Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Not for me unfortunately, I find it all very dated. Sweet Dreams is and will forever be a banger, but the only tracks I liked other than that were The Walk and Somebody Told Me. Disliked the rest 🤷‍♂️ feel like you had to be there.

This was very underwhelming. The instruments on the album sound like they are coming through cheap amps and a cheap microphone is set up pretty far away recording it all. It just doesn't sound polished, which isn't always a negative, but in this case it detracts from the sound for me. It's not energetic enough to be dancy, and the melodies aren't captivating enough to capture my ear.

Not really my thing, but decently executed Best Song: Sweet Dreams Rating: 5/10 Stars: 3

I expected better because of the 1 song I knew. Didn’t care for this.

#420 Another favourite of my parents, I expect I have listened to this via many a long car journey, yet I didn’t recognise as much as I expected, and I’m realising my parents were probably a fan of best of compilation, which probably made sense for a cassette tape collection in the car. Despite the nostalgia, I appreciate this more than I like it. Annie Lennox has a great voice, and whilst I can appreciate the synthy electronic music, it doesn’t quite land for me personally on this record. Heard before?❓ (possibly) Would I revisit? ❌ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): Sweet Dreams Rating: 5/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Okay, let's get this part out of the way. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" the song is incredible. That synth hook is the stuff dreams are made of. The lyrics are pretty interesting and the song's overall progression is just great. I have no complaints whatsoever with the title track of this album. It is iconic and it absolutely deserves to be. The rest of the album? It's fine. It's not bad at all, but the remaining 9 songs leave a lot to be desired. The synth-pop sound is probably kinda dated, but there's fun to be had. I always get at least a bit of a kick out of 80s synth-pop. Annie Lennox has a solid voice. My big problem is that none of the songs live up to the title track. Most of them are good. "Love is a Stranger" is a solid opener. Others like "This is the House" are kinda weird though. The best comparison that I could make would be the A-ha album on the list. They're both 80s synth-pop albums with one legendary and amazing single, yet they both have the same problem of the album's other tracks being fine and not much more. I gave the A-ha album a solid 3/5, so I think I'll do the same for Eurythmics.

A proper electronic album from Eurythmics, with the soulful yet sometimes menacing vocals of Annie Lennox countering the bleakness of Dave Stewart's synths. It's all very experimental and not many of the songs have a traditional structure. The exotic, menacing I've Got An Angel and the bleak Jennifer sound great, despite being lyrically light, Wrap It Up has a great, distinctive drum pattern to go with the playful keyboard. This Is The House and The Walk were strange choices as the first releases from the album - The Walk particularly is just a bit monotonous and meh. But Sweet Dreams, a song born put of frustration, and Love Is A Stranger deservedly broke through and Eurythmics developed their sound from this electronic root. It's very good, takes me back to the New Wave of the early 80s and the birth of great electronic pop. A high 4 stars.

Klassiker asså gillar ju sweet dreams

Never listened. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Alright - Love Is A Stranger is OK I suppose. It doesn't really grip me in any meaningful way though. I enjoy I've Got An Angel a bit more. Something about the way the voices blend reminds me of Kraftwerk on this one. I Could Give You (A Mirror) is probably the strongest track so far although the standard is not high. The Walk has some good elements as wells. Sweet Dreams is clearly the standout track, it's iconic and was a big hit for a reason. This City Never Sleeps is a decent closer as well and one of the stronger tracks.

You know the single, and it'll be the only song you can remember afterwards

some familiars were heard

sweet dreams are made of pee 🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is a good album and is kind of a poppy and new wavish sound. I listen to this album and think what about the guitar? I feel like this type of music ushered in the end of disco…thankfully.

A lesson I've received from this list is that when 80s music is good is dope as hell and when it's bad, it's trash. Both sides of 80s music happen on this album. Some parts make me want to dive into snow in a smoky club in NYC but the other side just makes me take a step back and ask "why"? Highlight: Sweet Dreams (ofc)

DNF cuz I got bored

I grew up with my mum playing the hell out of a Eurthymics best of album, so I came into this thinking Annie Lennox is a massive talent and they're a very underrated group. Yeah, they're synth pop, which I hate, but they're also a step above them with a distinct artiness. And of course, Sweet Dreams the song is iconic, surely the rest isn't that much of a step down? The opening track, Love Is A Stranger, is a good song. Not their best, but good. So we've started OK. But then I've Got An Angel comes in and there is the artiness but... Not much else. It's sparse, it's dull, and Lennox is wholly uninspiring. Then Wrap It Up comes on and let's not mince words here - it's not just "rough", it's shit. It then goes into some slightly better if unremarkable songs before the big hit, then we get Jennifer, which according to Spotify is the 4th most popular song on the album. It's trying to be sparse and floating, but unlike Bowies Moss Garden which I heard for the first time last week - sparse and floating and feels like its name - this is just dull. And dull is kinda the theme of this. Lennox is underutilised, often just droning or monotone. Such a talent, so much power and dynamic range, just droning. But worse is the arrangements. They're boring. Sparse drums, a couple of synth notes, and the odd random noise. I like sparse, when done well, but this is not that. So I kinda feel bad giving this 2 stars, as I wanted more and the title track stands up. But honestly, it is what it is.

Stand-out tracks: Love Is a Stranger, I Could Give You, The Walk, Sweet Dreams Promising start, feel asleep in the second half.

Highlights: Love Is a Stranger, I've Got An Angel, The Walk, Sweet Dreams, Somebody Told Me I knew only half of the tracklist from previous listens. Now I remember why... The highs are high, but boy can this record go too hard on the mystical aura farming. The tracks that I didn't like are awfully pretentious and trying to come off as bigger smartasses than they are. And the singles are painfully obvious too. Idk, I expected a lot more.

good vibes

Let's be honest, the title track's good but the rest of it is a bit thin 😐

Funky and fun! A bit too discoey for the cold light of 2026 but it made me dream of a simpler time.

trip down memory lane... maar niet alle huizen hebben de tand des tijds doorstaan

2/5

This album just floats right by. Nothing sticks but sweet dreams. But it is nice. 4/5

Absolutely nothing appealing about this album

I think this album suffers from the hit being so good and famous that the rest of the album fails to stand up against it. This is the house is the only other track that comes close in my eyes, I really enjoyed that, the rest was just a bit lacking. An enjoyable listen but not something I'll rush back too. 3.25* rounded down to 3*

Big 80s synth vibes. Loved

Decent.

Enjoyed this album, a great example of music made by Scotland

sweet dreams title is electronic groove at the best

It's pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty--- pretty good. Annie Lennox has a great personality on the vocals. Shoutout to Dave Stewart too cause I'm not gonna leave him out of this. Someone needs a shout-out for making the music here. The last three tracks don't impress me as the rest of the record. But that doesn't matter in the long-run as this has "sin jeans al medio-dia" and that shit slaps (7/10, 4/5 on this scale)

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surprisngly liked it, i don't usually go for 80s music, because most of the rock or pop albums are just too "zig-zaggy" for me (if that makes sense to anyone besides me), however i really enjoyed the new-wave sounding of this one

meh highlights: sweet dreams (are made of this) this is the house

Not too bad. Sweet dreams still carries though.

Notable highlights (title song), but there are some fillers

Of what?

While I wish every song was as energetic as Sweet Dreams and This Is the House, I’m an Annie Lennox fan and was primed to like this album.

An unexpected banger from a band I thought was a one hit wonder. The first half is stronger than the second.

Felt like the lead character in an 80’s movie the entire time

4/5

Overall: 6/10 This album is basically one incredible song and a bunch of good/mediocre ones. I guess a lot of people really love this group but they just sound like most of the other synthpop groups of the 80s to me. The female vocalist is pretty great though, and she keeps this album from being boring. Fav Song: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

I heard this back when it came out. Loved the two big singles, but didn't really get into it fully. Glad I gave it another go. First half is great, despite having a duet with the guy from Scritti Politti. A few filler tracks in the second half ("Jennifer", "This Is the House" and "Somebody Told Me" all have some cringe moments), but overall a good listen.

Using Jack Black's proverbial bottle of Rocket Sauce. The Eurythmics pretty much used the whole bottle on one song. The little bit that was left, they sprinkled out over the other nine.

7/10… new wave / synthpop / *1983

chill

not going to lie i’ve never been big on the title track, i liked love is a stranger before this and i like most of this (the walk, i could give you a mirror, etc). then i heard monkey monkey and lost a LOT of respect for this all at once. still plenty to like on here but that was a very big blow to my opinion on it

I like the moodier and sparser stuff but the more soul influence they add into the equation the less I like it. I've never really liked the title track either. 'Love Is a Stranger' is excellent though.

Day 350 Really enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Highlights Wrap it up Sweet dreams Somebody told me

Annie Lennox has one of those voices that make you listen. Her range is incredible. Good listening.

Surprisingly, I found this incredibly irritating. Title track rocks of course. Other than that, I was annoyed.

Pretty good synth era album. Jennifer was a new song discovery for me that I really dug. And Sweet Dreams is of course an absolute banger.

Every song is good. No skips.

The title track is, and always will be, an absolute heater until the end of time. And it carries nearly the full weight of this album. Their sound is good, and the rest of it wasn’t bad, but everything else pales into comparison. True neutral except for a generational bop. 3.2-3.3

Highs and lows, I expected a 5-star album. Its probably a 4 because of the two stellar singles.

is it bad to knock it down a peg because of the spanish song? i cannot handle bad spanish in music. some gems in here but also a lot that didn't distinguish itself.

I don't care for Eurythmics music and endlessly repetitive lyrics and beats ad nauseum but recognise that it was influential for its era.

Album #219 Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) This is probably the most 80s album of all-time. Smooth synthpop, most of which has been entirely forgotten due to it sounding like almost every other run-of-the-mill synthpop album of the time, bar one massive track that is beloved to this day. Add one more semi-hit song, and you have people still talking about this album like it’s a classic. But come on, even if you’re the biggest hater of 80s pop, you can’t deny Sweet Dreams is an absolute classic track, and though Eurythmics are far from my favourite synthpop act, this album hits all the bases for what you would want out of a synthpop album, if you were compelled to search one out. It’s silky and futuristic, and though now, as I write this long after the album came out, it may come across as dated, I still hold onto my enjoyment of this sound and still find it fresh. As a massive fan of this era of pop, I would be quick to recommend people like 50 other albums of this kind before it; but that being said, Sweet Dreams is still a very serviceable and enjoyable experience. Best Songs: Sweet Dreams, Love Is a Stranger, This City Never Sleeps Worst Song: The Walk Score out of 10: 6.5

+1 for some fun 80s stuff, -1 for Annie Lennox, just can’t do it

The title track is a classic. No argument there. Annie Lennox sounds great, the hook is undeniable, and that synth line is one of those things everybody recognizes within about two seconds. If the rest of the album had even come close to that song, I probably would’ve liked this a lot more. It didn’t. Most of the album is just synthesizer slop to me. Cold, repetitive, and buried under that glossy early 80s production that somehow makes everything sound both busy and empty at the same time. Annie Lennox has a hell of a voice, but even she can’t do much with songs that feel like they were assembled from the same handful of keyboard settings. New wave was one of the worst things to come out of the 80s, and this album is a pretty good example of why I struggle with it. Too much style, not enough actual song underneath it. “Sweet Dreams” saved this from a 1, but one classic song wasn’t enough to redeem the rest.

Honestly, even the alleged "banger" on this is kind of annoying. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

what a slog to get through. there are some really great moments but they are few and far between.

Though it’s far from my favorite song from the 80s, the title track is objectively one of the best songs of the decade. That said, this album was very disappointing. Aside from that tune, and hearing the original version of Wrap It Up (which I always thought was a Fabulous Thunderbirds original l), nothing stood out at all. Much of it just sounded so dated and didn’t hold up at all. When this popped up as my next album, I was very excited to dig in. But this ended up being really disappointing. 2 stars. Ever since I hit 400 albums on here (almost 20 albums ago) it’s been a bad run.

An album of pulsing, rhythmic electro pop. Sweet Dreams is the standout, of course, but I don't think there's a bad song on there, although the B-side does flag at times. I especially liked the opener Love is a Stranger.

I was previously only familiar with the title song and not the full album. The song is great but really the whole album is good. It's very catchy but also feels substantial as well. I would come back to this one for sure.

Surprisingly consistent for a one-hit wonder. It's like early Depeche Mode if the singer was trying.

The title track is great. There are 2-3 other tracks that are worth listening to. The rest is really dated synth pop. It probably sounded good in the 80s, but not now. 3.5

Interesting blend of genres

A lot less of a one hit wonder than I expected, Jennifer sounded like a proto-Jesus and Mary Chain song

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Una clase de spinning hecha disco. Temazo Sweet Dreams

I expected quite a lot from this album, but was sadly let down. Maybe I've heard 'Sweet Dreams' so many times that I'm completely biased, or maybe it just is that many levels above the rest of the songs. I don't know. But that's what it felt like after finishing the album. A mish mash of songs with different tempos and energies, but all of them quite synth sounding. 'I've Got An Angel' is decent, but what is for example 'This Is The House' doing on this album? Feels completely orthogonal to the rest of the songs. The songs sound good technically, and the synth sounds are spot on. Annie Lennox's voice is unique and cool as well. But the songs just aren't that interesting. Not sure how to describe it another way. Sad 3 star rating.

No song comes close to "Sweet Dreams," but there are still some decent tracks on this album. I especially liked the opening track, "Love Is a Stranger." The vocals are generally very good, though the Spanish-language track was awful. "This City Never Sleeps" was another fun one. While I was getting bored toward the end, the aggressive synth line of "Monkey Monkey" wowed me. It felt much darker and more experimental than the rest of the album. The combination of "Sweet Dreams" and the experimental "Monkey Monkey" manages to push this up to a weak 4 stars.

At first glance, I assumed this would be a 2 stars album. It would be ok, the hit single would add in a star and it would be fairly mundane Euro Synth Pop music. That lasted until track 3 when the abomination of a cover of "Wrap It Up" was inflicted on my ears. It's fucking bullshit. Seriously, it's trash and fuck the Eurythmics for doing this. They took an Isaac Hayes and David Porter written song and destroyed it. The Sam and Dave version is a stone cold classic. Hell, even the Fabulous Thunderbirds did a decent cover. BUT this pair of clowns fucked it up. That single song was so bad it colored my feelings for the rest of the album. This is a 0 star album in my option. I have to give it one in order to move on, but it's a 0 star album for sure. Idiots.

I didn't really get a chance to listen to this all but I give it a shrug 2-stars -- why not. I like that one song....

I always thought I'd like an album by The Eurythmics, I was wrong.

Surprisingly really enjoyable, this is the house a standiut

Great album. Jennifer made me cry.

This, along with its same year successor (Touch) represents the final key albums of the original electro synth pop era from 1979-83. It was never quite a novel idea after sweet dreams hit no. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic. special mention should be given to 'Love is a stranger' which deservedly became a follow up hit after having tanked first time round. Annie and Dave certainly worked for their success, having had modest success as the Tourists and had a completely ignored Eurythmics debut album in 1981. Whilst not reaching the heights of the top stand out singles, this album is consistently good and doesn't have a 'dud' on it.

So Sweet Dreams it's an all timer, an earworm classic. I've heard of the legacy of Eurythmics, especially Annie Lennox, but in the end I wasn't very wowed.

banger song

Not a bad note on here. Everything works perfectly, and if you're a fan of the post-punk romantic synth duo style (Yaz, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys), then this is canon. Myself, I'm lukewarm on those other acts. This however is a rock masterpiece. Side one is the lightness and beauty of Love. Side two exposes the dark underbelly of it. Annie Lennox brings a power and soul to what could easily slip into cheesiness in the wrong hands, thematically and sonically. "Love Is a Stranger," "I Could Give You a Mirror," and "Jennifer" make the hair on my arms stand up. Everything else is equally intense, beautiful, and perfectly executed. Props to Dave Stewart for making a massive musical statement.

the hot-and-cold, rigid-and-pliable combination that annie lennox makes with this kind of motorik synthpop is pretty unbeatable in any context. it's great when she's horny or pissed off, even better when she's desperately in love, as on the opening track, or desperately sad. i don't really blame anyone unable to find the highlights here, or to stand hearing the title track yet another time, or to get past the world-music tinges, but i am just pretty generally pleased by this kind of thing and the few genuine standouts are icing on the cake. doesn't blow my mind but just sturdy and beautifully made. how can you say no to that voice!

Most of the appeal of this album is the title track which honestly I'm pretty tired of. It's a good song don't get me wrong, but when it came up I barely processed it since I think my brain is so sick of hearing it. I honestly preferred the remixed version. As for the rest of the album it's mostly just forgettable but decent new wave. Favorite track: Wrap It Up

Not my taste, kind of redundant but the last song was chill af

Heard before?:❌️/✔️(not entirely) Will listen again?:❌️

Intensely, violently 80s, including the cheese and fluff carried by all 80s music as baggage. Yet surprisingly good. Love Is a Stranger tells us immediately that we shouldn't take this band too seriously. Those synths are pure goofiness and I won't be convinced otherwise. The solo(?) at around 2:20 sounds like a bunch of little colourful puffballs bouncing whimsically around a grassy field. The guy grunting every bar gets extremely old, but with the context that the entire song is kind of a shitpost (or at least sounds like it is), I can live with it. Next is I've Got an Angel, a slightly bewildering song that again makes extensive use of droning, almost overbearing high synths. Plenty of "chaka-chaka-cha"s and other miscellaneous noises from the vocalist. Barely passable... but passable regardless. Wrap It Up is much better. A bold foray into disco. (I say this ironically. The disco genre was heavily oversaturated by the early 80s.) Then I Could Give You (A Mirror)... these people have learned the art of organic-sounding vocal harmonisation. And it's done very well. Huge props. The outro is also pretty great – relentlessly joyful, and is that a banjo in the back? Predictably, the star of the show is Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), an unfairly catchy snapshot of dance-soul with some solid synthy melodies and a pretty much spot-on song length. Jennifer – the song – strikes me as something ABBA might have released a couple years earlier. I would've liked to hear a few more chords than just I and IV, but ah, well. Still good. This Is the House is another slightly anonymous but still incredibly groovy dance number. Its biggest claim to fame is the loud, brash bassline that became a staple of popular music around this time. And it has longevity: you still hear plenty of popular music nowadays that uses similar techniques. (See Nightshift Superstar on Muse's recent album.) Somebody Told Me has the kind of overperformative vocal delivery you might hear from (80s) Freddie Mercury. Pretty good. 4/5 Key tracks: Love Is a Stranger, I Could Give You (A Mirror), Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Not a big fan of this genre of 80s pop, I always found it to be very dated despite influencial to what exists now. Sadly this album is a typical exemple of this genre, including maybe one of its biggest staple. So not a bad time, but yeah not my cup of tea.

I’ve heard this before. Eurythmics is like the perfect synthpop band. They capture a perfect example of what the 80s sounded like and looked like. There’s not much more to say to this synthpop masterpiece

I thought this album would be more nostalgic for me, but I'm only familar with 2 songs (Sweet Dreams and Love Is a Stranger). The rest of the album is a bit of a let-down. Not horrible, but not memorable either.

Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album I know the title track How do I feel about this artist? I like their hits a lot but I have never listened to any deep tracks Pre-Listen Thoughts: Sometimes with these 80s albums, the hit is really all there is to it, we will see if this one is like that. Favorite track(s): It wasn’t a bad album, but nothing stood out aside from the Sweet Dreams. I do like other Eurythmics songs, but none of them are on this album.

I really don't think or like to think of myself as a particular fan of 80s synth pop but this stuff is sort of undeniable

Nothing quite compares to the title track but there’s a lot of great stuff on the second half

Strong 4- wish I had a voice like Annie Lennox. Makes me want to explore. Ore of their back catalogue beyond the hits

3+

Killer 80s album

From the start: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These), the song, is an 80s synth pop banner. One of the more infectious synth riffs of the decade alongside Van Halen's Jump. The album is quite good, some crazy synth work done by the non Annie Lenox member of the band, and makes for a more interesting listen than expected. An 80s classic

A cut above most of the new wave of its time. The title track is of course a timeless classic.

Mmh

She’s got a good voice, and there are some decent pop tunes on the album also. Nice album to have around if you like this sort of thing which I don’t. 3/5 25/6/26

Outside of the hit I didn’t find this too enjoyable.

Actually surprised by this album. Thought I was going to listen, digest, and toss as I have been doing lately. I have found myself less excited for the ride and less forgiving. I remember the title track and Annie Lennox from my childhood, but I can’t say I found them impressive. But this album is solid. Straight through to the cover of Satellite of Love, which is done well. 4 Boolean: True

Well, iconic...nice...but not my style...

Судячи з назви один трек з цього альбому я точно чув. Wrap It Up класна олдскульна хіпхопова музичка. The Walk сподобався, але загалом крінжова музичка. Jennifer звучить сучасно і не крінжово, класний трек.

Another synth-pop ‘80s classic; can’t go wrong with some Annie Lennox.

The sound is synthetic, clipped, and often emotionally icy, but Lennox’s voice keeps it from becoming sterile.

not BAD. just not very interesting to me besides the rlly popular songs

Very good 80's Brit Pop.

1.5

A classic synthesizer-driven album. I'm old enough to remember when the title track was all over MTV. We were struck by the bending of gender norms with a female vocalist having a buzz cut. But what a vocalist Annie Lennox is!

Not mything then, but ok

Love this kind of sound

Title track is far and away the best on the album. A few songs had nice sections, but overall this wasn't a good album.

Вроде зашло а вроде нет

Sweet Dreams (the title song) is excellent. I was surprised to find this album a little spotty. Liked all of it, but only loved the songs I already knew. Maybe that would change with enough listening.

I wish I could give this 3.5. But since it’s def better than a 3 . . .

I had forgotten that this is the album with “Wrap It Up”! I love the muted trumpet on "The Walk."

Just okay. Carried hard by title track

mid apart from titletrack

Lover her voice

am i tripping or is sweet dreams one of the worst songs on this album. fantastic 80s synthpop aside from that song

sweet dreams & then lots to be forgotten! This is the house is bad bad

An album carried mostly by one song. The production is good, but it is lacking quality and the album starts to become repetitive. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again

Really enjoyed this blast from the past. Love Annie Lenox’s voice. The songs are definitely of their time and there are a couple of filler tracks, but in all an excellent listen.

100% could have died fine without hearing this. Don't get me wrong, Annie Lennox is a fine singer. But I'm surprised they could write a tune as good as Sweet Dreams because going by this album apparently they couldn't write for shit. And I did not need the exceptionally shitty Sam and Dave cover, the inclusion of which only proves my previous point.

If this album had managed to keep the intensity and hooks of "Love is a stranger" and the title track across the rest of the songs, this would be an easy five stars from me. Sadly, but not surprisingly, they weren't able to pack a full album that way (and probably couldn't have produced equally great videos either), and only a few other tracks live up to the promise, mainly "Jennifer" and the Talking-Heads-inspired "This is the house". Nonetheless, there aren't many songs as widely covered as "Sweet Dreams", and both of their big hits are still instantly recognizable and still sound great more than forty years later (I was shocked to see that their official video for "Sweet Dreams" had 1.1 *billion* views in YouTube).

Great vocals but the song choices are kind of meh.

Sticks to an early 80s fomula and probably informed a lot of synth-pop in the future decades.

1.6/5 Other than the title track this album offers very little.

Title track is truly great, but the rest of this album was pretty decent although a bit weaker. Great vocals with big range, pretty cool if not dated synths, overall 4/5

Great voice

i like it as an album. but it's not really my sort of thing. maybe i'd like it more if i gave it a few more listens, but as things stand, i don't really want to.

Yeah this is good shit. Even ignoring the title track, the songwriting, production, and Annie's vocals are all excellent.

Love Is a Stranger is LCD Soundsystem's favorite song. Wrap It Up is an odd choice for a cover. I do like Annie Lennox. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) is the hit and dwarfs everything else on the album. I always thought it was Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These). Annie Lennox could have been Jessica Rabbit's singing voice. I bet they love the Talking Heads. Adding some stupid elementary Spanish over a song is never the right answer.

I only knew a few Eurythmics songs prior to hearing this album, so I went in with fresh ears. I was a bit disappointed in what I heard. Perhaps my expectations were too high. The use of synths is interesting but there were a lot of bands using synths at this time in the 80's. The production is very flawless of course, which only adds to the songs. My biggest issue is I just did not find the songs compelling or overly memorable. Quite a few of these songs did leave me cold (and I don't need a mirror) and I appreciate the reason for the inclusion of this album, but this does not mean I need to think it is a great album. Annie Lennox's voice is really great, of course. My favorite songs: Love Is a Stranger Wrap It Up I Could Give You (A Mirror) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Jennifer

Only the title track was really amazing but I will admit that could be due to hearing it on the radio so much as a kid. The rest sounded very 80s still.

Buen disco, digno. Ningun tema molesto, y tiene dos bangers la verdad asique bancamos. Me gusta el synth mas de lo que pensaba la verdad, y me gusta ese pop medio oscuro

I absolutely adore the title track, but his is not as good as I was hoping. A lot of the songs are pretty unremarkable, other than the bonker synths.

I'm not sure when I first became aware of the Eurtymics but I would have been too young when this came out, it was probably w few years later with the song Thorn In My Side or maybe I remember them breaking up a few years after being a big deal. I knew I quite liked Annie Lennox's voice and style by the time her debut solo album came out and was one of the first albums I owned. Yet I've never listened to one of their albums before getting this album today. The title track is a banger and I liked a few of the other tracks but overall I found it a bit underwhelming. There's quite a bit of filler on here and not much sonic variation. The cool videos and ahead of it's time aesthetics can't quite carry them over the runtime of an album. The b-side Monkey Monkey on the expanded edition version was giving me Kid A vibes.

Outside of the title track there wasn't much I resonated with, but it's nice to see another album on this list that isn't dad rock. I did like This Is the House," which reminded me of a Talking Heads song. This album might have room to grow but for now it's a 3.

The rest of the album was fine, good even, quirky ... but I played Sweet Dreams 5 times on my drive home today. Those synth lines are so good.

I love Love is a Stranger and Jennifer so so so much

Quite a lot of bangers on this. I don't even think the title track was the strongest.

Too synthy for some tracks. That one moment of flute flutter tongueing though. Love Annie.

Title track is fantastic, and there are some other great tracks as well. I'll listen again.

Good listen. 2nd listen improved my rating, as it often does. Nothing I loved, but it’s a solid album.

3,5 Lyon

It's always a coin toss whether the major one-hit albums have significantly better or significantly worse songs than the major hit. This one lands closer to the latter. I like the 80s gay bar feel of some of the songs in the first half and the softer stuff towards the end. It's an album that pulls from some totally random things and makes it all work incredibly, mostly thanks to the singer. That woman can SING and the one major hit off this album doesn't do her nearly enough justice.

I was going to ask if there’s another album with such a big gap between its best track (you know which one) and everything else, but ‘Jennifer’ (Johnny Jewel does Joy Division’s ‘Atmosphere’?) saves this from that crown. The rest of it? Stewart clearly knew how to pick a synth tone; if only he took the time to figure out what the hell to do with them.

one of my least fav from this era lol

After listening to this album I’m convinced that Eurythmics was some random experimental band that accidentally made one of the best songs of the 80s. Sweet Dreams is the only thing saving this album from a 2

music is love

Excellent.

I knew Sweet Dreams (the song) went hard but I had no idea how hard this whole album went.

Wat een vet album! Eurytmics heeft echt een unieke eigen stijl die ik erg lekker vindt. En hoe vaker je het luisterd hoe leuker!

I love me some new wave, this just makes me feel like my dad rizzing up my mom at sonic when she worked there. You know, like back when the girls roller bladed the food out to you. God. Too dancy for me. It’s actually very well produced, I just don’t find myself listening to this flavor of the genre. Should’ve bumped this in Miami on the bikes POV.

The Apple Music bio for this says this the title track is “fiercely iconic, it threatens to render the other nine tracks redundant.” Yeah it does. Jennifer sounds like Cocteau twins. If I could give you a mirror is a gem too. Listen the issue here isn’t that the other 9 songs are clearly overshadowed by the largest cause it happens all the time. The reason I couldn’t get into this is it is so samey I like when I can feel when a song is gritty and sweet dreams has that but it also feels really ambitious. The back synth and drum are weird in an amazing way. The background vocals they are used best here and on love is a stranger. I know this is babies first Alt pop but the staying power and more so influence come from one song that was imitated and played to death so it doesn’t feel as sweet but that’s not the songs fault. In the context of the whole record it doesn’t go dark enough until the back half and by that time it feels so forced this city never sleeps is a better poem than it is is an ending track. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ all in all I wish it was more itself and played into the strengths more than doing the whisper sing over and over

I imagine this is what the 80’s sounded like all of the time.

Very cool stuff

One of those albums that live and die off the big hit. Not to say the rest of the album is bad, but there's a reason I've only really heard Sweet Dreams before. And what a song it is. The rest of the tracklist generally lands on "too upbeat 80's for me", but its fine. That is, aside from This is the House. Awful song.

It’s really fascinating to listen

Great songs. Good to hear it again.

The title track is obviously amazing but the rest was lacking for me.

Groundbreaking

The title track is fantastic, though the rest of the album didn't grab me... on the first pass. On a second listening I enjoyed it a lot more

It's a pretty solid album overall. The hits are obviously huge but there's plenty to enjoy otherwise too.

Generic album from the 80s. The sweet dreams song is really the one that stands out for being synthy.

i dont really love the title track here and as a result the rest of the album sounds the same to me and i dont really like it that much either 4/10 Favourite: None Least Favourite: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Stonecold classic! I love this record!

Apart from the singles this is surprisingly mediocre 80s fare...

IT came from the 80's! Like, Gag me with a spoon. The 80's synth is strong in this one & its disappointing because there is good songwriting here. Just Synthy 80's cheese. Annie Lennox's voice is fantastic. It's far too RAD for my tastes. 2.5

This is a decent album, but it never really rises above that for me. The songs are rhythmic and have that early 80s energy, but overall I found the vocals, instrumentals, and lyrics pretty uninteresting. The title track “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” is especially annoying to me — that repetitive synth riff and Annie Lennox’s dramatic delivery just grate after a while. I can’t stand it. The rest of the album tries hard to sound like stylish new wave, but it mostly comes off as very commercial pop with some synths slapped on top. It promises something cooler and edgier than it actually delivers. A couple of tracks are okay as background music, but nothing really stuck with me. The whole record feels like it’s reaching for that cool, artsy new wave status but stays too safe and poppy to get there. It’s not terrible, but it’s massively overrated in my opinion. One of those albums that had big commercial success but doesn’t hold up as strongly as people claim.

Wildly variable range of quality on this one. Averages to 2.5.

We listened to this in the car while driving down for a family long weekend. Started with promise, chats around parental interest in Annie Lennox, both wondering how many tracks we’d recognise through passive exposure. Well it turns out hardly any because the album just faded into the background without really sitting right. It became a vaguely annoying background hum.

3/4 of Run Of Toss. After months of shuddering every time I look at the list on the back log I am powering through on a train journey. This is by far the best of the four. Let’s not get excited, the bar is lower than you can possibly imagine … This isn’t Toss, though. It’s just the 80s synth cheese in a really stinky shit sandwich. It is incredibly 80s. Comfortably my least favourite decade of music. It’s not even close. And some of it is hard listen. All of the naffness of 80s production on show. But Annie has a great voice, and when they use those shiny electronics appropriately it is absolute sonic gold. You don’t need me to tell you that the Sweet Dreams bass line is perfection.

Pa znaš šta, nakon niza loših albuma, ovo mi je baš dobro sjelo. Uopće nije loše. Doduše, nisu mi baš sve stvari dobre, ali dosta ih i je. 3/5, 6/10

there's a track with my first name as a title on this album, oh boy I get spectacularly awkward when I hear my name in a song... okay, the song Perfume by Sparks gets a pass because there's so many other names being dropped and I already know that I don't wear no perfume, but still. The album Crystal Ball by Styx has probably the worst song-with-my-name that I can think of. The Eurythmics one is... mid-range, I suppose? Orange hair and green eyes is a much more accurate description of one of my cats, IDK. ADHD rambling brain dump aside, this is a damned fine example of a synthpop album! Definitely worth the listen.

I don't even particularly love the title song, and it's a shame this is so thoroughly unremarkable because I do enjoy some of their later stuff. It's too aggressively eighties.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), the song, is an absolute banger, and this album could probably coast on that alone. Thankfully, it doesn't. There are several other neat songs here. I really enjoyed The Walk and Jennifer the most of the set, but they're all at least solid. Maybe a little too slow at times, if I had to give some critique.

2.1 Probably amongst my least favourite of the 80s synth pop to appear on here. First half was pretty bland pop, last half went a bit experimental and didn't land very well. Can see why they're a one hit wonder. Decent track but nothing else here to bother about.

classic case of one song being astronomically better than the rest.

I only knew the hits and this album is a banger but it is so 80s. Minus 1 for that.

I’m starting to understand that I like electronic, new wave type of stuff. Outside of the song everyone knows on this, I was able to enjoy the other songs, unknowingly just moving my hips to the beat! I really enjoyed Wrap it Up and The Walk. This House was a freaky ass song, though. Didn’t care for that one while I was alone. Solid work.

There is a reason Sweet Dreams is the only song to be widely known from this album.

Quintessential 1980s neon synth-pop new wave.

So many tracks you know even if you don't know it came from this album. Great listen.

The title song was (and still is) huge when it came out, you couldn't go anywhere and not hear it. At nearly 2B listens this is a definitive 80's song. "Love Is A Stranger" (36M) was also a Top 10 hit in 1983 but didn't have the longevity or history of the title track. I've never listened to the entire album so this is new territory for me. That's an atrocious version of "Wrap It Up", hard to listen to (listen to Sam & Dave, or The Fabulous Thunderbirds, if you want to hear a proper version). "I Could Give You A Mirror" is so overdone with too many layers to be enjoyable, it's a mess. "The Walk" was average stuff. "This Is The House" is a 'why?' song, it's crap. This is a situation where one song is iconic and carries an average album to unparalleled heights. "Jennifer" was ok, "Love Is A Stranger" was pretty good, "The City Never Sleeps" as long but enjoyable, so it wasn't a complete loss. 3 stars for one gigantic-Mt Rushmore-of-80's-songs and a bunch of filler. The listener counts on Spotify agree with me.

Bit of a drag

#355/1001. I own many Eurythmics album but not this one. I guess the reason is either that a) nobody wants to sell it because of the title song, or b) the rest of the albums are crap or c) both of the above. But after listening to this I could easily swap out the others for this one. Anyone?

A legendary album. The Sound and atmosphere of the 80’s was proeminent in many songs, and besides the hit Sweet Dreams, i felt it in the first 3 and last 3 tracks. Almost a 5/5

The title track is, of course, an absolute classic. The rest of the album doesn't live up to it and sounds VERY dated. It's not a bad listen but it didn't do anything to really win me over.

The title track is definitely a stand out on this album. The rest of the album was a little weird, but fun. Annie Lennox has such an interesting voice to me. I would give this a 3.5, but I don't feel like it's necessarily a 4.

Un titre mais j’aime pas trop

I feel like these records all kind of sound the same but there are some standouts that I really like

Not quite their debut album but as good as. Clearly took to their follow-up release to really hone their style and establish themselves as one of the preeminent pop acts of the decade. Some nice early 80s pure synth pop but the songcraft wasn’t as finely honed as on later releases. Another album where the standout hit is buried in the backend (at least Sweet dreams is opener to side 2) so they clearly hadn’t yet learnt to front end their best tracks on this album. I love Eurythmics overall catalogue but I would take Touch or Be yourself tonight as more complete album experiences than this. Apart from the title track and love is a stranger, it’s not one I would return to for another listen.

Creo que es lo que esperaría que sea el disco que tiene a Sweet Dreams. No me gustó tanto la verdad. Le tenía más fe.

Aside from the title track, and perhaps one other song, I did not enjoy the music. Vocals? Yes. Music, no.

Pretty good.

Very synth heavy pop / new wave album. It has a fun and experimental vibe that I enjoyed, but there's no denying that the sound is very 80s and hasn't aged so well. The title track is great but a bit overplayed at this point. Love is a Stranger is also excellent and a new find for me.

Wanted to like this as a full record, but really all it has is a few big hits / edgy catchy synth pop songs, and the rest is fairly bland filler: dull.

I love the Eurythmics, except it turns out I only love about three songs on this album. The rest sounds dated: thin synths and wan melodies that don’t do justice to Annie Lennox’s voice.

This album has spread from 3 to 5 depending which song are we talking about. I don't expect that every song has to be top-notch but "Monkey, Monkey" is too bad and too long to glide over it. One of the lower 4s.

My memories were more positive than my current experience. Too much 80s synth pulling attention away from Annie Lennox, who is awesome.

The album is nowhere near as good as the title track. It’s good - lots of 80’s nostalgia- but not great.

I’ve rated albums down for being 80s-tastic. I haven’t done that here because most of those albums were ripping off things the Eurythmics did first. Does it all hold up? Nope. Did it move the needle? Yup.

I have just been on an insane run of 4 and 5 star albums (9 total) and I was so sure this was about to be the 10th. After all, "Sweet Dreams" is great, right? And Annie Lennox is utterly brilliant! Give me "Broken Glass" any day of the week. Sadly, I instead found that this album was to me more like if "Sweet Dreams" were more forgettable, and you had to listen to it on repeat for 43 minutes. Except for one bit in the middle where you actually were listening to "Sweet Dreams". That's not to say anything on here was particularly bad, but musically speaking "Sweet Dreams" is three things: memorable, repetitive and unsubtle. It hits you in the face musically with a big strong sound that mostly doesn't let up or change much, but the sound is so good that you don't mind. Unfortunately, the rest of the album only carries the latter traits, and doesn't have the memorability or "iconicness" to back it up. The result is feeling a bit like you're being hit over the head with a frying pan made of synths for the best part of an hour, but good news - you'll recognise the feeling of the pan on your skull for a few minutes in the middle! It feels wrong giving this a low score, but I have to remain true to my feelings - and my feelings in this case are that I'd rather just listen to the one hit and be done.

Wonderful!

Two days ago, I generated "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly, and now I get this album. In other words, they're the album with one absurdly popular title track, so they were added in the books. The album was fun at first, but had a very odd dropoff at the end. Favorite Track: "Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This)"

Nice.

Love Is A Stranger and Sweet Dreams are all time great songs. I had never listened to this entire album and was struck how many fun the songs did not seem quite as polished. However, Annie Lennox being one of the greatest vocalists ever, covered up many of the shortcoming’s.

All I know is that if you told me “Jennifer” was by some bullshit Brooklyn band in 2011 I would 100% believe you.

I was convinced I’d way away changed but it’s just very fine.

Title track excellent, others not so.

I like it. I don't know if I'll every listen to it again, but I like it.

Good attitude and vibe. Sweet Dreams is a classic song. Didn't love this as much as a lot of people but it's good enough.

So many of the songs just feel like they are a waste of time. They just made me feel anxious. This has the ingredients to be better than it is. I only enjoyed Sweet Dreams.

Annie Lennox

Strangeish

Nice

Total time capsule from the '80s. It's got its moments.. Annie's vocals are sharp enough to cut through any decade's cheese, but it's like they didn't have batteries outside those bangers in the middle. After that high, the album coasts on retro-futuristic funk, but it's a charming drive nonetheless. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - The Walk - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Jennifer

First listen and I’m mad I didn’t find it sooner. Incredible album.

all the other tracks are so empty.

Love this album. Classic 80s synth pop. My staple. Timeless and beautiful.

It's got a clean sound, so typical of the 80s new wave style, and Annie Lennox's voice is above par. Other than the iconic title track, though, nothing else is particularly overwhelming.

Not a fan of Annie Lennox at all.

This stuff is great. Obviously I was familiar with the title track but I was so pleased that the rest of the album delivered in providing some really interesting, funky stuff. I can really hear the influence on the likes of St Vincent and Fever Ray amongst others. Also it was a great album to accompany on my first ever 10k run; the perfect mix of steady rhythms. Favourites: Love Is a Stranger I Could Give You (A Mirror) Jennifer Monkey Monkey

Good songs, novel sounds within the pop/dance style of the time.

Annie Lennox is SO amazing....pretty much love all Eurythmics!

Iconic song. Thought I would like the rest of the album more. Maybe not in the mood.

Love her voice

5/10

Certainly dated but this was much better than I had expected it to be.

Mostly forgettable and too repetitive synth pop. The only string of tracks I truly enjoyed was Mirror, Walk, and Sweet Dreams (even though I'm kinda sick of this song with how much it's been overplayed). The rest isn't awful, but just nothing that sticks out. 2/5

Only really liked the eponymous track

Nice music

Boring as sin.

banger after banger after banger after banger after banger after... etc. :)

Eurythmics are allegedly a very influential band but nobody knows any other song by them besides the one. You know which one I mean

ohmygosh this is so fun. Sweet dreams are made of these is such a serious song -- glad there's some silly fun bops, too. some of these songs are too repetitive to be worth listening to on a daily basis, tho.

hot ass

Title track is overrated. Wrap It Up had some hilariously on-the-nose, vulgar lyrics. Last few tracks before the remixes start are actually very cool.

Annie Lennox has a mesmerizing voice but as an album the title track makes the rest look dull by comparison.

Annie Lennox er svo góð söngkona. Eurytmics voru með því besta í áttunni, Sweet dreams er einfaldlega stórkostlegt lag.

Eurythmics are often overlooked as a great band purely because the 80s electronica scene is mostly mocked. This is extremely 80s, and is the kind of music most people think of when that decade is mentioned, and albums like this are the reason why. There are a few fillers here, but the great songs are really very great. A great listen.

fun fact: synth rock has never been wrong

If the first half of this album was like the second half of this album, it would be five stars no question. It really is far better than it gets credit for. My second concert! I saw them in 1984. I probably haven't listened to this record in 35 years, I feel like if I gave it a couple more spins it might hit 5. Pretty much everything Annie touches turns to gold.

This album feels dated to me. I liked listening to it (and I LOVED the song Sweet Dreams of course) and I like Annie Lennox, but I don't need that much 80s synth in my life

Have always enjoyed this album. "Love is a Stranger" should have been a bigger hit than "Sweet Dreams" ... there, I said it. I didn't enjoy as much a couple songs on the back half of the album, which keeps this from 5*, but it's a solid 4.

more than just Sweet Dreams... takes you back to the 80s with some deeper cuts that emote.

okay the album is pretty good, HOWEVER, I hate all the adlibs and little sounds they added omg they are horrible why would u do this to me???????????

goed album, niet alle nummers zijn mijn ding

Not bad for what it is, but the Sweet Dreams track is so different that it makes it hard to assess the full album. Honestly, I'm starting to suspect that having a hit song on an album is what qualifies the album for this list...

So very 80's in the best way possible. Sweet Dreams is THE song from the album. The rest is not as fantastic, but still great.

I'm not sure if this is a 3 or a 4, maybe it needed another listen. But my new album already awaits…

OMG, I had forgotten just how much I enjoyed this album! There are some classic bangers on it and also lots of their lesser-known tracks. Probably the last album they created prior to becoming a band that defined a decade of music. Annie Lennox's voice is sooooooo sexy, strong and beautiful, and Dave Stewart's compositions and musicianship combined to make the perfect band. It's their first album on this list for me, I do hope its not their last!

It took me a few listens, and it grew on me!

Aside from the haunting harmonies at times and the bullet proof title track, the lot of this is chud filler. Probably won't come back to this.

The title track is obviously a banger, but the rest of the album just didn't do it for me.

I do not see myself coming back to this album besides the title track.

441/1089 - Another of the many albums on this list that are just one notable song surrounded by a ton of mediocre stuff.

Pure 80ties vibes...

I wanted this to be a 4, but 3 stars is all I can do

This is the type of new wave I like: sparse, open, with clear elements of punk and art rock.

It was okay

Good pop music. The title track is a proper classic. Ultimately, it's all too 80s for me to love. But I've enjoyed my time here.

It sounded catchy (which prevents it being a 1 star album) with that one hit especially, but I won't listen to this again. 1.5/5

Obviously "Sweet Dreams" was massive and influential, and the overall sound of the album clearly defines early 80s synth-pop/new-wave.

Я це прослухав))) Я зміг)))

don't talk to me ever again, i just found a new masterpiece

One hit album,But discovering a good song like "The Walk"

Obviously some iconic tracks like the title and Love is a Stranger

Mycket coolt! Extra plus för alla remixer på deluxeutgåvan som nästan var bättre än originalet. Är tyvärr(?) fortfarande ingen synthare så i min personliga smak låter det här som en trea, men jag hör ju att det egentligen är en fyra och kan tänka mig att lyssna in mig tillräckligt många gånger tills jag kommit dit.

Uppvuxen med en proggmorsa som blev väldigt musikaliskt disillusionerad under 80-talet. Av någon jävla anledning var en av få saker som fastnade hos henne då eurythmics. Märkligt, för det är ju inte direkt tältprojektet det här. Jag älskar i alla fall detta sen barnsben och Annie Lennox röst är otrolig. Riktigt jävla syntparty!

Näää. Få låtar jag avskyr så mycket som Sweet Dreams och nu får man ett helt album med liknande musik. Klarar inte av det!

jag blir min pappa

Stark trea

Typically a big fan of 80s music but none of the songs on this album particularly stood out to me besides Sweet Dreams

Lowkey niet echt zo een innoverend album ofzo. Sweet Dreams is voluit hun beste nummer, de rest is gewoon vergeetachtig.

Sweet Dreams - золота класика, з решти альбому мені сподобалася лише одна пісня. Уцілому більш-менш

Cool synth pop sound that features the classic title track “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” Great song — one of those tracks that defines the era. This definitely feels representative of its time. Personally, I didn’t connect to it too much, but it’s definitely a notable release for the genre and time. I like the jazzy solos that pop up here and there. They’re well-placed and help give a little extra emotion to the synths and drum machine beats. Annie Lennox’s vocals are a highlight. She’s very dynamic, moving from low crooning to higher-pitched pop vocals. Again, I like that balance between synthetic music and raw human feeling.

The production is so interesting on this album. It's like they took the synthetic drums and synth instruments and made them even more plastic-y and click-y and thin sounding. I don't really dislike it, it definitely sounds kind of weak and lacking oomph but I imagine that's what they were going for. The big downside of this is that sometimes I'm hearing some bass frequencies in the vocals (which aren't exactly frequency-robust either) that almost feel lower than the instruments, which is weird. It makes the vocals stand out in a pretty inorganic way unfortunately.. but again if that's the intent then that's not so bad! Plus the vocalist is so great so in the big scheme of things it's not so bad. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" is a classic and timeless song. It's fun, funky, unique, and is one of those songs that most people can recite if you start to sing it- which is a special quality.

please shut the fuck up i cant stand them

Very electronic. An essential electronic album of the 80's and in general. Definitely sounds like the album that influenced most electronic groups or musicians. Overall a pretty good album.

This is why I love older pop records. All these newer artists are just trying to make something that'll make it big on the radio. Some catchy tune that repeats ad nauseum with nothing to differentiate it from the next artist. Maybe it's just faux-nostalgia on my part but artists like Eurythmics and Modern Talking or more "modern" examples like Lady Gaga or the Black Eyed Peas have so much more personality than any artist on the radio right now. This album is so catchy while still experimenting with the electronic genre. I absolutely love it. There's a couple misses but I can sit through the album in one sitting without being exhausted or bored. Lennox's vocals are mystical. At times her melodies sounded akin to something Imogen Heap would go on to make. It's truly captivating. And don't get me started on the instrumentation. Bass lines out of this world, sweeping synths, and punchy drums. Everything you need for an album that gets stuck in your brain for years to come. Favourite tracks: I Could Give You (A Mirror), This Is The House 4/5

Sweet Dreams is a pretty good song. The rest of the album is dreadful. Cold and repetitive.

I feel like I should like this more. A few fantastic tracks and the influences on other bands I love are clear (lcd sound system bordering on just sampling some of this!). But for whatever reason I don’t enjoy it as much as other albums of this time and genre.

Sounds like the stupid shit everyone used to do on the Yamaha keyboards in school…. ‘DJ! DJ! *elephant noise*’

2.5

Like one good song.

Apart from the 2 big hits, this was very boring, The only song that remotely caught my attention was Jennifer. The rest were unmemorable and unremarkable. Love is a Stranger was the standout song by a very long margin. I honestly do not think this is worth 3, so 2.5 stars, but I'll upgrade to a 3

A solid album. The title track is the clear highlight here. It's a song that I'm pretty sure everyone has heard a million times before but that's because it is just a genuinely great, catchy pop song. There's some other solid songs here, especially in the first half but nothing comes close to the quality of that song. I wouldn't return to this in full, but I still think this is quite good overall. Fav Songs: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Wrap It Up, Love Is A Stranger, This City Never Sleeps Least Fav: Somebody Told Me 7.0/10

There are some interesting ideas through out but nothing comes anywhere near the title track and some songs outstay their welcome.

God this drags on

A couple of greats here

la unica cancion buena es la sampleada de sweet dreams, el resto es patraña

The Apple Music description for this album reads, "The title track to the British New Wave duo is so iconic, it threatens to render its other nine tracks redundant" lol. I completely agree. Favorite track: Sweet dreams

I saw a review which said every song feels like 30 seconds of material stretched out to three (sometimes six) minutes and I couldn't put it better myself. Even "Sweet Dreams.." - by far and away the best track on the record - is the same, but with a much catchier riff and chorus. I like that song less having heard it in the context of the full album. I found "Jennifer" grating, while "Satellite of Love" is up there with the worst covers I've come across. The runtime of 1:12 seemed excessive given the above and I am ready not to hear any more Annie Lennox

my favourite artist from my area who has the same birthday as me

Enjoyed the highs too many forgettable tracks though

Sweet dreams is obviously a classic but the rest of the album was also a treat, especially Love is a Stranger