Eurythmics - The Ultimate Collection
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Free Music Review: Sweet Dreams? Most Definitely!
Hit: 5 Stars
It's been 24 years since the Eurythmics released their first album, In The Garden, and twenty-five years since Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart first formed the group in London. Over the years and eight studio albums later, the duo racked up two dozen hit singles around the world. On the newly released Ultimate Collection, we are treated to seventeen of their most popular tracks, as well as two brand new tracks recorded this past August after the duo reunited for "Live 8" in July. The new tracks bookend the collection with "I've Got A Life" opening the CD and "Was It Just Another Love Affair?" closing the set. Dave Stewart comments on the new recordings (their first in five years), "Annie and I didn't plan to go into the studio, she was staying with me in Los Angeles and we seemed to spontaneously write and record some songs. It was just like the old days, songs coming at lightning speed and recorded and mixed in a week! I think they are Eurythmics classics." In between the two new "classics" are their most beloved songs in chronological order, beginning with "Love Is A Stranger," and the song that woke America up to this new synth pop band with Lennox's unique vocals and Stewart's innovative production and musicianship, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This.)" Other hits that follow include "Who's That Girl?," "Here Comes The Rain Again," "Would I Lie To You?," along with one of the greatest women's anthems "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves," with Annie and Aretha trading secrets while their vocals exploded out of your speakers. The raucous "Missionary Man" is followed by the splendiferous "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart," the raw sexual rebel yell of "I Need A Man," "I Saved The World Today" and their last recording from a full release, 1999's "17 Again." If I missed your favorite "ultimate hit," chances are it's in this outstanding collection. Hey, would I lie to you?Free Music Review: Eurythmics-Ultimate is right!
Hit: 5 Stars
Whenever I think of the best decade of music history (the 80's), I think of all the talent who made it so memorable. I have great respect for artists who made non-stop hits and still do now, like Madonna, who's success in 1984 led her to a string of nearly 40 top ten hits. Also, Michael Jackson had some great music...many artists contributed their talents and diversities to the greatest decade in music, but one of the most diverse and successful of all is the Eurythmics. They stand out whenever I think of the 80's, because they were so different. This new greatest hits collection includes classic hits like "Sweet Dreams", "Who's That Girl?". "Here Comes The Rain Again", "There Must be an Angel [Playing with my Heart]", "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves", "I Saved The World Today", and much more. The 19 song compilation ranges with hits from their 1981 debut album, to their chart topping 1982 "Sweet Dreams" album, and soforth all the way to their 1999 comeback album, which doesn't sound too bad at all from the singles put here. I am a new fan of this duo, but not new to loving the 80's. I was born at the end of the 80's [I lived in 1 year and a half in the 80's], obviously not old enough to know what music even was. Fortunately, I have a great respect for all music and ever since a young age, I'd always listen to stations that played 80's music. The Eurythmics hold a special place in my `music' heart because they are, in my opinion, one of the greatest things to happen to music since Elvis Presley.
I also like Annie Lennox's solo album 'Diva', which includes the song "Walking on Broken Glass", one of the most bumpable pop tunes of the early 90's!
Free Music Review: Documentation of a formidable singles band.
Hit: 5 Stars
The greatest hits set, "The Ultimate Collection" offers ample evidence of this band's ability to create great songs. They were quite a formidable singles machine.
The first dozen or so cuts remind you how they were all over the radio/MTV for a few years, and you'll find you know these songs by heart.
After opening with a new cut, and the thin "Love is a Stranger", you get one classic after another.
"Sweet Dreams", with that fat synth and those soulful, evocative yet still icy-cool vocals of Annie Lennox, became their introduction to the pop world. They had a signature sound, and then spent the next two albums refining and expanding it.
"Who's That Girl" and "Here Comes The Rain Again" are two exquisite singles that follow in "Dreams" vein, but I'm delighted to see (and hear) the joyous "Right By Your Side" making the list here.
The next three powerhouse tunes come off their "third" album, with "Would I Lie To You" showing off Dave Stewart's exuberant, chord-spewing guitar work. "Angel" is a soft, haunting, sweet pop-soul confection, and "Sisters" is an anthemic, R&B stomp with twitchy guitars from Mr. Stewart and towering vocals from none other than Miss Aretha Franklin.
After than opening salvo, the quality declines...but not by much (except that "I Need A Man" fiasco...)...I thought "17 Again" was particularly affecting (as opposed to 'affected'...see above)...
Overall, with nice remastering and 19 songs, this is an easy five-star package. You couldn't have asked for more in a single-disc summation of this killer band's catalogue.
Free Music Review: What a collection SHOULD be - excellent overview & sound.
Hit: 5 Stars
As other reviewers have stated, this collection probably won't have much appeal for hard-core Eurythmics fans, who probably have all these songs and more, already, in newly remastered form.
But for just about everyone else, this collection is exactly what the doctor ordered - 19 remastered cuts filling out over 79 minutes on one CD, with all the hits one could want, as well as some choice album tracks. The Eurythmics were master song writers, and their excellent compositions are ideally suited for this treatment.
The sound is crisp and full - certainly, the cuts on this collection that I already own on other CDs sound far better on this CD, especially in the area of backing instrumentation and vocals. Very nice, indeed.
The booklet is also well done, with lyrics and credits for each song. No scrimping here, either.
I just reviewed the Kate Bush single-CD collection "The Whole Story", which was dismal in every area in which this one shines - thank goodness the Eurythmics received a much, much finer treatment.
As opposed to the Kate Bush collection, which soured me on buying any more of her material, this Eurythmics title inspires me to perhaps even spring for the Box, which features eight of their albums in remastered form with extensive bonus material.
Highly recommended.
Free Music Review: Excellent But Not Ultimate
Hit: 5 Stars
First of all let me say that no single CD could ever contain all of the best Eurythmics material. I think 3 discs minimum would be considered "ultimate". For die-hard fans like me, this set leaves a lot to be desired. For instance, there is nothing on this collection from "In The Garden", "1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother)", "Touch Dance", or "We Too Are One". Some bonus tracks would be good too. All of that aside, it is a wonderful CD, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is a new Eurythmics fan. Every older track sounds better than ever remastered, and the two new songs are as good as it gets. "I've Got A Life" is classic Eurythmics lite-techno dance-meets lyrical drama, and "Was It Just Another Love Affair?" sounds like something from one of Annie's excellent solo albums. The photos included in this collection are also superb! And Lyrics to all the songs! While it could be better, I do highly recommend "Ultimate Collection" to any Eurythmics fan...and if you're obsessed like me, you're gonna get it anyway!