This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Everything But The Girl’s Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt reinvigorated pop (and their career) when they added house grooves to their electro-pop sound on 1996’s Walking Wounded.
This long-awaited followup follows in its footsteps, once again deftly toeing a tightrope between the dance floor and the top 40 charts. Music man Watt lays down mile after mile of track outfitted with cleverly simple melodies, flowing waves of lush synths and funky trip-pop flourishes, creating a solid foundation for Thorn’s increasingly confident vocals, which often recall a dreamier Annie Lennox. Like Wounded, expect Temperamental to land on more than a few critics’ Best Of The Year lists.
