Love Not Money
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{{Infobox album
| name = Love Not Money
| type = studio
| artist = Everything but the Girl
| cover = EBTG - LNM.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1985|04|15|df=yes}}
| recorded = Power Plant (London)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jangle pop{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kioEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 |title=Everything But the Marine Girls |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |location=New York |date=August 2001 |access-date=2 January 2017 |last=White |first=Michael |page=36}}
| length = 35:48
| label = {{hlist|Blanco y Negro|Sire}}
| producer = Robin Millar
| prev_title = Everything but the Girl
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Love Not Money
| type = Studio
| single1 = When All's Well
| single1date = 1985
| single2 = Angel
| single2date = 1985
}}
}}
Love Not Money is the second studio album by British band Everything but the Girl, which consisted of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. It was produced by Robin Millar, recorded at Powerplant Studios in London{{Cite AV media notes |title=Love not Money |year=1985 |publisher=Blanco y Negro Records / WEA Records |medium=album cover}} and was released in the UK on 15 April 1985 by Blanco y Negro Records. It spent nine weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 10. In the United States, Sire Records issued the album with two additional tracks.
Love Not Money is Everything but the Girl’s "most overtly politicised" album. Besides Thorn and Watt, notable performers on the album include June Miles-Kingston, Phil Moxham, Neil Scott and B.J. Cole. The tracks "When All's Well" and "Angel" were released as singles in the UK. Love Not Money was reissued in 2012 as a remastered two-disc deluxe set by Edsel Records.
Themes
The band's Tracey Thorn told CMJ New Music Monthly her partner and bandmate Ben Watt had been buying guitars and wanted to make an electric-guitar-based album. Love Not Money{{'s}} songs cover subjects such as social stratification, sexism, and the sectarian conflict and terrorism in Northern Ireland. "Ugly Little Dreams" is dedicated to American actor Frances Farmer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/10/tracey-thorn-everything-but-the-girl-1988 |title=From the archive, 10 August 1988: Profile – Tracey Thorn, Everything But The Girl |author=O'Brien, Lucy |date=10 Aug 2015 |accessdate=24 June 2019 |work=The Guardian}} Thorn said, "It's our most overtly politicised set of lyrics—some good, some a bit crass".
Chart performance
Love Not Money spent nine weeks on the UK Albums Chart. It debuted and peaked at number 10 on 27 April 1985 and slowly declined, falling to number 69 on 22 June, its final week on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/love-not-money/ |title=love not money; full Official Chart History | publisher=Official Charts Company |date= |accessdate=26 June 2019}}
=Singles=
In the UK, two tracks from Love Not Money were released as singles. "When All's Well" entered the UK Singles Chart on 23 March 1985 at number 88; it peaked at number 77 the following week, its last week on the chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20844/everything-but-the-girl/ |title=EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL; Full Official Chart History |publisher=Official Charts Company |date= |accessdate=26 June 2019}} "Angel" charted on 8 June 1985 at number 97 and peaked at number 93 the following week then left the chart.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-not-money-mw0000318569 |title=Love Not Money – Everything But the Girl |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=23 June 2019 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 5.8/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16759-reissues/ |title=Everything But the Girl: Reissues |website=Pitchfork |date=9 July 2012 |access-date=24 July 2017 |last=Harvell |first=Jess}}
| rev3 = Q
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Everything but the Girl: Eden / Love Not Money / Baby, the Stars Shine Bright / Idlewild |magazine=Q |issue=312 |date=July 2012 |last=Rogers |first=Jude |author-link=Jude Rogers}}
| rev4 = Record Mirror
| rev4score = 3/5{{cite magazine |title=Everything but the Girl: Love Not Money |magazine=Record Mirror |date=20 April 1985 |last=Reid |first=Jim |page=16}}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{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 |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/288 288–289]}}
| rev6 = Sounds
| rev6score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Prickly pair |last=Murphy |first=Kevin |magazine=Sounds |date=20 April 1985 |page=24}}
| rev7 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
| rev7score = 5/10{{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 |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=136–137}}
| rev8 = Uncut
| rev8score = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Everything but the Girl |magazine=Uncut |issue=182 |date=July 2012 |last=Richards |first=Sam |page=98}}
}}
File:Everything_but_the_Girl.jpg
Reviewing the 2012 reissue, Jess Harvell of Pitchfork called Love Not Money "a near-total reinvention [of Everything but the Girl] and a complete stylistic mish-mash". She said its guitars are covered with "about nine pounds of agreeably dated glitz" and compared their sound with that of Icicle Works' music. Harvell also said, "it's the most soporific and studiously 'serious' album EBTG ever made, and parts of it are a real drag"; that the title track "Love Not Money" "plays the dreaminess of 80s soft-focus indie against the stark [political] reality that so much 80s pop was rushing to avoid"; and called "Sean" and its tin flute instrumentation "Celtic kitsch" that is "so ham-fisted you'll cringe".
Also reviewing the reissue, the BBC's Ian Wade compared the album with the music of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions and The Smiths, and wrote that "it sounded a desire for EBTG to be heard above the bigger crowds [Everything but the Girl] were beginning to play to".{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9vm5/ |title= Everything but the Girl Eden / Love Not Money / Baby, the Stars Shine Bright / Idlewild Review |author=Wade, Ian |year=2012 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=23 June 2019}}
In 2015, Emily Barker of NME rated Love Not Money in 16th place on her list of "50 Albums Released In 1985 That Still Sound Great Today", saying it "confirmed the duo as one of our nation's little treasures ..."{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/50-albums-released-in-1985-that-still-sound-great-today-1432721 |title= 50 Albums Released In 1985 That Still Sound Great Today |date=13 February 2015| accessdate=24 June 2019 |author=Barker, Emily| work=NME}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Original UK release
| total_length =
| title1 = When All's Well
| length1 = 3:03
| writer1 = Ben Watt
| title2 = Ugly Little Dreams
| length2 = 2:54
| writer2 = Tracey Thorn
| title3 = Shoot Me Down
| length3 = 4:13
| writer3 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title4 = Are You Trying to Be Funny?
| length4 = 3:18
| writer4 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title5 = Sean
| length5 = 3:32
| writer5 = Watt
| title6 = Ballad of the Times
| length6 = 3:29
| writer6 = Watt
| title7 = Anytown
| length7 = 3:27
| writer7 = Watt
| title8 = This Love (Not for Sale)
| length8 = 3:07
| writer8 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title9 = Trouble and Strife
| length9 = 3:08
| writer9 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title10 = Angel
| length10 = 5:37
| writer10 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
{{track listing
| headline = Original US release
| total_length =
| title1 = When All's Well
| length1 = 3:03
| writer1 = Watt
| title2 = Heaven Help Me
| length2 = 3:20
| writer2 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title3 = Are You Trying to Be Funny?
| length3 = 3:18
| writer3 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title4 = Ugly Little Dreams
| length4 = 2:54
| writer4 = Thorn
| title5 = Shoot Me Down
| length5 = 4:13
| writer5 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title6 = Sean
| length6 = 3:32
| writer6 = Watt
| title7 = Ballad of the Times
| length7 = 3:29
| writer7 = Watt
| title8 = Kid
| length8 = 3:46
| writer8 = Chrissie Hynde
| title9 = Anytown
| length9 = 3:27
| writer9 = Watt
| title10 = This Love (Not for Sale)
| length10 = 3:07
| writer10 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title11 = Trouble and Strife
| length11 = 3:08
| writer11 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title12 = Angel
| length12 = 5:37
| writer12 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
=2012 Edsel Records reissue=
{{track listing
| headline = Disc 1
| total_length =
| title1 = When All's Well
| length1 = 3:03
| writer1 = Watt
| title2 = Ugly Little Dreams
| length2 = 2:54
| writer2 = Thorn
| title3 = Shoot Me Down
| length3 = 4:13
| writer3 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title4 = Are You Trying to Be Funny?
| length4 = 3:18
| writer4 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title5 = Sean
| length5 = 3:32
| writer5 = Watt
| title6 = Ballad of the Times
| length6 = 3:29
| writer6 = Watt
| title7 = Anytown
| length7 = 3:27
| writer7 = Watt
| title8 = This Love (Not for Sale)
| length8 = 3:07
| writer8 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title9 = Trouble and Strife
| length9 = 3:08
| writer9 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title10 = Angel
| length10 = 5:37
| writer10 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Disc 2
| total_length =
| title1 = Heaven Help Me
| length1 = 3:24
| writer1 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title2 = Kid
| length2 = 3:50
| writer2 = Hynde
| title3 = Pigeons in the Attic Room
| length3 = 1:45
| writer3 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title4 = Charmless Callous Ways
| length4 = 1:55
| writer4 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title5 = Easy as Sin
| note5 = Version
| length5 = 4:16
| writer5 = Watt
| title6 = Angel
| note6 = home demo, 1984
| length6 = 5:11
| writer6 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title7 = Ugly Little Dreams
| note7 = home demo, 1984
| length7 = 2:52
| writer7 = Thorn
| title8 = Are You Trying to Be Funny?
| note8 = home demo, 1984
| length8 = 3:07
| writer8 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title9 = This Love (Not for Sale)
| note9 = BBC session recording, 1984–85
| length9 = 2:50
| writer9 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
| title10 = Ballad of the Times
| note10 = BBC session recording, 1984–85
| length10 = 2:47
| writer10 = Watt
| title11 = Are You Trying to Be Funny?
| note11 = BBC session recording, 1984–85
| length11 = 3:15
| writer11 = {{hlist|Thorn|Watt}}
Personnel
;Everything but the Girl
- Tracey Thorn – vocals
- Ben Watt – electric and acoustic guitars, piano, organ, vocals
;Additional musicians
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- June Miles-Kingston – drums, backing vocals
- Philip Moxham – bass
- Neil Scott – electric guitar
- Dick Pearce – trumpet
- Nigel Nash – tenor saxophone
- B.J. Cole – pedal steel
- Dick Pearce – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Peter King – alto saxophone
- Chris Thompson – banjo
- Dave Golding – tin whistle
- Robin Millar – piano on "Angel"
{{div col end}}
;Technical
- Ben Rogan, Mike Pela – engineering
- Caryn Gough – cover design
- Humphrey Spender – cover photography, taken from Worktown People: Photographs from Northern England 1937–38
- Richard Haughton and Jean-Louis Gregoire – inner bag photography
;Thanked
- Dave Haslam, Geoff Travis and Sid Parker.
Charts
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| Chart (1985)
!Peak |
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| {{album chart|Germany4|id=33137|51|artist=Everything but the Girl|album=Love Not Money|accessdate=13 July 2025|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|26|artist=Everything but the Girl|album=Love Not Money|accessdate=27 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|38|artist=Everything but the Girl|album=Love Not Money|accessdate=27 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|10|date=19850427|accessdate=22 March 2018|rowheader=true}} |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Everything but the Girl|title=Love Not Money|award=Gold|relyear=1985|certyear=1988|accessdate=27 March 2018|date=12 May 1988|id=4045-1086-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Everything But The Girl}}
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Category:Everything but the Girl albums