In the Garden [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Eurythmics | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00007L9OD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,384 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. English Summer

2. Belinda

3. Take Me To Your Heart

4. She's Invisible Now

5. Your Time Will Come

6. Caveman Head

7. Never Gonna Cry Again

8. All The Young (People of Today)

9. Sing-Sing

10. Revenge

Editorial Reviews

This edition has been digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes by Eurythmics mastermind Dave Stewart, with input from collaborator Annie Lennox. In addition, there are five bonus tracks: a mixture of b-sides, remixes, and previously unreleased material (notably a cover of Rick Astley's "Take Me To Your Heart"). The packaging is a six-panel digipack redesign orchestrated by Laurence Stevens Design, the firm who art-directed all the original releases, while the thick booklets contain rare photos and insightful, new sleeve notes. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding debut album, June 4, 2006

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filterite "filterite" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Garden (Reis) (Dlx) (Audio CD)

This album is something really interesting. Given how everyone remembers Eurythmics for songs such as Sweet Dreams, There Must Be An Angel.... and so on, we have the idea that they were a pop band first and foremost and of course, for the most part that is right. They were. They were an extremely good pop band too. Not something I'd readily pick up mind. There have been some songs which have been great and some that are vapid nonsense. I, for one, cannot stand There Must Be An Angel which showcases Annie Lennox's vocals to extremely good affect but the song has nothing to add to it. But this album is different. Very much within the sound and texture of the album. It's not what you'd expect.

From the first track, you can tell this wasn't going to be a commercially viable record to release. It sounds somewhat cold, dislocated and out of place. Even though there's more guitars on this album than any other Eurythmics song I've heard, it feels a lot more colder than those songs! This can be due in part to Conny Plank's production work which is always interesting without fail.

What Plank seems to have melded together is a stunning mixture of exotic influences melded to a strictly European sensibility and within that a certain Britishness. Even though in the liner notes it says the band felt themselves more European than British, within the music there still retains that sense of Britishness but without any of the negative aspects, and the embracing of European influences clearly help this album fluorish.

Annie's voice on this album is, for the most part, very subdued and wistful. It compliments the music very well which takes on very dreamy and exotic tones while at the same time, giving a sense of being disenchanted with all around them. Very few can make an album that sounds like that and even fewer make it sound as interesting as it does, so it's all credit to Annie and Dave for orchestrating an album as good as this.

I could go on about the cover too but that would be pretty pointless. To cut it short, I feel it compliments the album. It looks of it's time too but in a good way.

Tracks like Take Me To Your Heart, Caveman Head and Never Gonna Cry Again have a sense of enchantment and disenchantment while Sing-Sing ( which is sung in French ) only encaptures the sense of dreamy wonder that is sometimes forgotten in music. Of the extra tracks Heartbeat Heartbeat and 4/4 In Leather should also get a mention for being frenetically paced that seriously test those dancing shoes but perhaps not as overtly as anything that would follow.

Overall, this album is one of a kind, one which the band has never repeated and perhaps no one could attempt to duplicate this album as the amount of intricate details in the album is simply spellbinding!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WISTFUL & HAUNTING, July 10, 2000

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Garden (Audio CD)

This experimental, "avant garde" album gave no indication of the Eurythmics' subsequent melodic pop direction and megastardom. It fits in more with the work of late 70s experimentalists like Brian Eno, Holger Czukay and the like. Sometimes it even sounds like the later Cocteau Twins or "world music." It's a very atmospheric work and does contain at least two classics: the intricate Belinda with its cascading guitar textures, mournful drone and oriental backing vocal building up to a scorching climax is quite impressive, as is She's Invisible Now, a sorrowful song with a haunting countdown effect. English Summer is replete with crickets & stuff, whilst Your Time Will Come also has a catchy melody. So, not recommended for Eurythmics fans. People who like Dead Can Dance, the above-mentioned German artists, Brian Eno's "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts," Deep Forest etc. will certainly enjoy it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, melancholic punk, October 14, 2004

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Dag (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Garden (Audio CD)

I love this album! To me this is the most interesting Eurythmics album. I've been a fan since 1983, and I didn't buy this album until after the release of '1984'. But what an album this is! It's not really representative of the classic Eurythmics sound, it's far more low-key. Lyrically this album has much in common with 'Savage', but is far less intense and insistive. Maybe that is why I love it so much. Annie's vocals are more hunting and it really fits the rather moody and athmospheric soundscape that runs througt the whole album. I think 'In the Garden' is also slightly influenced by the punk movement of the time, the beat are quite monotonous and repetative, sometimes makes me think of early Kraftwerk. Overall this album is more acoustic and analogue than many of their later albums. My favorites on here are: 'English Summer', 'Take Me to Your Heart' and 'She's Invisible Now'. 'Belinda' is the only E-track that resemble the music of The Tourists. I would strongly recomend this album to anyone who are fans of Eurythmics, David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Stereolab, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, The Cocteau Twins, Abba, Joy Division, Dusty Springfield among many others. A masterpiece that REALLY stands the test of time. Other good Eurythmics albums I also strongly recomend: 'Sweet Dreams', '1984', 'Savage', 'Touch', 'Diva' (Annie Lennox) and Pavement Cracks (the remixes) (Annie Lennox). Also get 'Don't Ask Me Why' in single format.