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Eurythmics
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Eurythmics was a British pop duo of the Scottish singer Annie Lennox and the English musician and producer Dave Stewart. The two met in 1975 in a London restaurant where Lennox worked, and at first played together in the bands The Catch and The Tourists. In 1980, in a hotel in Australia, playing on a small synthesizer, they decided to continue as a duo. They wanted to make pop music, but with the freedom to experiment with electronics.
Music and breakthrough
The first album, In the Garden (1981), was recorded in Cologne with the producer Conny Plank and members of Can, but sold poorly. With a bank loan Lennox and Stewart then built their own eight-track studio above a picture framer's in London. There Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) came into being. The title track, with a dark, programmed synthesizer bass, became a worldwide hit, including in the United States. In the video Lennox appeared with cropped orange hair and a man's suit. Love Is a Stranger, Here Comes the Rain Again and There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) followed.
Influence
Eurythmics showed that two people with a small studio and electronic instruments could make worldwide hits. With her cool voice and her play with male and female roles, Lennox became one of the most striking female singers of the 1980s. In 1990 the duo split up. Lennox began a solo career, and Stewart became a sought-after producer. In 1999 they came together once more for the album Peace.
Listening
Sweet Dreams · Eurythmics, 1983Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 1981In the Garden
- 1983Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
- 1983Touch
- 19841984: For the Love of Big Brother (soundtrack)
- 1985Be Yourself Tonight
- 1986Revenge
- 1987Savage
- 1989We Too Are One
- 1999Peace
- 20161984: For the Love of Big Brother (Original Score) (soundtrack)
In School of Rock
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- Mixtape 7: The 1980sNL Reader
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