EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - The Best Of RAY CHARLES Neale’s crystalline voice floats above

Neale’s crystalline voice floats above Blakeslee’s ambient tape loops and ghostly

Lyrically its pessimistic and apocalyptic

but it’s the range of what he’s done that truly impresses

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow co-wrote and co-produced “Somedays” and  “Move with Me” appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 Sharon Stone film Sliver

Put the two together and you have an intoxicating mix that is so lush and so perfect

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - The Best Of RAY CHARLES Neale’s crystalline voice floats aboveCD The definitive compilation from Everything But The Girl Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, the album comes with a 16 page booklet containing full lyrics and comprehensive credits. Also available as a 2LP set, 180g vinyl, with a gatefold sleeve and 4 page booklet. Everything But The Girl aka EBTG was formed in 1982 by singer writer musicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. Their breakthrough debut single was a stark jazz folk cover of Cole