Eurythmics

Eurythmics (often but wrongly The Eurythmics ) is a very successful, in the 1980s , British synthpop duo consisting of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == ===Genesis[ Edit] === Lennox (a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London) and Stewart met at the end of the 1970s. Soon they got a relationship and The Catch on the group they founded, along with Pete Coombes. The Catch In1979 was renamed The Tourists. The group scored several hits in Britain, including a cover of Dusty Springfield's I Only Want to Be With You. Bad criticisms and tensions within the group led to a split of the Tourists in 1980.
 * Arise 1.1
 * 1.2 breakthrough
 * 1.3 Comeback
 * 2 Singles
 * 2.1 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3 References

In 1980, the relationship between Stewart and Lennox about, but they decided to continue as musical duo under the name ' Eurythmics '. Their debut album In the garden from 1981 was well received by critics, but sold poorly. ===Breakthrough[ Edit] === Annie Lennox of Eurythmics in 1986In 1983 came the second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). The title song became a number one hit in the United States and still applies today as a classic, still championed and many times ge gecoverd andremixes. Dave Stewart known later that he discovered the famous bass line in this song by accident when he tried to play another song backwards. Annie Lennox appeared on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine. In the same year came the album Touch out. Once again the band scored top 10 hits, with "who's That Girl, Right By Your Side and Here Comes The Rain Again. Melody Maker and NME called both albums into one of the best of 1983.

The following year made Eurythmics the soundtrack of the 1984 film . The Director of the film, however, refused to use many of the music: only the number is Julia to hear just before the end of the movie. The Sexcrime single became a hit in Europe, but in the us, the song was banned because of the title. The 1984 album got mixed reviews, but still applies as the favorite Eurythmics album by Dave Stewart.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The fourth album Be Yourself Tonight was released in 1985. After the electronic albums of previous years, this was a more rock/soul-oriented album. On Be Yourself Tonight is to hear a duet with Aretha Franklin . The number There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart), the only number one single that the duo in homeland Great Britain managed to score, is on this album. The album is doing very well, both with critics and the public. Four songs from this album are global hits.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The commercial album Revenge from 1986 sold in the United States disappointing, but did well in Europe. Eurythmics went on an extensive tour to support the album and to this day is the worldwide best-selling Revenge regular album of the group. In terms of style embroiders the album Be Yourself Tonight, on all fog Revenge the sophistication and depth of previous albums.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Dave Stewart went from 1987 is more focused on producing work for others, including Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Nevertheless, appeared in that year still the album Savage, a return to the electronic roots and according to many fans the best Eurythmics album. The album, however, will receive varying critiques and knows hardly big hits. There also appears a according to critics groundbreaking video album on which all songs by Savage are to see and hear. In the videos, we see Annie Lennox transforming bored housewife to seductive diva, who spends her time in a night club.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Two years later the album We Too Are One. The album sold well in the United States, but disappointing in Britain. The cd was supported by a world tour.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1991, the Greatest Hits compilation album released. The album was a huge success in Europe, in Great Britain even one of the 10 best-selling albums of the 90 's. Critics were also very pleased with the large number of strong singles on this album.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Lennox and Stewart decided In 1990 to go some time apart after years of intensive to have worked together. Annie Lennox got children and devoted himself to a successful solo career. Dave Stewart went mainly producing for others. His solo albums flopten. Between 1990 and 1997, Lennox and Stewart had virtually no contact until they met each other in 1998 at the funeral of a mutual friend. ===Comeback<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Peaceappeared In 1999, the first regular album by Eurythmics since 1989. In some countries in Europe is this album a success. The album contains the now classic single recommended recommended I Saved The World Today.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2005 came the Ultimate Collection album, containing two new songs: I've got a life and Was it just another love affair?. The album is hardly a addition to the Greatest Hits album from 1991. Again remastered albums with bonus tracks as B-sides and 12 "versions of singles.

<p lang="en" len="681" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">As of 2009, was the 80 's-revival in the music in full swing and became Eurythmics by many artists (including La Roux, Justin Timberlake, Goldfrapp) seen as an important source of inspiration.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">On 19 May 2011 Ruben Block of Triggerfinger performed a cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) at De Wereld Draait Door.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1] ==Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===