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Everything (1988)

Where the lyrics of Everything take you, and where it was really made.

A number one single in almost every major country, yet the album itself failed to meet sales expectations.

Key places

Recording and mixing at Studio 55 (1988)

Recording site Studio 55 — The album was recorded at Ocean Way Recording and Studio 55 in Los Angeles. Frank Filipetti mixed the album at Studio 55. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Everything: third studio album by American pop rock band the Bangles
• Released 18 October 1988 through Columbia Records
• Produced US Top 5 hit "In Your Room"
• Number one single "Eternal Flame" topped the charts in almost every major country
• Failed to meet sales expectations despite chart success
• Last album before the group's nine-year hiatus from 1989 to 1998

Background

• Followed the group's previous album Different Light, which had been successful
• Two songs recorded for the album but left off: "What I Meant to Say" (sung by Debbi Peterson, B-side of "Eternal Flame") and "Everything I Wanted" (co-written and sung by Susanna Hoffs, released in 1990 on Greatest Hits)

Recording

• Recorded at Ocean Way Recording and Studio 55 in Los Angeles
• Producer Davitt Sigerson, A&R Ron Oberman, engineer John Beverly Jones
• Additional recording by Ken Felton
• Mixed by Frank Filipetti at Studio 55
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab in Los Angeles
• Guest musicians include Paulinho da Costa on percussion and David Lindley on classical guitar, bouzouki, saz and dobro

Cover

• Art direction by Nancy Donald and Tony Lane
• Artwork by Lesley Schiff, photography by Sheila Rock, logo design by David Coleman

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Los Angeles in 1981 as an all-female pop rock band.
• Susanna Hoffs and sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson came together in December 1980 after responding to classified ads in The Recycler.
• Annette Zilinskas joined on bass as the original fourth member.
• Began as part of the Los Angeles Paisley Underground scene, influenced by 1960s rock and psychedelic music.
• Early work blended jangly guitar melodies with power-pop sensibilities.
• Renamed themselves the Bangs shortly after forming, later becoming the Bangles.

Members

• Susanna Hoffs: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano.
• Vicki Peterson: lead guitar, backing vocals.
• Debbi Peterson: drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals.
• Annette Zilinskas: original bassist (1981–1983), rejoined in 2018.
• Michael Steele: bassist and vocalist from 1983 to 1989 and 1998 to 2005, formerly of the Runaways.

Career

• Debut album All Over the Place (1984) on Columbia Records received critical acclaim.
• Prince gave them "Manic Monday," originally written for his group Apollonia 6, which reached number two in the US, UK and Germany.
• Different Light (1986) reached number two on the Billboard 200, driven by the worldwide number-one hit "Walk Like an Egyptian."
• Cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (1987) from the film Less than Zero reached number two in February 1988.
• Everything (1988) included the top-five hit "In Your Room" and their biggest-selling single "Eternal Flame."
• "Eternal Flame" became the biggest single by an all-female band in history.
• Disbanded in 1989 after internal friction; reunited in 1998 to record for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
• Released Doll Revolution (2003) and Sweetheart of the Sun (2011).
• Reunited with founding bassist Annette Zilinskas in 2018, the first time the original four members had played together since 1983.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard said the album should do the trick again for the quartet after the success of Different Light, and praised the band's harmonies and playing
• Cashbox noted the influence of Alex Chilton, the Beatles and the Mamas & the Papas, and described the album as more of the same with sweet harmonies and plentiful hooks
• Rolling Stone critic Jimmy Guterman wrote that band members wrote or co-wrote everything, and said the harmonies were the clearest the band had recorded, but criticized the lyrics as complacent

Reappraisal

• AllMusic critic Mark Deming gave 3.5 out of 5 stars
• Rolling Stone critic Jimmy Guterman gave 3 out of 5 stars
• Robert Christgau gave a B-

Records

• US Top 5 hit "In Your Room"
• Number one single "Eternal Flame" in almost every major country
• Despite chart success, the album failed to meet sales expectations

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was the group's last before a nine-year hiatus that began in 1989.
• "What I Meant to Say" was the B-side of "Eternal Flame", while "Everything I Wanted" later appeared on Greatest Hits in 1990.
• Cashbox linked the album's sound to Alex Chilton, the Beatles and the Mamas & the Papas.
• Rolling Stone's review singled out the lyrics as the album's weak point, even while praising the music.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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