MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Eurythmics When guitarist Dave Stewart met a striking waitress in a London restaurant, he was enduring difficult times. His band Longdancer had just broken up, and he was recuperating from surgery following a horrendous car accident. Serendipitously, the hash-slinging object of his affection was a sometime singer and Royal Academy of Music dropout named Annie Lennox. The two moved in together and formed a moderately successful band, The Tourists, reaching the UK top four with a cover of “I Only Want to Be With You.” The quintet released two albums on Logo Records before slapping the label with a lawsuit over royalties; the subsequent strain caused the band to break up in 1980, and Stewart’s and Lennox’s love affair dissolved with it. Still, the pair knew that artistically if not personally they were made for each other, and they decided to record as a duo, dubbing themselves Eurythmics. Their first record, In The Garden, was only released in the UK, followed by a back-breaking 1981 tour. When Stewart and Lennox finally recovered, they recorded a series of eight-track demos in a London warehouse, winning a US contract with RCA. The result was the 1983 album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), which combined modern blue-eyed soul and pop sounds. A popular video, taking advantage of Lennox’s commandingly androgynous persona, propelled the title track to number one. Controversy over Lennox’s gender-bending appearance at the 1984 Grammy ceremony reached new heights when Eurythmics released “Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four),” a song originally recorded for a film version of George Orwell’s 1984. The director scrapped the duo’s soundtrack, and most American radio stations refused to play “Sexcrime” (citing “objectionable” content) but Eurythmics were still as popular as ever after their sophomore smash, Touch. Their next studio album, Be Yourself Tonight went platinum, and the single “Would I Lie to You?” earned a Grammy nomination. Two more albums followed, 1986’s Revenge and 1987’s Savage, then Stewart and Lennox took a brief hiatus. When they returned with We Too Are One in 1989, the pop landscape had shifted towards hard rock and heavy metal, and despite extensive touring, the record’s sales were disappointing. Though they never officially broke up, the next few years saw the release of solo projects from both Stewart and Lennox, including her successful 1992 album Diva. After reuniting to play a short set at a friend’s party and then at a charity benefit, Stewart and Lennox decided to record together again. The result was the smooth, ballad-heavy album Peace, their first Eurythmics collaboration in over a decade.     Eurythmics Beautiful Child LiquidAudio Pop Sweet dreams are made of this talented duo, whose reunion album hit the UK top five. Their new download is dreamy in its own right. Would we lie to you?
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