Like the Deserts Miss the Rain

Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
Greatest hits album by Everything but the Girl
Released	21 October 2002
Recorded	1984–1999
Length	69:21
Label	Atlantic (US); Virgin/Blanco y Negro (Europe)
Everything but the Girl chronology

Released21 October 2002^[1]

Recorded1984–1999

Length69:21

LabelAtlantic (US)
Virgin/Blanco y Negro (Europe)

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Like the Deserts Miss the Rain is a compilation album by the British band Everything but the Girl, released in 2002. Some copies include a bonus disc featuring four additional songs. An accompanying DVD with the same title was also released the same year. The album's title derives from a lyric from their song "Missing", off 1994's Amplified Heart.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Taken From	Length
1.	"My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains"	Don Van Vliet	B-side of "I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love" (1993)	2:56
2.	"Rollercoaster"	Ben Watt	Amplified Heart (1994)	3:13
3.	"Corcovado"	Antônio Carlos Jobim Gene Lees	Red Hot + Rio (1996)	3:53
4.	"Each and Every One"	Tracey Thorn Watt	Eden (1984)	2:47
5.	"Before Today" (Chicane remix)	Watt	B-side of "Before Today" (1997)	6:23
6.	"Mine"	Thorn	Everything but the Girl (1984)	3:19
7.	"Protection" (Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn)	Robert Del Naja Grant Marshall Andrew Vowles Thorn	Protection (1994)	7:48
8.	"Single" (Photek remix)	Thorn Watt	B-side of "Single" (1996)	5:14
9.	"Tracey in My Room" (Lazy Dog Bootleg vocal mix) (with Soul Vision)	Jose Burgos Sandy Rivera Watt Thorn	A-side of "Tracey in My Room" (2001)	5:42
10.	"Missing" (Todd Terry remix)	Thorn Watt	B-side of "Missing" (1994)	3:55
11.	"Almost Blue"	Elvis Costello	B-side of "I Always Was Your Girl" (1988)	3:16
12.	"No Difference"	Thorn Watt	Temperamental (1999)	4:21
13.	"Cross My Heart"	Thorn Watt	Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (1986)	3:35
14.	"Mirrorball"	Thorn Watt	Walking Wounded (1996)	3:26
15.	"A Piece of My Mind"	Thorn	B-side of "I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love" (1993)	3:25
16.	"Walking Wounded"	John Coxon Ashley Wales Watt	Walking Wounded (1996)	6:07

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Taken From	Length
1.	"Gun Cupboard Love"	Thorn	B-side of "Mine" (1984)	2:50
2.	"Alfie"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	B-side of "Don't Leave Me Behind" (1986)	2:48
3.	"Take Me" (Clifton mix)	Cecil Womack Linda Womack	B-side of "Take Me" (1990)	5:04
4.	"Pigeons In The Attic Room"	Thorn Watt	B-side of "Angel" (1985)	1:42

Chart (2002–2003)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	154
UK Albums (OCC)^[3]	58
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)^[4]	5

v t e Everything but the Girl
Ben Watt Tracey Thorn
Studio albums	Eden Everything but the Girl Love Not Money Baby, the Stars Shine Bright Idlewild The Language of Life Worldwide Acoustic Amplified Heart Walking Wounded Temperamental Fuse
Compilation albums	Essence & Rare 82–92 Home Movies The Best of Everything but the Girl Like the Deserts Miss the Rain Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
Singles	"Night and Day" "Each and Every One" "I Don't Want to Talk About It" "Missing" "Walking Wounded" "Wrong" "Tracey in My Room" "Corcovado"
Other songs	"I Didn't Know I Was Looking for Love"
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