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When last we left Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart (collectively known as Eurythmics), they had survived a stint in the failed British band The Tourists and a mostly-ignored debut album (In the Garden) (1981) to release Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983), the LP that put them over the top. Touch, released late in 1983, was the album that would make sure they'd stay there for the next decade and beyond. It was a #1 album in the U.K. and a #10 album in the U.S., and was eventually certified as Platinum in both countries, also going Double-Platinum in Canada and Gold in Germany. Additionally, it was named as one of Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, and again in 2012 when they revised their list. Touch made Eurythmics international superstars.

T he final studio album before a 10-year hiatus. “We were struggling to create music. We were struggling to be in the same room. We needed to get away from each other,” Annie told Classic Pop. The sense of the duo going through the motions is tangible here. After the commercial failure of Savage, this is a return to the brassy R&B of Be Yourself Tonight and Revenge but with less success. Despite the far from harmonious circumstances of its creation, flashes of brilliance still remain in places. Eurythmics: Greatest Hit". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Norway). Archived from the original on 2012-07-25 . Retrieved 14 June 2020. a b c d e f "Eurythmics ARIA chart history, received from ARIA on 27 February 2020". Imgur.com . Retrieved 14 June 2020. Savage may be the least commercially successful of the albums following their breakthrough, but it remains the favourite of the duo. In recent years it’s been reappraised and lauded for its experimental sense of adventure. “One journalist wrote how it was a masterpiece, and how people never recognised it as the most extraordinary piece of music of its time. It’s certainly our darkest record – that and 1984. They’re the two albums I feel very connected with,” Annie added.

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The wriggling electro groove ofRegretsis fleshed out with slap bass and, gradually, the introduction of bursts of Latin brass; the duo’s sonic horizons were changing as they took on influences gleaned from traversing the globe on tour. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Official Charts > Eurythmics". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2020-02-27. N.B. Select the Albums tab to display albums chart peaks. Paint a Rumour” ends the album emphasizing bubbling synths that, at times, play notes that will sound familiar to people who’d remember M’s No. 1 hit “Pop Muzik” from a few years prior. The electrodisco song crams its share of sounds into its seven-and-a-half minute run time, but it frankly could have been trimmed. Eurythmics Touch, RCA Records 1983 This archaic-looking orange box is a primitive sampling drum machine from Cornwall, England. Although somewhat clunky, the MCS Percussion Computer became Dave Stewart’s secret weapon and he used it on both Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and Touch. D ave wrestles the sound of Eurythmics away from Annie here to fully indulge his rawk fantasies. More guitar-heavy than anything they’d previously created, Revenge was Eurythmics at their toughest.

Review Summary: "Here comes the rain again/Falling on my head like a memory/Falling on my head like a new emotion" Albums: "hitparade.ch > Suchen nach: Eurythmics (Alben)" (in German). Hung Medien . Retrieved 2020-02-27. a b "American album certifications – Eurythmics – Touch". Recording Industry Association of America. 4 October 1984. For The Love Of Big Brother)/Cover/Eurythmics-1984_For_The_Love_Of_Big_Brother-Interior_Frontal.jpg The newfound fame was a little disconcerting for Lennox. “It was like beyond the walls of this room, is a world out there,” she told the Independent in 2017. “A world that hasn’t known me, but now there is nowhere to hide. We had been asking for this and now the doors are wide open to us, I was going from anonymity to full exposure.Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Remix (EP)/Cover/Eurythmics - 2006 - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Remix (EP).jpg The two broke up as a couple around that time, but wanted to continue their musical partnership. They formed Eurythmics as a duo, wanting to explore electronic music. Their choice of producer for their first album, Conny Plank, indicated their intentions as he’d worked with the likes of Kraftwerk, Neu! and Ultravox. Dance Vault Mixes - I've Got A Life (EP)/06. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Steve Angello Bootleg).mp3