Track Listing

1. Love Is A Stranger
2. I’ve Got An Angel
3. Wrap It Up
4. I Could Give You (A Mirror)
5. The Walk
6. Sweet Dreams [Are Made Of This]
7. Jennifer
8. This Is The House
9. Somebody Told Me
10. This City Never Sleeps
11. Home Is Where The Heart Is (BONUS TRACK)
12. Monkey Monkey (BONUS TRACK)
13. Baby’s Gone Blue (BONUS TRACK)
14. Sweet (BONUS TRACK)
15. Dreams [Hot Remix] (BONUS TRACK)
16. Love Is A Stranger [Coldcut Remix] (BONUS TRACK)
17. Satellite Of Love – Previously Unreleased (BONUS TRACK)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10114 in Music
• Released on: 2005-11-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks, Original recording reissued
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
We have painstakingly collated the original master tapes and with the supervision of Dave Stewart, have remastered them to the highest standard possible. The sound quality is truly amazing and has to be heard to be believed.

Each album will feature bonus material compiled with the assistance of Dave and Annie. Rare B sides never before released on CD, classic remixes and most excitingly, unreleased recordings, including a series of amazing cover versions plus live and acoustic performances.

Each reissue has been redesigned by Laurence Stevens Design | LSD the creative agency who has worked with the band throughout their entire career. All eight albums will be released in deluxe digipack packaging, and each album will be stickered to highlight the wealth of bonus material on each release. The 18 to 24 page booklets include refreshed front sleeve artwork, original single sleeves and most importantly previously unseen photography covering the bands whole career. Phill Savidge renowned PR guru and Eurythmics fan has, through various interviews with Dave and Annie, written sleeve notes for each album. Insightful, provactive and ‘unput downable’, they help bring the bands incredible story and music alive.

Amazon.com
Singer Annie Lennox and guitarist Dave Stewart first received notice in the Tourists, scoring 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

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 seven bonus tracks: a mixture of b-sides, remixes, and previously unreleased material (notably a cover of Lou Reeds' beautiful "Satellite of Love"). 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.

About the Artist
The Eurythmics remain a unique force in the history of popular music. A duo who enjoyed massive worldwide success, whilst balancing commercial pop sensibilities with a true avant-garde edge. The facts are undeniable– 26 UK hit singles over a 22 year period, 40+ million album sales, Brit awards, Grammy’s and multi-platinum releases in virtually every territory in the world. All this achieved whilst continually pushing musical and visual boundaries to create a groundbreaking catalogue of music known and loved across the globe.

Customer Reviews

Only Slightly Disappointing
"Sweet Dreams" is one of my favourite Eurythmics releases and I've been waiting a very long time for the reissue of the back catalogue. I got my hands on this the day it was released and here's my take on it. The remastering is pristine. The expanded liner notes are a little spare on information ( and there are no lyrics, which the original cd release did have ) but contain a wealth of unseen photographs. But as others have noted, there are many B-sides missing here. I thought that what "bonus" was all about. It is nice, however, to see the B-Side "Monkey Monkey" finally on CD, despite the fact that it was mastered from a vinyl source ( I can hear the pops and clicks at the begining of the song, and it is all mid-range, with hardly any bass or treble in the mix. ) Most disappointing are the 1991 remixes of "Love Is A Stranger" and the title track. They are very badly dated; I would have preferred the original 12" mixes. Get this one for the terrific sound upgrade, but beware a few of the other Eurythmics reissues - they are a spotty lot.

Very spotty 2nd album, though still worth owning
To most fans in the U.S., they thought this was the first album by Eurythmics. With the brilliant 'In The Garden' album not released here until the early 90's, what else were they to think? 'Sweet Dreams', the song, became a massive hit due to endless rotation on the young MTV way back when. The song is a combination of the soulful wailings, which would eventually make Eurythmics bland and forgettable, and electronic New Wave, which was so prevalent at the time. While on their way to commercial stardom, Eurythmics still looked very much the art school oddballs, which makes this very much a transitional album. Because of that the album is a very spotty affair.

The album opens with the timeless "Love is a stranger". In the U.S. this was the follow up single to "Sweet Dreams", though did not make as much impact on the buying public, regardless of the fact that it was a far superior song. The dark, obsessive lyrics and heavy electronic beat gave the song a slightly Gothic feel. It's definitely the best song on the album, and with a mesmerizing video to boot!
"I've got an angel" is almost as high on my list as "Love is a stranger". Some crazy flute playing adding to Annie's haunting singing makes this another timeless classic.
"Wrap it up" is a real low point, not just for the album but for their career. Perhaps it was a carry over from their days as The Tourists, but it's only worsened by the addition of guest vocalist Green for the irritating Scritti Politti.
"I could give you a mirror" and "Somebody told me" are more high quality, slightly dark synthpop pieces that have been favorites since I first purchased the album back in 1983.
"The Walk" and "This city never sleeps" are both light and airy, pleasant enough background songs.
Another real low point is the tedious "This is the house". This was actually released as a single in the UK before stardom hit, and I can see why it went virtually unnoticed. I do not like it at all.

This new CD remaster comes with a very incomplete selection of bonus material, most from the time. "Home is where the heart is" was the B side of the 7" single "This is the house", and is a goofy little doodle that isn't bad, and even a bit fun. "Monkey monkey" is one of their forgettable, experimental instrumentals. "Baby's gone blue" was the B side of the "Sweet Dreams" 12" single, and sounds very much like an outtake from In The Garden. It's an odd little song about a dead girl, and the highlight of the bonus material.

An unfortunate absence from this reissue is the B side "Let's just close our eyes". It's an early version of "The Walk", though radically different and zombie-like.

Like the reissue of 'In The Garden', 'Sweet Dreams' comes with an excellent deluxe booklet with nice liner notes and many great period photos, though also lacks the lyrics that were printed with previous releases.

The remastering of the CD is pretty good. Like with 'In The Garden' there are occasional, minor stereo fluctuations possibly due to the age of the tapes. Though I had read that all of the original master tapes had been located at various BMG locations around the world, the song "Monkey monkey" is clearly taken from a dirty record. There was not even an attempt to mask the fact, but since I don't care for the song I'll just skip it anyway.

'Sweet Dreams' is a very spotty album after the masterpiece of In The Garden. The transition that started on this album would continue on the next album, 'Touch'.

Their only really strong album
Going back to this I was struck by how consistent this CD is. After this album they started doing more genre pieces and their albums seemed like (fantastic) singles plus filler--there's no overall mood. But on this one, after the silly cover of "Wrap It Up," the kind of thing they couldn't get enough of later on, it moves into this gorgeous stretch that is unbroken through the amazing "This City Never Sleeps." It's like Sade meets Nico or something, and notably lo-fi, in a cool way. After all these years of "Missionary Man" and "Diva" and all that big pop stuff, which is great but kinda blowsy, the sustained late-night mystery of this album is something that is really special and a wonder to rediscover.