Everything but the girl. Idlewild (deluxe edition) (2 CD)

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1988 album from the British duo. The lush orchestrated sound of Baby the Stars Shine Bright was followed by the more introspective machine-pop-soul this album, which was given a quick re-release after the band's Top 3 UK success with a cover of Danny Whitten's 'I Don't Want to Talk About It' in the summer of 1988, now included on Disc Two. In a beautifully presented case-bound book, put together with the full involvement of Ben and Tracey, and featuring a newly-written note by the couple, along with all the lyrics, Idlewild features 18 bonus tracks: 10 non-album single A- and B-sides, and seven previously unreleased home demos, and a previously unreleased version of 'Apron Strings', recorded for, but not used in the John Hughes film She's Having a Baby.