1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) [Import, Soundtrack]

Eurythmics | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1998)
• Original Release Date: December 14, 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000006YJZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,707 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > Imports > Alternative Rock

Track Listings

1. I Did It Just The Same

2. Sexcrime

3. For The Love Of Big Brother

4. Winston'S Diary

5. Greetings From A Dead Man

6. Julia

7. Doubleplusgood

8. Ministry Of Love

9. Room 101

Editorial Reviews

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Track: 1: I Did It Just The Same,

Track: 2: Sexcrime ( Nineteen Eighty Four ),

Track: 3: For The Love Of Big Brother,

Track: 4: Winston's Diary,

Track: 5: Greetings From A Dead Man,

Track: 6: Julia,

Track: 7: Doubleplusgood,

Track: 8: Ministry Of Love,

Track: 9: Room 101
Media Type: CD
Artist: EURYTHMICS
Title: 1984
Street Release Date: 05/17/2005
Import
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For The Love Of Obscure Eurythmics Sounds..., December 13, 1999

By 

Fredd Gorham (Omaha, Nebraska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (Audio CD)

Being a rummager of cassette cut-out bins in the mid 80's, I found a lot of quirky, bizarre musical fare that was usually pretty good and inexpensive. This Eurythmics album was one of those rare gems that continue to fascinate me years later.

I purchased the soundtrack without seeing the movie. I had been a fan of Orwell's writing for years. I had also been a fan of the Eurythmics sound, and once I started to listen to this cassette I IMMEDIATELY loved it's interpretation of Orwell's work. I rented the movie (which had come out only a scant year prior to my find) and embraced both contemparary interpretations.

Lennox & Stewart had it down pat. If there is any track on the album that is the most contrived it has to be to be "SexCrime", which did get air play at the time. It's sole purpose seemed to be to promote the movie via MTV, which if that is "SexCrime"'s worst crime, then so be it.

The strongest tracks for me were "Julia" (which got a lot of airtime in the movie) which is a dark gothic type ballad that floats by like a black-vieled dream, and "I Did It Just The Same", which has a driving, funeral drum beat that sets the mood for the album perfectly. It's subtle, hidden energy is kept in check by the oppresive, gear-like machinations Orwell created for the reader. It's a credit to the Eurythmics abilities to be able to take something so intense and translate it note for note into a musical representation.

Other artists have presented similar types of works (most notably David Bowie's cancelled project of the 70's) but this has them all beat. Bowie's 1984 seemed terribly uninspired when compared to this Eurythmics venture... and I am a BIG Bowie fan. I think the biggest problem surrounding this album is that everyone seemed to be expecting another standard Eurythmic's album instead of some sort of concept album, which is much more in line to what it is, in my opinion. Cudos to them for taking a chance and doing something off the beaten path.

I still have my cassette of this album, but it is on it's last legs. I searched for a cd version of it for years, and wasn't until I came here that I even found it. I strongly recommend getting it.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immaculate, February 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (Audio CD)

1984 by the Eurythmics has been one of the most underappreciated albums ever made. I remember when it first came out...I was in awe...amazed and overwhelmed with it. And when the industry, the label, and the listening public shunned it, I was stunned. It captures the essence of Orwell's 1984 . When the door slams on "Room 101", you can feel the finality of it. The eye of Big Brother is on you as "Doubleplusgood" keeps you updated on the news as Brother would have it. The passion of "Minsitry of Love"...the bittersweet haunting of "Julia". Its an immaculate album. My vinyl copy was beginning to warp, and I have mourned the day that it would cease to play...and now its available on disc! Its one album that I would never get over losing. The very best work the Eurythmics ever did...no doubt about it. A masterpiece.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before it's time..., October 4, 1999

By 

J. C. M. (Harrisburg, PA in the USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) (Audio CD)

This album would, if it had been produced in the mid to late 90's, have rivaled Nine Inch Nails' "Downward Spiral" for it's sheer intensity. It is orginal and came before it's time. It is dark, it is moody, but it has a passion that only Eurythmics could have given it. You probably need to be a major fan or a lover of experimental music to get into this album. But after searching for seveal years now for this album on CD...(and having been told that is was out of print and would not be reissued)...I am now a happy man. Now if I could just get Men Without Hats "pop goes the world on CD" my life will be complete.