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The Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection music review
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The Eurythmics Ultimate Collection
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The Eurythmics managed to overcome the “synth-pop” tag and become one of the most successful duos of the 1980s, certainly in their genre. By blending electronica, pop, and the soulful vocals of Annie Lennox, they took on a tired formula and made it new. Luckily the new Eurythmics best-of is a satisfying precise of an intriguing (if occasionally formulaic) band.
Track listing:
01 I've Got a Life
02 Love Is a Stranger
03 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
04 Who's That Girl?
05 Right by Your Side
06 Here Comes the Rain Again
07 Would I Lie To You?
08 There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)
09 Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
10 It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
11 When Tomorrow Comes
12 Thorn in My Side
13 The Miracle of Love
14 Missionary Man
15 You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart
16 I Need a Man
17 I Saved the World Today
18 17 Again
19 Was It Just Another Love Affair?
Book ending this compilation are two new Eurythmics tracks, “I’ve Got a Life” and “Was It Just Another Love Affair”; the former is a blue-eyed-soul disco number, richly instrumented and lushly textured, while the latter is a slower, keyboard-driven elegy.
As with most compilations, The Ultimate Collection focuses on the commercial high point of the band’s career, namely 1985’s Be Yourself Tonight and 1986’s Revenge, and drawing a satisfactory handful from each of the Eurythmics’ 9 albums (excluding their debut, In the Garden). On the whole this is a rich collection from a well-known band, and a good introduction to the band behind “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).”
