultramarine remix | lyrics16 = Thorn | length16 = 5:27 | title17 = Missing | note17 = Todd Terry club mix, Ben Watt's 'Blanco-Eternal' radio edit | lyrics17 = Thorn | length17 = 3:54 }}
==Personnel== Credits for ''Amplified Heart'' adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Amplified Heart |year=1994 |publisher=Blanco y Negro Records |others=Everything but the Girl |type=liner notes |id=4509-96482-2}}</ref>
{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Everything but the Girl''' * Tracey Thorn – vocals, production * Ben Watt – acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, mini Moog, vocals, mixing, production
'''Additional musicians''' * John Coxon – keyboards and production on "Troubled Mind", "Get Me" and "Missing" * Danny Thompson – double bass * Dave Mattacks – drums * Martin Ditcham – percussion * Harry Robinson – string arrangements on "I Don't Understand Anything" and "Two Star", conductor * Peter King – alto saxophone on "Disenchanted" * Kate St John – Cor Anglais on "Two Star" * Richard Thompson – lead electric guitar on "25 December"
{{col-2}} '''Production''' * Mads Bjerke – engineering * Jerry Boys – engineering, mixing * Bruce Davies – mixing * Jon Mallison – engineering
'''Design''' * Corinne Day – inner sleeve photography * Everything but the Girl – design * Richard Haughton – cover and inner sleeve photography * The Senate – design * Ponyboy Wildwood – inner sleeve photography {{col-end}}
==Charts== {{col-start}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (1994–96) !Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite book |title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 |last=Ryan |first=Gavin |publisher=Moonlight Publishing |year=2011}}</ref> |align="center"|60 |- {{album chart|Austria|36|artist=Everything but the Girl|album=Amplified Heart|accessdate=25 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Canada|32|chartid=2897|accessdate=21 May 2020|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Germany|21|artist=Everything but the Girl|album=Amplified Heart|accessdate=25 March 2018|id=2242|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|97|date=19940529|accessdate=21 May 2020|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Everything but the Girl|album=Amplified Heart|accessdate=25 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|UK2|20|date=19940619|accessdate=25 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|46|artist=Everything but the Girl|accessdate=25 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |- |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (1996) !Position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=11 September 2020}}</ref> |align="center"|170 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Everything but the Girl|title=Amplified Heart|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1996|accessdate=23 March 2018|id=486-1086-2}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Everything but the Girl|title=Amplified Heart|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1996|accessdate=23 March 2018}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mIQEO9ZB_BbeULuMpy2PNWIuKrYEDSPG4
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