Sweet Dreams Are Made of EURYTHMICS Album Polls

have a hard time seeing how anything other than Sweet Dreams is a contender here

alfred wtf we always agree on everything - this is, like, a disturbance in ilx. srsly the only dud track on we too is "you hurt me"

vis:

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surprised to see revenge so low

No one's convincingly defended Savage. Someone wanna try?

defend from what, rightfully winning the poll?

these are my guns these are my ferns this is maybe their fourth best record

Finally listening to Savage again now, for the first time since it came out.

As I said elsewhere, I was friends with a guy circa 1987 who was nearly twice my age who was gay and we were into a lot of current, underground British indie import records at the time. It seemed very contrary (dare I say un-hip?) to be listening to a Eurythmics album for us, because surely they were an act that should have been corporate sell-out bores by this time. But nevertheless, it proved to be a really interesting record for some reason. And that's why I chose it for this poll, that it was surprising that a Eurythmics album of all things would be worthwhile to me in any way by 1987 considering what else I was into. I remember walking around my neighborhood with it on my walkman and really grooving on it. It makes me a bit uneasy now to hear it, though. Puts me in some weird teenage place I don't know if I want to be.

I must admit though, that the songs here are pretty unassailable, and there's really not a bad song here, even if the first half of it is the strongest. Synths on "Heaven" are especially delicious. Last song "I Need You" is wow! Now that one's pretty special. Seems to me I used to play that one a couple times in a row.

Yes, I remember there were some truly remarkable videos for this album, but I'm really not ready to experience that again right now.

In summation: This has been a nice trip down memory lane, but like I said, it all makes me slightly uneasy and I'm probably not going to do it again anytime soon. But thanks.

Brand New Day's the last song, you must have missed it in rewinding I Need You over and over.

Nope, I didn't get that one on my iPod at all somehow. Thanks for noting it! I appreciate it.

Yep, heard it now "Brand New Day" - thanks so much for letting me know I missed it or I probably wouldn't have known! I like it a lot. This is a great album. I think I'm gonna try to get comfortable and cozy with this album again very soon.

First record would've been my choice, too.

I'm with Alfred: if I ever hear "Sweet Dreams" again, it will be too soon. Honestly, I prefer her first solo record to anything she ever did with Dave Stewart. Who sucks.

Hehehehehe... 'Jennifer' (from Sweet Dreams) is like the Jesus and Mary Chain song that never was.

Then Play Long reaches the dis/unity that is We Too Are One: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/eurythmics-we-too-are-one.html

The UK crit establishment remains at best ambivalent about Eurythmics as authenticity poseurs, if that makes sense. They weren't as successful here, but we accepted them as intermittently strong pop stars. I rank their albums.

Turrican otmfm re "Jennifer", I would love to hear the JAMC cover that.