Eurythmics

Eurythmics – We Too Are One (Remastered) (1989/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 47:48 minutes | 590 MB | Genre: Pop
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Switching to Arista Records in the U.S., Eurythmics made their last album together with We Too Are One, and they went out in style. Calling upon a broad pop range, their seventh album was their best since Be Yourself Tonight in 1985. The sound was varied, the melodies were strong, and the lyrics were unusually well-crafted. In retrospect, the album can be seen as a dry run for Annie Lennox’s debut solo album, Diva (1992); songs like “Don’t Ask Me Why” (which grazed the U.S. Top 40) serve as precursors to the dramatic ballads to come. There is, however, an air of romantic resignation throughout We Too Are One, appropriate to its valedictory nature. The disc spawned four chart singles in the U.K. and returned Eurythmics to number one in the album charts, but it did not substantially improve Eurythmics’ reduced commercial standing in the U.S., confirming that it was time for Lennox and Dave Stewart to pursue other opportunities.

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Eurythmics – Touch (1983/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:50 minutes | 524 MB | Genre: Pop
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The Eurythmics breakthrough third album Touch” for the first time on HighResAudio! This came at the end of 1983, a particularly prolific period for Stewart and Lennox – they had already spent most of the year in the chart with “Sweet Dreams,” released at the beginning of the year. This album shows less reliance on programmed instrumentation and a less “Germanic” feel to the production. “The First Cut” and “Right By Your Side” indicate a loosening up and a more rootsy approach as Lennox discovers she has a great R&B/soul voice. “Here Comes The Rain Again” and “Who’s That Girl?” exemplify the more familiar haunting Eurythmics sound.

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Eurythmics – Savage (1987/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:29 minutes | 591 MB | Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock
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If Revenge, Eurythmics’ fifth album, marked a slight fall-off in the group’s commercial and artistic accomplishments, Savage, their sixth collection, confirmed that decline. In the U.S., the album failed to generate a substantial hit single and sold poorly compared to previous efforts. In the more faithful U.K., the album hit the Top Ten and spun off four chart singles, but none that matched earlier hits. Musically, Eurythmics, for the most part, abandoned the more conventional pop/rock they recently had been pursuing, returning to the synthesized dance music and arch tone of their early hit “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” But they still seemed less inspired than before.

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Eurythmics – Revenge (2018 Remastered) (1986/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:07 minutes | 545 MB | Genre: Pop
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Released in 1986, Revenge was the sixth album from the Eurythmics featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. The album contains one of their biggest hits “Missionary Man”, which hit number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. The British duo Eurythmics were a force on the Billboard charts throughout the ’80s, as their quirky electro-pop resonated with music fans.

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Eurythmics – Peace (2018 Remastered) (1999/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:16 minutes | 608 MB | Genre: Pop
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Nearly a decade after Eurythmics went on an unannounced, virtually unnoticed hiatus in 1990, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart returned with the heavily publicized Peace. Both Lennox and Stewart had been silent since 1995, which means that reuniting really wasn’t a sacrifice, since their solo careers had stalled. In fact, it was a wise idea to re-team, both commercially and artistically, since their best and most popular music was made together. What’s odd is that Peace strongly resembles Lennox’s Diva. True, Eurythmics were moving toward the melodramatic grandeur of Diva on their final ’80s album, We Too Are One, yet they still had an innate sense of quirkiness and a desire to take risks. In 1999, they’re more about craft, which only emphasizes the maturity of the music. That’s not entirely a bad thing, even if it means that Peace needs a couple of spins before the songs begin to register. Lennox and Stewart know how to write gently insinuating melodies and how to layer their tracks with small sonic details, weaving lush tapestries of sound. Peace keeps its alluring mood throughout; even when they attempt to revisit their Stones-y tendencies, the songs play as sleekly and smoothly as the ballads that dominate the record. In one sense, that’s good, because it means that Peace keeps a consistent tone from front to back, but it also means that most of the songs blend together. There are no standout singles here, and that’s the hardest thing to accept about the record since Eurythmics were one of the best singles bands of the ’80s. Even so, Peace is a successful debut for Eurythmics, Mark II – it’s classy adult pop, delivered with style and grace.

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Eurythmics – In the Garden (1981/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:27 minutes | 903 MB | Genre: Pop
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The Eurythmics debut for the first time on HighResAudio! The British duo Eurythmics were a force on the Billboard charts throughout the ’80s, as their quirky electro-pop resonated with music fans. Now, the music of Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox takes a new spin on turntables all over the world, thanks to the global re-release of the duo’s eight studio albums on vinyl. Spanning their entire career, the albums will be released by RCA/Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment starting with In The Garden (1981), Sweet Dreams (1983) and Touch (1983), followed by Be Yourself Tonight (1985), Revenge (1986) and Savage (1987) then We Too Are One (1989) and Peace (1999).

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Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight (2018 Remastered) (1985/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:04 minutes | 988 MB | Genre: Pop
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This edition has been newly digitally re-mastered from the original analog master tapes by Eurythmics mastermind Dave Stewart, with input from collaborator Annie Lennox.

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Eurythmics – 1984: For the Love of Big Brother (2018 Remastered) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:02 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Synth-pop, Soundtrack
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Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart were commissioned to score the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell’s classic masterpiece. Most tracks are instrumentals, but this soundtrack yielded two UK singles for the duo: “Sexcrime (1984)” was quite popular on mid-80s dance floors and the ballad “Julia” is named for protagonist Winston’s lover and the heroine of the story.

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Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1984/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:38 minutes | 958 MB | Genre: Pop
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Two chords on the synthesiser and everything is said! More than enough to recognise the singular sound of Eurythmics, the emblematic band from the 1980s. The tandem of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart symbolises perfectly this new synth-pop wave (pop in essence, futuristic in form) so typical of this decade during which guitars had almost become personae non-gratae… And while the British duo topped the charts during the entire decade, Sweet Dreams remains their greatest work. On the partition, Dave Stewart dabbled in a darker new wave, a-la Bowie (Love Is A Stranger) and dared venturing into “krautrock” light (Sweet Dreams). He could go funky (I’ve Got An Angel) or even disco (Wrap It Up). On vocals, Annie Lennox is impressive, as always, switching from soul to a bleak singing voice at will. A true classic!

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