Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Eurythmics

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: January 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W6Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #73,063 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love Is a Stranger

2. I've Got an Angel

3. Wrap It Up

4. I Could Give You (A Mirror)

5. Walk

6. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

7. Jennifer

8. This Is the House

9. Somebody Told Me

10. This City Never Sleeps

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Singer Annie Lennox and guitarist Dave Stewart first received notice in the Tourists, who scored a big U.K. hit in 1979 with a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You." Emerging as the Eurythmics in 1981, Lennox's cabaret-tinged vocal style and Stewart's left-of-center songs took a while to mesh, but when they finally did, with the haunting, hook-filled 1983 No. 1 single, "Sweet Dreams" (accompanied by one of the most striking videos ever made), the two found themselves rocketing to stardom. This, their second album, also features their initial British hit, "Love Is a Stranger," and an icy-cool cover of Sam and Dave's R&B classic, "Wrap It Up." --Billy Altman

Product Description

Italian digitally remastered gold CD reissue of 1983 album, packaged in a digipak. 2001. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a song., February 22, 2000

By	Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Being a long time Eurythmics fan has been hard. People sometimes snicker and write off the Eurythmics as just another 80's band. All criticism aside, Annie and Dave left us some really great songs. I, like everyone else in America, first heard them when Sweet Dreams was released back in '83. I was 10 1/2 then and I have all 9 studio cds they released plus Annie's two solo cds and one of four solo cds Dave released. Now, why Sweet Dreams? Okay, sure, Touch, Be Yourself Tonight and Savage were all equally great. However, it is Sweet Dreams that sounds most cohesive. 10 tracks all synth driven and smart. 40 minutes of interesting music. There's not a bad song on here and 17 years later this cd still holds up compared to some of the Eurythmics' other cds. The songs "Love is a Stranger" and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" were the hits. The other 8 tracks are just as intriguing from "I've Got An Angel" to "This City Never Sleeps" this album was a lesson in early electronic music at its best. The mechanical synthesizers combined with the warmth of Annie's vocals made this album stand out from all the other forgettable synth bands. Not only that, but the Eurythmics evolved which few, if any, synth bands ever did. This is a cd worth the money.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Dreams indeed. Chillingly good!, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This album, it's follow up "Touch", and the "1984" soundtrack represent the core of the early Eurythmics sound - a contrast of Annie's empassioned vocals (check out Annie singing her own backup!) and chilly synth pop backdrops.

Without Annie's vocals, the arrangements would remain clever, but not as memorable. As with all Eurythmic records, this album allowed her to play with her ample vocal gifts; her style goes from refrained on the lovely "The Walk", to the ecstatic "Wrap It Up" (a Sam & Dave cover).

The album features, besides the two familiar singles "Love Is A Stranger" and "Sweet Dreams" what I beleive is perhaps the most effective ballad about urban life - "This City Never Sleeps." (It's also found on the 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack)

"This City Never Sleeps", with it's pulsing bass line, subway rail sounds and hypnotic vocals could have a haunting effect on anyone familiar with city life (and maybe even on those who aren't.)

If you tend to like cold, early 80's new-wave, you will love this album. Not a clunker in the bunch. This remains my favorite period for the Eurythmics - it's when I beleive they were their most vibrant and individual, and "Sweet Dreams" remains one of my favorite albums of all time. (I've had it since I was 12.)

P.S. If you dig "Sweet Dreams", check out "Touch" (equally excellent) and "1984" also. For a later album, "Savage" was very good as well.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Album That Broke All Music Barriers, April 27, 2001

By	A Music Fan "jmiles2k2" (Anywhere) - See all my reviews

Eurythmics, a group that consisted of both Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart were very obscure, that is until the release of this album that brought a new meaning to the synthesizer. With Annie's soaring vocals, and David's production, this album remains a favorite of many people and album collectors alike. Dressed up as a sadomasochist prostitute on the front cover, perfectly depicts how truly dark this album is, and yet very unique. My favorite songs on this album are "Love Is A Stranger" with the pounding beat in the backround, with Annie Lennox's vocals sailing above it smoothing the whole thing out it to the point where it will become a favorite of many, the Hayes/Porter Cover of "Wrap It Up" which should be sung by a guy, but Annie gives a whole new meaning to it with an infectious drum beating away and the soulfulness of her voice, "The Walk" a song about a prostitute with a not so nice ending, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" a number 1 hit for the group, the synthesizer is magnificent and wait till you hear Annie's vocals, "Jennifer" a ballad about a girl who resorts to suicide, "This Is The House" a latin influenced dance number about a murder, my guess, and "This City Never Sleeps" a ballad about life in the urban city. If you buy this album, there is no doubt in my mind that you will become a fan. So enjoy!