Temperamental

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Temperamental is the tenth studio album by English musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 27 September 1999 and issued by Virgin Records and Atlantic Records. The album was followed by a 24-year long hiatus until the release of their album Fusein 2023. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt recorded Temperamental in the immediate period following the birth of their twin daughters in 1998. Due to Thorn's preoccupation with motherhood, her level of involvement in the creation of the album was scaled back, with Watt taking on a more prominent role in writing lyrics and music. Thorn recorded most of her vocals during late-night studio sessions, after the twins had gone to sleep. In her autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen (2013), she remarked that "in a sense, (she) ended up being guest vocalist on someone else's album". Watt continued to build on the sound of Everything but the Girl's previous album Walking Wounded, on which the duo worked with electronic music artists such as Howie B and Spring Heel Jack, in producing Temperamental. He incorporated production techniques that he had learned from his three years as a resident DJ at Bar Rumba and Notting Hill Arts Club into the album's songs, including crossfading, back spinning, and filtering.

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