Product Description

Having now made the transition into a full-blooded band that rocks, Lennox and Stewart could do no wrong and must be seen as one of the musical highlights of the 80s. To maintain such a high standard through six albums in four years takes some doing, yet here they go again, each time growing musically and adding that little extra, for example, the meaty harmonica opening on "Missionary Man", the harder drum sound onall tracks, and finally Stewart back to playing lots of guitar and sounding as though he is having fun. Hypnotic bouncymusic that never threatens.

Track Listing

1. Missionary Man
2. Thorn In My Side
3. When Tomorrow Comes
4. Last Time
5. Miracle Of Love
6. Let's Go
7. Take Your Pain Away
8. Little Of You
9. In This Town
10. I Remember You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #132472 in Music
• Released on: 1993-09-18
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!
I heard this album as a child and have always loved. I have not heard some of the songs for a while though and they sound better than ever, especially "the last time". It is possibly their best album so far and I would recommend it, fan or not you are going to like at least half of the songs.

Ear candy
Annie Lennox's vocals on a foundation of Dave Stewart's bass are unstoppable. Fill in the orchestration with unconventional blues harmonica, guitar, synth and sax and you've got a timeless classic. To be consumed on good hi-fi equipment (it's so well engineered it's worth taking down the shop when you go to buy a new system) with an accompaniment of a snowboarding video game.

Melodic Pop-Rock Masterpiece
Wow! After great synth albums like Sweet Dreams and Touch and 1985's Soul/R&B excursion Be Yourself Tonight, Eurythmics created this riveting rock album of moving melodic songs. I don't like the meandering Missionary Man, but besides that it's genius all the way! Thorn In My Side is a dramatic ballad with a great sense of finality, When Tomorrow Comes is a soaring number where Annie's voice goes full throttle, The Last Time is an eerie, brooding ballad with strange voice effects, and The Miracle Of Love is another lovely melodic pop song. These rank amongst the best compositions of Eurythmics, on a par with classics like Love Is A Stranger, Sweet Dreams, Right By Your Side and There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart). I also love the full rock sound they use here - it makes an interesting change from the earlier synth-based sound. Other favorites include Take Your Pain Away and the gentle, wistful I Remember You with its torch-song vocal and textured instrumentation. Perhaps some Eurythmics fans didn't like the rock textures of this album, but to me it remains one of their best.