The Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits

Tourists | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epic/ Sony
• ASIN: B0000025ZS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,441 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Only Want To Be With You

2. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

3. The Loneliest Man In The World

4. Blind Among The Flowers

5. One Step Nearer The Edge

6. Don't Say I Told You So

7. Let's Take A Walk

8. Circular Fever

9. Angels And Demons

10. From The Middle Room

Editorial Reviews

THE TOURISTS Should Have Been Greatest Hits (Rare US only 10-track compilation CD album including I Only Want To Be With You picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A small sample of their genius, December 7, 2004

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This album of beautiful jangling power pop contains at least one big UK hit, their version of I Only Want To Be With You. The omission of their other UK top ten hit, So Good To Be Back Home Again, is inexplicable.

In addition, the magnificent Blind Among The Flowers and The Loneliest Man In The World were minor hits. I agree that the rest should have been big hits too, especially Don't Say I Told You So, Angels And Demons and Circular Fever.

The core of The Tourists of course went on to achieve international fame and fortune as Eurythmics, but The Tourists themselves have been neglected and underestimated. There is a certain bittersweet quality to their jangly pop that is quite unique, whilst the melodies are strong and the vocals superb.

Good as this album is, it is unfortunately not comprehensive enough. To experience the Tourists in all their glory, I recommend the Greatest Hits album with its 20 tracks. It includes all of their gems like the aforementioned classics plus In The Morning (When The Madness Has Faded), All Life's Tragedies, Everywhere You Look and So You Want To Go Away Now.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great selection of songs, January 17, 2011

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Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must for any fan or the group., March 21, 2009

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Richard Newton "Cave Troll" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Pretty raw, but that is what the band was like way back then. The recording is good and it will bring back the memory of why you liked them so much in the first place.