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The Marine Girls and Everything But The Girl, 1982

The Marine Girls and Everything But The Girl, 1982

"The best thing you can do is to write a song that people can listen to and think: that's about me."

Penny Kiley
Jan 13, 2023
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The Marine Girls and Everything But The Girl, 1982
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Melody Maker front cover, with colour photos of the Marine Girls at an outdoor swimming pool.
Melody Maker front cover. Photos ©Janette Beckman

Everything But The Girl have a new album coming out in the spring – and the first single was released this week.

So I thought it would be nice to revisit the very early days of the group. The article is about the Marine Girls, Tracey Thorn’s previous band, but Everything But The Girl get a mention too.

Tha…

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