Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Baby, the Stars Shine Bright is the third studio album by British musical duo Everything but the Girl. It was released on 25 August 1986 by Blanco y Negro Records. The album was reissued in 2012 as a remastered two-disc deluxe set by Edsel Records.

Background
Following the duo's distinctively "anti-rock" approach and their unwillingness to adopt a synthetic sounding production that was fashionable at the time, the album took its influence from 1960s orchestrated music and the singer Dusty Springfield.

Personnel

 * Everything but the Girl
 * Tracey Thorn – vocals
 * Ben Watt – guitar, orchestral arrangements
 * Additional musicians
 * Micky Harris – bass
 * Cara Tivey – organ, piano
 * Rob Peters – drums
 * Jeff Daly, Philip Todd, Peter King, Nigel Nash, Ray Swinfield – saxophone
 * Alan Downey, Derek Watkins, Luke Tunney, Stuart Brooks – trumpet
 * Andy Fawbert, Peter Thoms, Chris Pyne, Alan Hutt – trombone
 * James Handy, John Pigneguy – French horn
 * Gavyn Wright, Wilfred Gibson, John Willison, Richard Studt, Dave Woodcock, James Archer, Levine Andrade, Basil Smart, Bill Benham, Peter Oxer, Tim Good – violin
 * Kenneth Essex, George Robertson, Cathy Stevens, David Emanuel, Roger Garland – viola
 * Chris Green, Paul Kegg, Helen Liebmann, Clive Anstee – cello
 * Clare Torry, Linda Allen, Bob Saker, Lance Ellington, Gary Taylor, Tony Burrows, Vicky Silva, Tessa Niles – backing vocals
 * Steve Henderson, Joao Bosco De Oliveira, Frank Ricotti, Martin Ditcham – percussion
 * Nick Ingman – conductor, director
 * Technical
 * Caryn Gough – artwork
 * Richard Haughton – photography