Eurythmics
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Eurythmics Biography
Eurythmics were one of the most successful duos to emerge in
the early '80s. Where most of their British synth pop contemporaries
disappeared from the charts as soon as new wave faded away in 1984,
Eurythmics continued to have hits until the end of the decade, making
vocalist Annie Lennox a star in her own right, as well as establishing
instrumentalist Dave Stewart as a successful, savvy producer and
songwriter. Originally, the duo channelled the eerily detached sound of
electronic synthesizer music into pop songs driven by robotic beats. By
the mid-'80s, singles like Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and Here
Comes the Rain Again had made the group into international stars, and
the group had begun to experiment with their sound, delving into soul
and R&B. As the decade wore on, the duo's popularity eroded
somewhat -- by the late '80s, they were having trouble cracking the Top
40 in America, although they stayed successful in the U.K. During the
early '90s, Eurythmics took an extended hiatus, as both Lennox and
Stewart pursued solo careers.
The origins of Eurythmics lay in the Tourists, a British post-punk band
of the late '70s formed by Lennox and Stewart. The pair met in London
while she was studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Stewart had
recently broken up his folk-rock group Longdancer and was writing songs
with guitarist Pete Coombes. Immediately after meeting, Stewart and
Lennox became lovers and musical partners, forming a group called Catch
with Coombes, which quickly evolved into the Tourists in 1979. Though
the band only was together for two years, the Tourists released three
albums -- The Tourists, Reality Effect, and Luminous Basement -- which
all were moderate hits in England; two of their singles, I Only Want
to Be With You and So Good to Be Back Home Again, became Top Ten
hits.
During 1980, Lennox and Stewart's romantic relationship dissolved and,
along with it, so did the Tourists. Though they were no longer lovers,
Lennox and Stewart decided to continue performing together under the
name Eurythmics and headed to Germany to record their debut album.
Featuring support from various members of Can and Blondie drummer Clem
Burke, among others, the duo's debut, In the Garden, was released in
1981 to positive reviews, but weak sales. Following the failure of In
the Garden, Stewart set up a home studio and Eurythmics recorded a
second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), which was released in
1983.
Love Is a Stranger was the first British single pulled from the
album, and it became a minor hit in the fall of 1982, a few months
before the LP appeared. The title track was released as a single in the
spring, and it rocketed to number two on the U.K. charts; shortly
afterward, it climbed to number one on the American charts. Sweet
Dreams (Are Made of This) was helped enormously by its stylish,
androgynous video, which received heavy airplay from MTV, who had only
recently become a major influence within the music industry. After
Sweet Dreams, Eurythmics re-released Love Is a Stranger and it
reached the U.K. Top Ten (number 23 U.S.), beginning a string of hit
singles that ran for a year. Touch, the duo's third album, was released
toward the end of 1983 and continued their success throughout 1984,
spawning the hits Who's That Girl? (number three, U.K.; number 21,
U.S.), Right by Your Side (number ten, U.K.; number 29, U.S.), and
Here Comes the Rain Again (number eight, U.K.; number four U.S.).
During the course of 1984, Annie Lennox's theatrical gender-bending was
becoming increasingly notorious, which helped their record sales. At
the end of the year, they released the soundtrack for the film
adaptation of 1984, which received poor reviews and sales, despite the
Top Ten U.K. placing of its single, Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four).
Released in the spring of 1985, Eurythmics' fourth album, Be Yourself
Tonight, boasted a tougher, R&B-influenced sound and featured a
duet with Aretha Franklin, Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves. The
duet became one of three hit singles from the album, in addition to
Would I Lie to You? (number 17, U.K.; number five, U.S.) and There
Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) (number one, U.K.; number 22,
U.S.). Revenge, released the following year, followed the R&B and
soul inclinations of Be Yourself Tonight to a harder-rocking
conclusion. Though the album peaked at number 12 in the U.S. and
spawned the number 14 hit Missionary Man, its sales were noticeably
weaker than its predecessor. In the U.K., the group was slightly more
popular -- Thorn in My Side reached the Top Ten -- but it was evident
that the group was past the point of its peak popularity.
As appropriate for a group passing their commercial pinnacle,
Eurythmics began branching out into other areas. During 1985 and 1986,
Dave Stewart produced a number of superstars, including Bob Dylan,
Daryl Hall, Tom Petty, and Mick Jagger. Annie Lennox began a
short-lived acting career, appearing in Revolution. Eurythmics
reconvened in 1987 to release Savage, which was greeted with mixed
reviews and weak sales. That same year, Stewart married Siobhan Fahey,
a former member of Bananarama who had also appeared in the Love Is a
Stranger video; she would later be a member of Shakespear's Sister,
which was produced by Stewart. In 1988, Lennox had a hit duet with Al
Green with Put a Little Love in Your Heart, taken from the Scrooged
soundtrack. The following year, Eurythmics released We Too Are One,
which sold well in Britain, reaching number one, but poorly in America,
despite Don't Ask Me Why becoming their first Top 40 hit since
Missonary Man. Furthermore, the reviews were decidedly mixed on the
album.
Eurythmics quietly went on hiatus as of 1990, releasing Greatest Hits
the following year. Lennox began a solo career in 1992, releasing Diva,
an album that would eventually sell over two million copies. Stewart
continued producing records and writing film soundtracks, as well as
forming a band called Spiritual Cowboys. In 1995, he officially
launched a solo career with the release of Greetings From the Gutter.
Lennox and Stewart re-formed Eurythmics in 1999, releasing Peace, their
first new studio album in a decade. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All
Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine