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Synthpop with Soul
This Greatest Hits album includes most of Eurythmics' chart hits of the 1980's, but does not encompass all of their best work. My top favourite is the bittersweet Love Is A Stranger (does anyone remember the stunning video clip?) from their Sweet Dreams album. From the Revenge album come Thorn In My Side and When Tomorrow Comes, two tracks that saw them move away from the voice/synth direction to a more pop-rock sound. Not that they weren't always versatile - consider the reggae of Right By Your Side from Touch. Their emotional range is unique: compare the acidly cool, stark menace of You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (from Savage) to the joyful exuberance of There Must Be An Angel (From Be Yourself Tonight). It's a pity about the omissions though, like Shame, their 1986 tribute to 60s pop, a song that did chart in the UK. A greatest hits reissue would of course have to include their 1999 hit 17 Again. Lennox & Stewart represent all that is special & enduring in the synth-music of the 80s, a decade that belonged to them as much as it did to Prince, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen.

Greatest Hits (1991)
The Eurythmics were one of the best 80s synthesized pop bands ever. Their unique sound and style combined with Annie's soothing vocals were nothing short of amazing. In their short span of time, starting with their first album, In The Garden in 1981, they have proven themselves to be official Icons over our generation and the next. This greatest hits compilation is their way of showing just how amazing they were.

SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)
From the album Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1982). First of all, this is not the album and single version, this is an extended version. The album and single version run to 3 and a half minutes, while this one runs to 4 minutes and 50 seconds. No matter which version they put on this compilation, this will always be one of their best songs. Although, the album is not all that impressive. If you buy Marilyn Manson's 1995 album Smells Like Children, you can hear his rendition of this song and it's unbelievable. I mean, it's not a gothic-heavy metal type song, but his rendition is incredible and it can also be heard in the 1999 remake House On Haunted Hill, starring Geoffrey Rush as Stephen Price, Famke Jansan as Evelyn Price, Ali Larter as Sara Wolfe, Taye Diggs as Eddie Baker, Bridgette Wilson as Melissa Marr, Peter Gallagher as Donald Blackburn, and Chris Kattan as Watson Prichett.

WHEN TOMORROW COMES
From the album Revenge (1986). This is another great song, with a great sound. This song originally came off of the album, Revenge (1986). That album, an amazing album I might add, also includes the 12" remix of this song as the bonus track.

HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN
From the album Touch (1983). The album and single version run up to 4 minutes and 50 seconds, while this one runs 13 seconds longer, making it a 5 minute and 3 second song. This is another classic hit. I recently seen the video on VH1 Classic's All Star Jams. It is a very strange video, but yet amazing, just like the song.

WHO'S THAT GIRL?
From the album Touch (1983). No, Madonna did not re-record this song in 1987. Madonna had a completely different song, only with the same title as this. But both are incredible.

WOULD I LIE TO YOU?
From the album Be Yourself Tonight (1985). The album, Be Yourself Tonight (1985), which is Eurythmics' fourth album, did not get as much recognition because of it's R&B sound. But the album did have three major singles and this is one of them, although, I don't really care for this song as much.

SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES (with Aretha Franklin)
From the album Be Yourself Tonight (1985). Now this is more like it. For years, I never knew who the other vocalist was, until about four years ago. I finally figured that the voice of the dueting vocalist belonged to Aretha Franklin. Although, I do not like Aretha Franklin, I do love this song. Somehow, I only like Aretha Franklin when she duets with other people, like this song, for example, and her duet with George Michael, which would be I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me). This is a classic song. Back in September of 1998, when the Spice Girls (when the lineup was left with Victoria 'Posh Spice Adams-Beckham, Emma 'Baby Spice' Bunton, Melanie B. 'Scary Spice' Brown, & Melanie C. 'Sporty Spice' Chisholm) toured Europe, they performed this song and their live version can be found on their US single, Good-Bye.

THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART)
From the album Be Yourself Tonight (1985). A lot better than Would I Lie To You?, but not as good as Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves.

MISSIONARY MAN
From the album Revenge (1986). The beginning is cut short, but still a great song. The video is creepy, but it's incredible.

DON'T ASK ME WHY
From the album We Too Are One (1989). An okay song.

I NEED A MAN
From the album Savage (1987). The album Savage (1987) is my favorite album from the Eurythmics and this is the only hit that made it onto this collection. There were many other great songs from that album like Beethoven (I Love To Listen To), You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart, Savage, I've Got A Lover (Back In Japan), Do You Want To Break Up?, etc. But this is a great song, with an incredible rock and roll beat.

LOVE IS A STRANGER
From the album Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1982). A good song, but not as good as Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This).

THORN IN MY SIDE
From the album Revenge (1986). Another awesome song from the Revenge (1986) album. That acoustic guitar in the beginning sounds unbelievable.

THE KING & QUEEN OF AMERICA
From the album We Too Are One (1989). This is a great song to begin with and it certainly is much better than Don't Ask Me Why.

ANGEL
From the album We Too Are One (1989). A romantic ballad.

The Eurythmics have shown us that they were one of the best acts of the 80s. They tried to do it again in 1999, by releasing their tenth album, Peace, but it didn't get anywhere. But their older material will always have them remembered.