Luminous Basement [Import]

?????, Tourists | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg
• ASIN: B000007WGA
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #802,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Say I Told You So

2. Week Days

3. So You Want To Go Away Now

4. One Step Nearer The Edge

5. Angels And Demons

6. Talk To Me

7. Round Round Blues

8. Let's Take A Walk

9. Time Drags So Slow

10. I'm Going To Change My Mind

11. Walls And Foundations

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two words: Underrated Masterpiece, May 11, 2003

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Darren Robbins (Studio City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luminous Basement (Audio CD)

I first bought this record when I was a wee lad, blowing a weeks worth of lunch money on an unknown band whose album had somehow found its way to the local, small-town five-and-dime. From the moment I dropped the needle on this platter, I was transfixed. The songs were all laced with sublime guitars, with hooks that have a way of sneaking up on you, and a trade-off of male/female vocals that kept things interestingly intriguing. I pictured a white blues/rock combo in 1960's Britain playing a smoky club filled with hipsters of the day, dressed in mini skirts and Beatle boots, dancing their collective {behinds} off, like a scene out of "Blow Up".

My particular favorites were then and, to this day, still are "Week Days", "Walls And Foundations" and "Let's Take A Walk", which is the best song the Yardbirds never wrote. Of course, Annie's vocal turn on "One Step Nearer The Edge" is a great display of her vocal talents at the time.

Pop music this intelligent and well-crafted often goes unnoticed by the masses, but the fact that Dave and Annie went on to worldwide success with Eurythmics is at least proof that not all worthy artists go unnoticed. Coombes may have lacked the egotistical bravado and showmanship of most pop stars of the day, but his talent was undeniable.

Do yourself a favor and drop the {money} necessary to own this album. You'll thank me later.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Annie energy!, February 6, 2001

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"littleghost" (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luminous Basement (Audio CD)

The only reason I gave this album 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the male vocalist. While Coombs (who passed away in 1997, R.I.P.) was a brilliant songwriter and guitarist, he should have left all the lead vocals to Annie Lennox. Can you imagine having the young Lennox in your band and relegating her to harmony vocals??!!!!

The songs on "Luminous Basement" are upbeat, energetic, guitar-driven rock... somewhere between classic rock, psychedelia, and new wave waiting to happen. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart didn't recapture this hard-driving, guitar-fused energy until their 1985 and 1986 albums "Be Yourself Tonight" and "Revenge," respectively. If you like the "Would I Lie To You"-era Eurythmics, then you will love their work in The Tourists. Standout tracks here are "Angels and Demons" (Annie really kicks butt on this one!) and "Walls and Foundations," "Round Round Blues," "Let's Take A Walk," and "Time Drags So Slow." "Angels" and "Time" give Annie solo lead vocals, and as you listen to the rest of the album, hers is the voice you want to hear. There is a really catchy song on here called "Weekdays" that gives Annie a chance to shine on an irresistible go-go dance-groovin' keyboard solo... if only that same song had let her do the lead vocals instead of him! (sigh)

This album is fun, raunchy rawk 'n' roll. (The Tourists R.I.P.)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! I like this better than the 2 "best of's", December 4, 2000

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R. J. Lowe "IT, Gamer, Philosopher, Writer" (Mohave Desert) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luminous Basement (Audio CD)

An excellent and necessary addition for the die hard Eurythmics fan. I esp. enjoy Walls & Foundations, Round Round Blues, and I'm Going to Change My Mind (NONE of which are on the "Greatest Hits" albums). BUY IT B4 IT'S TOO LATE!