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Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1984" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts . Retrieved 16 October 2018. If this was something of a rush job when compared to the leisurely pace of its predecessor, then the pair made it look easy. Their lo-fi approach meant that the synths and drum machines needed in the writing process were easily transportable; hotel rooms around the world became their new testing grounds. News" (PDF). Record Mirror. London, England, U.K.: Spotlight Publications Ltd.: 6 29 October 1983. ISSN 0144-5804 . Retrieved 2 November 2023. The Eurythmics release their third album 'Touch' on November 14 Greatest Albums of All Time: Touch – Eurythmics". Rolling Stone. 11 December 2003. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010 . Retrieved 24 November 2021.

Sweet Dreams went Top Five in the UK and made the US Top 20, breaking them as a chart pop act worldwide and launching them to superstardom. Dance Vault Mixes - I've Got A Life (EP)/02. I've Got A Life (Sander Kleinenberg You're It Dub).mp3This archaic-looking orange box is a primitive sampling drum machine from Cornwall, England. Although somewhat clunky, the MCS Percussion Computer became Dave Stewart’s secret weapon and he used it on both Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) and Touch. Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This (Remastered & Expanded)/Cover/Eurythmics-Sweet_Dreams_(Are_Made_Of_This)-Interior_Frontal.jpg Plank’s pulling power meant that D.A.F. drummer Robert Görl came on board to supply the motorik groove alongside Can duo Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit. Blondie’s Clem Burke also contributed to the album. New Zealand album certifications – Eurythmics – Touch". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 14 June 2020. The video featured Lennox in a ’60s blonde wig, complete with flip, as Stewart is seen out on the town with various women (and ’80s pop culture blip Marilyn). The last bit of gender-bending appears at the end, with Lennox in male drag “kissing” her femme self in a primitive split-screen effect before she gives a knowing smile at the camera.

The gap between real love and its stances and rituals gets a more uptempo, minor-key treatment in “Here Comes the Rain Again.”“Talk to me/Like lovers do,” Lennox begs as violin lines swirl around her rich vowels while she sings of rain falling “like a new emotion.” Not even the marimba-flavored romp “Right by Your Side” is wholly devoid of emotional ambiguity: “There’s nothing left to feel/When love gets into town.” New Zealand album certifications – Eurythmics – Be Yourself". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 14 June 2020. The First Cut” goes right for the dancefloor, driven by Stewart’s guitars. He wasn’t going to get a call to join the JBs, but he got the job done.

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a b "British album certifications – Eurythmics – Touch". British Phonographic Industry. 16 January 1984 . Retrieved 10 February 2021. Top 100 Albums of 1984". RPM. Vol.41, no.17. 5 January 1985. p.8. ISSN 0033-7064– via Library and Archives Canada.