It's alright - baby's coming back
And I don't really care where he's
been.
It's alright - baby's coming back
And I won't turn him around this time.

I'll be your cliff (you can fall down
from me).
I'll be your ledge (you can lean upon
me).
I'll be your bridge, your flowering tree
You can still depend on me...
And I'll be (the ticking of your clock).
And I'll be (the numbers on your
watch).
And I'll be (your hands to stop the
time).
I'll even be your danger sign.

And I'll be (your grace your dignity).
And I'll be (your night your destiny).
And I'll be (your comfort and your
ease).
I will be your storm at seas...
And I'll be (your sharp intake of
breath).
And I'll be (your work I'll take no rest).
And when the world falls to decline
I'll be yours and you'll be mine.


(Make it easy on yourself tonight)

Very good track from their strongest album

PANDURITO said:

It is a great track, but there is plenty better than Be Yourself Tonight in their catalogue.

Moonbeam said:

Like?

PANDURITO said:

In the Garden
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Touch
1984: For the Love of Big Brother
Peace

Moonbeam said:

coughcoughSAVAGEcoughcough

Maybe I'm a little biased for this was the first album I bought by them but my opinion is their first albums are superb up until this one.
They would never hit higher.Peace was not the same anymore

Though Savage is another favourite of mine

Anxiety said:

bad quoter
I said a favourite of mine. Hey it came after the sugary revenge and anything would sound like heaven after that over produced, over played album.

You know what?
I the Eurythmics too

Anxiety said:

bad quoter
I said a favourite of mine. Hey it came after the sugary revenge and anything would sound like heaven after that over produced, over played album.

Anxiety said:

Savage is mostly great too, but there are some relative duds on there as well.

All of their albums would make my personal top 100, so the complaints from my end are merely minor ones.

i think you misunderstood me. savage is a favorite of MINE, too.

Moonbeam said:

i guess it's one of those subjective tastes things. 'savage' and '1984' are the only eurythmics albums i can stand to listen to from beginning to end. to my ears, all the rest of their albums have like one or two fantastic songs, one or two tolerable songs, and a bunch of hooey filler. and i loathed 'peace'...wasn't too thrilled with 'we two are one', either. but then, i didn't like annie's 'bare' album and i'm just now mildly warming up to 'medusa'. i guess i like my annie a bit on the melodramatic side.

Anxiety said:

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) is infallible!

Moonbeam said:

i don't know if i'd say 'infallible', but it's one of the more listenable of their early albums, definitely.

PANDURITO said:

Revenge is a typical latter half Eurythmics release. It has some stunning, if not groundbreaking, tracks and a few songs that make you scratch your head. However, "Thorn in My Side", "Missionary Man", "The Miracle of Love", "The Last Time" and "I Remember You" are all perfect 10s.

Anxiety said:

Infallible

Annie's biography details just how creative the poverty stricken D 'n A had to be to create this album. It's really amazing.

Moonbeam said:

it's good. i like it. there are a lot of songs on that album i think are kinda "eh", though maybe if i knew they were like recording them in rest stop bathrooms dressed in potato sacks, i dunno, maybe i'd love 'em more. maybe i should read that biography. or maybe i just have falliable ears. perhaps i am doomed. i don't know. i just know there are other eurythmics albums i click with more, and i've been into 'em since 'sweet dreams' first came out. i'll go jump in the mouth of a volcano now.

Moonbeam said:

I love Revenge.... The only tracks that I tend to think is a bit weaker than the others is "A Little of Me", and "Thorn in my Side" is my least favorite Eurythmics single.. with the possible exception of "Angel".


But wow, "Missionary Man".... "I Remember You".... "In This Town"..... sigh. I love Eurythmics.

Has everyone heard the acoustic version of Missionary Man? So fantastic.

I had to go WAYYYY back to dig this thread up, but it has some interesting excerpts from Annie's biography on the recording process of this album.

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/31901