Eurythmics - Greatest Hits (1991)

GREATEST HITS FORTNIGHT (FEBRUARY 6-19, 2012)

I owned all Eurythmics releases between 1983-86, including their soundtrack to the movie 1984. I think that's a total of 5 albums, so I feel confident when I tell you that the band was a singles band, not an album band. They had a lot of filler in their releases. However, they were fairly reliable during the mid-80's, turning out at least a hit a year. It was both fascinating and frustrating to hear them slowly move from keyboard-driven technopop to guitar-driven rock/pop. Dave Stewart is a chameleon as a musician, but let's be honest, the star here is Annie Lennox's voice.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #72

Tracks:

Song	Album	Hot 100	Dance	Rock	AC
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	1	2	16	36
When Tomorrow Comes	Revenge	-	-	-	-
Here Comes The Rain Again	Touch	4	4	8	6
Who's That Girl?	Touch	21	-	-	-
Would I Lie To You?	Be Yourself Tonight	5	5	2	-
Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves	Be Yourself Tonight	18	10	-	-
There Must Be An Angel )Playing With My Heart)	Be Yourself Tonight	22	31	-	-
Missionary Man	Revenge	14	6	1	-
Don't Ask Me Why	We Too Are One	40	-	12	-
I Need A Man	Savage	46	6	32	-
Love Is A Stranger	Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	23	7	-	-
Thorn In My Side	Revenge	68	-	-	-
The King & Queen Of America	We Too Are One	-	-	-	-
Angel	We Too Are One	-	44	-	-

Missing Top 40 hit: Right By Your Side (#29, 1984)

To have owned all those albums, I'm not wild about many of these songs. Hands down, my all-time favorite Eurythmics track is Would I Lie To You? I also like Sweet Dreams, Love Is A Stranger, and There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) which features a wicked harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder that might be the best 30 seconds on the disc. The rest I can do without. Liking only 4 out of 14 tracks, I don't think this was the smartest buy I've made. I would have liked the inclusion of Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four), but I'm apparently in the minority since I actually like that dance track.

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Personal Memory Associated with this CD: When I see pictures of a suit-wearing Lennox from the early '80s with her short hair, it reminds me that she, along with Boy George, really schooled me on the subject of androgyny. I wonder if there were any social scientists during that time who researched the affects of MTV on the adolescent mind? If only I had graduate assistants to hunt down such things for me...