Eurythmics – Touch

A great LP, one of the better ones in my view. Great pressing, very quiet and plenty of stage and dynamics.

το 2 και 5 ηταν καλα τα αλλα δεν εκαναν επυτιχια για να αγορασει καποιος το δισκο δεν εχει αλλα hits

1983 was it? That's the year I saw Eurythmics live. Annie with her orange hair and ELECTRIC personality. What was she on?! She performed like an animal, her eyes were everywhere and her voice was phenomenal.

As for Touch, I don’t know why, but for me one of the most haunting tracks is No Fear, No Pain, I love it. Who’s that Girl is obviously a beautiful track, there is an acoustic version on the UK Miracle of Love 12” where the song shines. On that 12” Dave’s guitarwork is some of his best. The Touch cover portrait of Annie is iconic.

So, (opposed to what DrDayIn below states), no, I would never “lose interest” in the Eurythmics, and specifically Annie, she’s too much of a force – one of the leading female voices. The future did get rockier and that wasn’t my preferred direction either. I think they wanted US fame; it was calculated.

In general, it was a bumpy road for the Eurythmics duo, not unheard of in music. The string of albums is not even, but there are many, great songs along the way. 1984 was an odd-one-out album. However, the Savage album and titular track is a sophisticated work of art. The Savage cover artwork is one of the strongest / wittiest rock portraits ever. Annie takes ‘doll’ to the limit and breaks it; succeeded and preceded by many other interesting portraits . . .

I do not have another pressing to compare this to, but my minty, flat, centered, and dead quiet copy presents a very "vocals forward" soundscape where you can pretty much hear the back of Annie's throat - super articulated (so gorgeous!). It took pushing my amp to bring out the rest of the synths and backbeat fully in focus...but when I did the mid and low end absolutely devoured our family room and drove through your chest.

Literal definition of New Wave cheap heat!

Pro-Ject X1B + Sumiko Wellfleet / Musical Fidelity M5si / Schiit Mani 2 / Dali Oberon 7s

BUYER BEWARE: My copy of this release has started to 'pinhole' in a big way.
My advice is to rip your copy of this release asap, before the pinholes increase
& become problematic during playback of the CD.

Early Canadian release sounds very good. Lower output but benefits from cranking.

Its ok. This for me is where I lost interest in Eurythmics. Annie started doing the soul thing, which never worked for me. Here Comes The Rain and Whos That Girl are fantastic singles. Right By Your Side sucks. The other tracks are the definition of album tracks and sound to me like they were made up in the studio. 2/5

Not only a fabulous album, but a great pressing. Normally Australian pressings suffer from being a second or third generation stamper. I don’t get any of that in this pressing. Either I have a super clean stamper, or this pressing is great. Quiet, rich and melodious. Even more remarkable as it’s a digital recording.

This issue has a very unique mistake in the audio of "Here Comes The Rain Again". At 3:05 one of the channels goes mad and the volume increases in a very high level. After about 10 seconds it goes back to normal. This is fixed with the vinyl reissue.

Album runouts and sleeve match on mine, however, my insert has "AFL1-4958" in upper left corner.