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Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
Greatest hits album by Everything but the Girl
Released
21 October 2002[1]
Recorded
1984–1999
Length
69:21
Label
Atlantic (U.S.)
Virgin/Blanco y Negro (Europe)
Everything but the Girl chronology
Temperamental

(1999)String Module Error: Match not found1999 Like the Deserts Miss the Rain

(2002) Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
(2005)Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes2005
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Like the Deserts Miss the Rain is a compilation album by the British band Everything but the Girl, released in 2002. Some copies include a bonus disc featuring four additional songs. An accompanying DVD with the same title was also released the same year. The album's title derives from a lyric from their song "Missing," off 1994's Amplified Heart.
Contents
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1 Track listing
2 Limited Edition Bonus Disc
3 DVD
4 References
Track listing[edit]
All tracks composed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, except where indicated.
"My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" (Don Van Vliet) Previously unreleased
"Rollercoaster" (Ben Watt) from Amplified Heart
"Corcovado" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) from Red Hot + Rio
"Each and Every One" from Eden
"Before Today" (Chicane remix) (Ben Watt) from Walking Wounded
"Mine" (Tracey Thorn) from Everything but the Girl
"Protection" (Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn) from Protection
"Single" (Photek remix) from Walking Wounded
"Tracey in My Room" (Lazy Dog Bootleg vocal mix) (Jose Burgos, Sandy Rivera, Watt, Thorn) non-album single
"Missing" (Todd Terry remix) from Amplified Heart
"Almost Blue" (Elvis Costello) Previously unreleased
"No Difference" from Temperamental
"Cross My Heart" from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
"Mirrorball" Walking Wounded
"A Piece of My Mind" (Tracey Thorn) Previously unreleased
"Walking Wounded" (John Coxon, Spring Heel Jack, Ashley Wales, Watt) from Walking Wounded
Limited Edition Bonus Disc[edit]
All tracks previously unreleased.
Disc 2:
"Gun Cupboard Love" (Thorn)
"Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
"Take Me" (Cecil Womack, Linda Womack)
"Pigeons in the Attic Room" (Thorn, Watt)
DVD[edit]
Videos
"Missing" (Todd Terry Remix)
"Single"
"The Only Living Boy in New York"
"Temperamental"
"Love is Here Where I Live"
"Five Fathoms"
"Each and Every One"
"Driving"
"Walking Wounded"
Live
"Before Today"
"Temperamental"
"Protection"
Demos
"Frozen River"
"Mirrorball"
"Flipside"
Extras include: Photo gallery, interactive video mix of "Temperamental"
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Release date as 2002: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2011-12-01. (chart entry), http://www.allmusic.com/album/like-the-deserts-miss-the-rain-mw0000021400
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Everything but the Girl
Ben Watt
Tracey Thorn
Discography
Studio albums
Eden
Everything but the Girl
Love Not Money
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
Idlewild
The Language of Life
Worldwide
Acoustic
Amplified Heart
Walking Wounded
Temperamental
Compilation albums
Essence & Rare 82-92
Home Movies
The Best of Everything but the Girl
Back to Mine
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
The Platinum Collection
The Works a 3 CD Retrospective
Singles
"Night and Day"
"Each and Every One"
"Mine"
"Native Land"
"When All's Well"
"Angel"
"Come On Home"
"Don't Leave Me Behind"
"These Early Days (remix)"
"I Always Was Your Girl"
"I Don't Want to Talk About It"
"Love Is Here Where I Live"
"Driving"
"Take Me"
"Old Friends"
"Twin Cities"
"Rollercoaster"
"Missing"
"Walking Wounded"
"Wrong"
"Single"
"Before Today"
"The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)"
"Five Fathoms"
"Blame"
"Temperamental"
"Lullaby of Clubland"
"Tracey in My Room"
"Corcovado"
Other notable songs
"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"
Video albums
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
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