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Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight Audio CD

A fair review of the Eurythmics "Be Yourself Tonight" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Eurythmics reviews here, or go back to the Eurythmics tabs.

Eurythmics Band: Eurythmics
Title: Be Yourself Tonight
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Release Date: 2006-02-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Would I Lie to You? 2: There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) 3: I Love You Like a Ball and Chain 4: Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves 5: Conditioned Soul 6: Adrian 7: It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) 8: Here Comes That Sinking Feeling 9: Better to Have Lost in Love (Then Never to Have Loved at All) 10: Grown Up Girls [*] 11: Tous les Gar�ons et les Filles [*] 12: Sister Are Doin' It for Themselves [ET Mix][*] 13: Would I Lie to You? [ET Mix][*] 14: Conditioned Soul [Live][#][*] 15: Hello I Love You [#][*]

Soulful masterpiece
I think the album was intended as the band's excursion into R&B and Soul, but it's much more than that in its stylistic variety, exquisite musicianship and stirring songs. The classic album Be Yourself Tonight has now been enhanced by extra tracks and reissued in deluxe packaging with new photographs.

The sonic delight starts with the uptempo Would I Lie To You, followed by the delicate pop of There Must Be An Angel, and reaches a climax on the duet with Aretha Franklin, a brilliant tour de force. Conditioned Soul is another gem with beautiful intricate and dramatic guitar infusions and Lennox at her vocal best on some of their most poetic lyrics.

Not as resigned as the album Savage, Be Yourself Tonight still has an undertone of sorrow, as in the tender Adrian. A great slice of 80's R&B follows in the form of It's Alright, followed by the most sorrowful of all, the entrancing Here Comes That Sinking Feeling with its doubled-up vocals (one set sounding like it's spoken over the telephone) which gives it an eerie feel.

The bittersweet Better To Have Lost In Love, is another highlight, haunting in its blend of hope and sadness. Some of Eurythmics most literate and profound work is found here, but it's serious stuff and not always as accessible as their other masterpieces like Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) or Revenge.

Then again, it's nowhere near as difficult as In the Garden or as bleak as Savage. Be Yourself Tonight is an album of real soul. Of the additional tracks, my favorites include the French song Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles and the remix of Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves. .


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