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DISCID=6f0a3a09,790a3509,820a3609,880a3009
DTITLE=Eurythmics / Be Yourself Tonight (Japanese Pressing)
DYEAR=1985
DGENRE=New Wave
TTITLE0=Would I Lie to You?
TTITLE1=There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
TTITLE2=I Love You Like A Ball And Chain
TTITLE3=Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
TTITLE4=Conditioned Soul
TTITLE5=Adrian
TTITLE6=It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
TTITLE7=Here Comes That Sinking Feeling
TTITLE8=Better to Have Lost In Love (Than Never To Have Loved At All)
EXTD=Be Yourself Tonight (Japanese Pressing)\n1985 RCA Records, Inc.\n
EXTD=\nOriginally Released May 1985\nCD Edition Released July 1985\nRe
EXTD=mastered + Expanded CD Edition Released November 15, 2005\n\nAMG 
EXTD=EXPERT REVIEW: On Be Yourself Tonight, Eurythmics' most commercia
EXTD=lly successful and hit-laden album, the duo meticulously blended 
EXTD=the new wave electronic elements that dominated their previous se
EXTD=ts with the harder straight-edged rock and soul that would domina
EXTD=te later sets to come up with a near-perfect pop album. This disc
EXTD= scored no less than four hit singles and kept them a mainstay on
EXTD= MTV's play lists during the channel's heyday. Fusing pop, soul, 
EXTD=rock, electronic beats, and even gospel, this is arguably the duo
EXTD='s finest moment. The first hit, "Would I Lie to You," is a strai
EXTD=ght-forward rocker, complete with great guitar licks, a soulful h
EXTD=orn section, and Annie Lennox sounding as vicious and vivacious a
EXTD=s ever. The second single, which was a huge chart topper in Europ
EXTD=e, "There Must Be an Angel," is nothing short of shimmering beaut
EXTD=y, with Lennox providing truly angelic vocals and Stevie Wonder l
EXTD=ending an enchanting harmonica solo. Aretha Franklin lends her po
EXTD=werhouse pipes for the duet "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves,
EXTD=" which has gone on to become an immortal feminist anthem. From t
EXTD=he soulful electronic beats (a rarity) in "It's Alright (Baby's C
EXTD=oming Back)" to the beauty of the Elvis Costello duet "Adrian" to
EXTD= the pain and longing of the sorrowful rocker "Better to Have Los
EXTD=t in Love (Than Never to Have Loved at All)," this album runs a w
EXTD=ide array of musical styles, each song standing tall on its own t
EXTD=wo feet. This disc is, without a doubt, one of the best rock/pop 
EXTD=albums from the 1980s and one of the grandest, most creative albu
EXTD=ms delivered by the ever-appealing and innovative duo of Annie Le
EXTD=nnox and Dave Stewart. A true classic.  -- Jose Promis\n\n\nAmazo
EXTD=n.com Editorial Review\nCasting off their rep for digital iciness
EXTD=, the Eurythmics got Be Yourself Tonight over on electric fire an
EXTD=d the fluttering warmth of Annie Lennox's voice; the first two se
EXTD=conds of "There Must Be an Angel" are the prettiest seconds ever 
EXTD=recorded. In fact, it's essentially a deep soul album in white-En
EXTD=glish-geek drag, from the Stax horns of "Would I Lie to You" to t
EXTD=he guest shots by Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder to Lennox and
EXTD= Elvis Costello doing their best Marvin and Tammi impression on "
EXTD=Adrian." But the style points wouldn't matter without great songs
EXTD= and this disc has some of the band's finest: the best feminist a
EXTD=nthem ever written, rockers that dig their heels in deep, and lov
EXTD=e songs fueled by real longing and joy. --Douglas Wolk \nThis edi
EXTD=tion has been digitally re-mastered from the original analog mast
EXTD=er tapes by Eurythmics mastermind Dave Stewart, with input from c
EXTD=ollaborator Annie Lennox. In addition, there are six bonus tracks
EXTD=: a mixture of b-sides, remixes, and previously unreleased materi
EXTD=al (notably a cover of the Doors' "Hello I Love You"). The packag
EXTD=ing is a redesign orchestrated by Laurence Stevens Design, the fi
EXTD=rm who art-directed all of the original releases, while the thick
EXTD= booklets contain rare photos and insightful, new sleeve notes. \n
EXTD=\n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: Aretha Franklin, Elv
EXTD=is Costello, Stevie Wonder \nProducer: David A. Stewart \n\nAlbum
EXTD= Notes\nEurythmics: Annie Lennox (vocals, keyboards); David A. St
EXTD=ewart (guitar, keyboards).\n\nAdditional personnel: Aretha Frankl
EXTD=in (vocals); Mike Cambell (guitar); Michael Kamen (strings, celes
EXTD=te); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Martin Dobson (saxophone); Dave P
EXTD=lews (trumpet); Benmont Tench (organ); Nathan East, Dean Garcia (
EXTD=bass); Olle Romo, Stan Lynch (drums); Elvis Costello, Angel Cross
EXTD=, The Charles Williams Singers (background vocals).\n\nThis album
EXTD= replays like a greatest hits package, such is the content of ful
EXTD=l-blown memorable pop songs. The list is almost endless as this a
EXTD=lbum is a chilling reminder of how good pop can be and how well L
EXTD=ennox and Stewart worked together. Even without the legendary Are
EXTD=tha Franklin on "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" there is th
EXTD=e pace and guts of "I Love You Like A Ball And Chain' or the nume
EXTD=rous confessional "I'll be's" of "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Bac
EXTD=k)". This album stands up to repeated plays and will continue to 
EXTD=improve with age. What perfection.\n\nIndustry Reviews\nRanked #1
EXTD=3 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1985\nCMJ (01/05/2004)\n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA New Sound; A New Voice, December 
EXTD=21, 2004 \nBy  D. Aaron Howard "rawherbivore" (San Diego, CA)\nFr
EXTD=om the first few notes of "Would I Lie to You?," it was obvious t
EXTD=hat the Eurythmics had shed their cool, European sound for someth
EXTD=ing totally new. I remember hearing the song for the first time o
EXTD=n the radio and thinking, "What is this?" \n\nOn the Eurythmics' 
EXTD=fifth studio album "Be Yourself Tonight," the duo tackle the soun
EXTD=ds of North America. Drawing from R&B, the Annie and Dave create 
EXTD=a brilliant synthesis of Euro Pop Rock and Motown, and with Annie
EXTD='s soulful vocals, how could they go wrong? In fact, Annie Lennox
EXTD= may be one of the few white women on the planet who would dare s
EXTD=hare a song alongside the legendary Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin
EXTD= (as witnessed on the feminist anthem "Sisters Are Doing It For T
EXTD=hemselves"). \n\nThe rest of the album is quite a gem as the band
EXTD= takes the listener on a journey through some well-crafted pop so
EXTD=ngs. From the gorgeous "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My H
EXTD=eart)" to the bitter "Better To Have Lost in Love," there's not a
EXTD= mistep on the entire album. "Adrian," a duet with Elvis Costello
EXTD=, is an instant classic; "Conditioned Soul" and "I Love You (Like
EXTD= A Ball And Chain)" show that Annie's lyrics still carry the iron
EXTD=y and bitterness of their early work; but most precious of all is
EXTD= the powerful fourth single "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)." 
EXTD=This masterpiece is one of the centerpieces of the album. It show
EXTD=cases Annie's vocal abilities like no other song on the album (an
EXTD=d arguably any other song from the band, period). Lennox delivers
EXTD= such a punch on this song, we almost forget the Eurythmics are a
EXTD= duo (sorry Dave!). \n\nAfter twenty years, this is still a power
EXTD=ful album. In just a couple of listens, one can hear the hard wor
EXTD=k and creative energy that permeates this recording. Indeed, it's
EXTD= one of the band's finest works and holds some of the greatest hi
EXTD=ts of the mid-80s. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nEurythmics c
EXTD=ut loose, June 15, 2004 \nBy  Tim Brough "author and music buff" 
EXTD=(Springfield, PA United States)\nOver the course of three albums,
EXTD= Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart had carved a mighty impressive blo
EXTD=ck of work. But for most, despite the great singles, Eurythmics w
EXTD=ere hampered by the limitations of a "new wave" sound. So when th
EXTD=e MTV World Premiere (remember those?) debut of the video "Would 
EXTD=I Lie To You" came on, what a shock to see Annie come out in a le
EXTD=ather jacket as Dave coyly whispered in her ear..."just be yourse
EXTD=lf tonight"...and Annie wailed into Dave's ripping guitar chord w
EXTD=ith gale force soul.\nAll of a sudden, everything changed. Euryth
EXTD=mics had crossed the bridge from being a very interesting band to
EXTD= a great band. "Be Yourself Tonight" was their most ambitious alb
EXTD=um to that date; proving that the duo had more up their sleeves t
EXTD=han previously thought. Hints of soul that dotted "Touch" and "Sw
EXTD=eet Dreams" burst through on "There Must Be An Angel" (featuring 
EXTD=not only Stevie Wonder on harmonica, but most of Tom Petty's Hear
EXTD=tbreakers) in a manner that only Culture Club had even come close
EXTD= to. But there was no way Boy George would have ever kept up with
EXTD= Aretha Franklin the way that the empowerment anthem "Sisters are
EXTD= Doing It For Themselves" had Annie cavorting with the Queen hers
EXTD=elf. Yet at the same time, the lovely "Adrian" found Annie making
EXTD= a soulman out of Elvis Costello.\n\nEven without the star power 
EXTD=of the guests, "Be Yourself Tonight" shown bright on its own. Oth
EXTD=er, lesser heard songs like "Baby's Coming Back" and "Conditioned
EXTD= Soul" found Dave and Annie working the ideas found on the origin
EXTD=al albums with the addition of organic horns amidst the swirling 
EXTD=synths. To bring the album to a rousing close, there was "Better 
EXTD=To Have Lost In Love" which was the most human song that Lennox/S
EXTD=tewart had written.\n\nIf it isn't obvious that this is my favori
EXTD=te Eurythmics album, let me state it for the record now. One or t
EXTD=wo of the other albums may have sold better or been a shade more 
EXTD=popular, but "Be Yourself Tonight" was the album that still holds
EXTD= a place in my CD collection. To me, it was the pivotal moment wh
EXTD=en Dave and Annie broke their icey veneer and really did "become 
EXTD=themselves." \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Definitive Eur
EXTD=ythmics Sound, February 27, 2001 \nBy  "littleghost" (Los Angeles
EXTD=, California United States)\n"Be Yourself Tonight" is the album t
EXTD=hat made Eurythmics graduate from cooly stylized New Wavers to a 
EXTD=major rock 'n' roll force.\nFrom the opening guitar licks of "Wou
EXTD=ld I Lie To You," there is a directness to the music that wasn't 
EXTD=there before. Although Eurythmics hadn't completely abandoned the
EXTD=ir previous use of electronics in their music (that wouldn't happ
EXTD=en until 1986, when they released the "Revenge" album), here on "
EXTD=Be Yourself Tonight" they integrated keyboards with guitars, horn
EXTD=s, drums (instead of a drum machine or the synthesized beats of "
EXTD=Sweet Dreams"). The songs fuse pop, soul, gospel, and classic roc
EXTD=k. Overall, "Be Yourself Tonight" has an energy that Dave and Ann
EXTD=ie hadn't had since their days in their previous band, The Touris
EXTD=ts, in the late 1970's.\n\nAnd Annie Lennox's voice... wow! Her s
EXTD=inging was always soulful, but here on "Be Yourself Tonight," Len
EXTD=nox sings with a new warmth. She sizzles on "Would I Lie To You,"
EXTD= and she performs a vocal powerhouse duet with none other than Ar
EXTD=etha Franklin on "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves." She also 
EXTD=shows a softer side for the first time here, especially on the li
EXTD=lting "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" and alternates between 
EXTD=hard rocker and beautiful balladeer within the verses and choruse
EXTD=s of "Better To Have Lost In Love," the album's closing number.\n
EXTD=\nThe only thing missing from this album is "Grown Up Girls." Thi
EXTD=s song was the B-side to the second single from this album: "Ther
EXTD=e Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart" (a collaboration with A
EXTD=nnie's idol, Stevie Wonder). "Grown Up Girls" is Eurythmics' fier
EXTD=cest foray into disco (yes, disco). Annie's vocals are vocoded, a
EXTD=nd she alternates between singing in French and English. And the 
EXTD=song never relents from its Hi-NRg beats-per-minute frenzy. With 
EXTD=the predominance of house music in the 90's, and the advent of el
EXTD=ectronica, "Grown Up Girls" could still pack a dancefloor today. 
EXTD=And considering how "Be Yourself Tonight" is such a timeless coll
EXTD=ection of all musical genres that Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox r
EXTD=ecorded, "Grown Up Girls" would have rounded out this album very 
EXTD=nicely. (After all, "Be Yourself Tonight" only has 9 tracks... no
EXTD=t uncommon for 80's albums, but short by today's standards.) \n\n
EXTD=Over the course of their career, Eurythmics would move from rock 
EXTD=to pop, and from acoustic to electric, and back again. While most
EXTD= of their albums contained either/or, the "Be Yourself Tonight" a
EXTD=lbum has it all. This album represents the definitive Eurythmics 
EXTD=sound, and the songwriting and production values sound as fresh a
EXTD=nd inspired in the new millenium as they did at the time of this 
EXTD=album's original release in the mid-80's. TREAT YOURSELF TONIGHT 
EXTD=and buy this CD! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSomewhere betw
EXTD=een the synths and the pop..., September 25, 1998 \nReviewer: A m
EXTD=usic fan\n\n...lies Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox's fifth studio 
EXTD=release, 1985's Be Yourself Tonight. Somewhere between the sobrie
EXTD=ty of the synthesizers in Sweet Dreams, Touch and the 1984 soundt
EXTD=rack and the mechanic rock and roll of Revenge is this collection
EXTD= of sometimes breezy, always soulful and 100% all-natural rock-n-
EXTD=roll.\nThere is no other Eurythmics album that is as outgoing as 
EXTD=Be Yourself Tonight, no album with nearly the verve or the audaci
EXTD=ty. There are no apologies for the mix of synths and guitars here
EXTD= or for the mix of guitars and choirs, and that lack of restricti
EXTD=on makes this album all the more worth having. \n\nHardly the lea
EXTD=st among the audacious elements is Lennox holding her own vocally
EXTD= in the face of The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, in "Sisters A
EXTD=re Doing it for Themselves." Lennox won critical accolades for he
EXTD=r divinely-inspired singing of "There Must be an Angel (Playing w
EXTD=ith My Heart)," which features Stevie Wonder in two brilliantly s
EXTD=pontaneous harmonica solos. And people remember and still sing al
EXTD=ong with the angry woman-getting-out-of-her-kitchen-and-dumping-h
EXTD=er-man's-ass hit "Would I Lie to You?," featuring a delicious hor
EXTD=n section.\n\nThere are songs here to fit any mood, it seems, and
EXTD= yet they somehow all come out with a touch of soul that Lennox a
EXTD=nd Stewart have not exuded before now. "I Love You Like a Ball an
EXTD=d Chain" has understated sexual candor. "Conditioned Soul" runs t
EXTD=he emotinoal gambit from lilly-white lovely to intensely frighten
EXTD=ed. "Adrian" features a beautiful duet between Lennox and Elvis C
EXTD=ostello. "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" mixes Caribbean rhyt
EXTD=hm and lush poetry: I will be your storm at seas, indeed.\n\nOne 
EXTD=of my personal favorites is the original B-side to "Would I Lie t
EXTD=o You," "Here Comes That Sinking Feeling," a song with the perfec
EXTD=t mix of somber mood, undercurrent guitar licks and horns to keep
EXTD= you dancing. Like what Lennox sings about disappointment, this s
EXTD=ong leaves a smile before it goes.\n\nThis album spawned some mem
EXTD=orable singles and came at a time when rock was in the middle of 
EXTD=a pop-inspired period: just hard enough to claim that Bryan Adams
EXTD= was a rock star but just soft enough for you to appreciate the b
EXTD=alladry of Phil Collins and Sting. Be Yourself Tonight at the tim
EXTD=e was -- and nowadays still is -- a breath of fresh, creative air
EXTD=. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSoulful Annie and Dave, Janua
EXTD=ry 14, 2006 \nBy  Tom (Toronto)\n\nIt's easy to forget the contri
EXTD=butions of the Eurythmics to the pop scene, particularly in the 8
EXTD=0s, but listening to "Be Yourself Tonight", arguably one of their
EXTD= best albums, you realize they had a knack for creating great pop
EXTD= hits ("Would I Lie To You?") but they could cross musical bounda
EXTD=ries effortlessly -- electronic, synth, pop, soul, rock, and gosp
EXTD=el can be heard here, and they come together seamlessly. \n\nThis
EXTD= album features some of the Eurythmics finest pop hits including 
EXTD=the hard-rocking "Would I Live To You?", the shimmering "There Mu
EXTD=st Be An Angel...", the feminist anthem "Sisters are Doing It For
EXTD= Themselves", and the infectious "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Bac
EXTD=k") which was not as popular as the previous three songs but stan
EXTD=ds on its own. \n\nYou could say this album has a warmer sound th
EXTD=an the previous Eurythmics albums because of the move away from m
EXTD=achines to guitars and a live sound, plus the appearances of Aret
EXTD=ha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, who appear on the album, which is 
EXTD=one of the reasons why the album is often referred to as their "s
EXTD=oul/Motown/R&B" record. There are also some great album cuts incl
EXTD=uding "I Love You Like a Ball and Chain" and "Adrian". \n\nThe re
EXTD=mastering on this is excellent and the additional cuts are intere
EXTD=sting, but the original album is the real deal. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nI'm Thrown And Overblown With Bliss., November 2
EXTD=6, 2005 \nBy  Jason Stein (Chula Vista, CA United States)\n\n"Be 
EXTD=Yourself Tonight" marked a turning point for the Eurythmics. They
EXTD= jumped musical styles, and did it effortlessly. This might be de
EXTD=emed their Motown album as they certainly embraced more of a soul
EXTD=-oriented sound. This album proved that they were here to stay an
EXTD=d that Annie and Dave were a force to reckon with. It was such a 
EXTD=drastic change in style that when I first heard "Would I Lie To Y
EXTD=ou?" in May of 1985 on the radio I didn't know who it was. \n\nTh
EXTD=is time, half of the album made to radio with the hits "Would I L
EXTD=ie To You?", "There Must Be An Angel", "Sisters Are Doin' It For 
EXTD=Themselves" and "It's Alright". However, the other five tracks "I
EXTD= Love You Like A Ball And Chain", "Conditioned Soul", "Adrian", "
EXTD=Here Comes That Sinking Feeling" and "Better To Have Lost In Love
EXTD=" all hold their own. Another album where not a note was wasted a
EXTD=nd no excess. \n\nThe remastering by Dave Stewart is excellent he
EXTD=re. I don't know about anyone else, but in my old Eurythmics cds,
EXTD= this album was the worst sounding--like it had been mastered ben
EXTD=eath a pillow or on the other side of a thick wall. Now, it shimm
EXTD=ers. The b-sides are better here with "Grown Up Girls", "Tous Les
EXTD= Garcons Et Les Filles" and a solid cover of The Doors' "Hello I 
EXTD=Love You". The remixes of "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" a
EXTD=nd "Would I Lie To You?" are a waste of time as they sound nearly
EXTD= identical to the originals. The live version of "Conditioned Sou
EXTD=l" is not as good as the album version. Once again Dave added add
EXTD=itional photos taken around the time that are amusing. And once a
EXTD=gain, no lyrics included. \n\nAll the extras aside, "Be Yourself 
EXTD=Tonight" was another outstanding work by this duo, all of which w
EXTD=as about to change with their next release, "Revenge". \n\n\nROLL
EXTD=ING STONE REVIEW\nWith the breeze of a British invasion backlash 
EXTD=on their necks and radio's rejection of the single "Sexcrime (Nin
EXTD=eteen Eighty-four)" still fresh in their memory, Annie Lennox and
EXTD= David A. Stewart have prudently performed a little cosmetic surg
EXTD=ery on their sound for Be Yourself Tonight. This is Eurythmics at
EXTD= their most upbeat, paying homage to Sixties American soul and Br
EXTD=itish pop. On the stomping single "Would I Lie to You?" they even
EXTD= manage an uncharacteristically gritty blend of the two, with Kin
EXTD=ky guitars jittering over a vintage Supremes drum slap.\n\nBut ev
EXTD=en though the velvety-voiced Lennox belts her heart out, she stil
EXTD=l has trouble conveying warmth and spontaneity -- she simply ain'
EXTD=t got no soul. At best, Lennox is a skillful mimic; on Be Yoursel
EXTD=f Tonight her every trill and ululation is pure Aretha Franklin. 
EXTD=Producer-cowriter Stewart does a few impersonations himself; his 
EXTD=hum-along melody and chattering synth backing track for "There Mu
EXTD=st Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" borrows unabashedly from 
EXTD=Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Then, as if Le
EXTD=nnox and Stewart had conjured him by sheer will, Wonder himself s
EXTD=uddenly appears to add a winsome harmonica solo. Soon after that 
EXTD=-- presto! -- Aretha Franklin materializes for the album's other 
EXTD=natural hit, "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (which might h
EXTD=ave leaped intact from Lady Soul). And perhaps only Aretha, the e
EXTD=ssence of sisterly community and assertive sexuality, could have 
EXTD=transformed Lennox' unintentionally kitschy lyrics about "the con
EXTD=scious liberation of the female state" into such an earthy ode to
EXTD= independence. Although Lennox deserves credit for humanizing her
EXTD= lyrics, it's Aretha's sly, sassy performance that makes "Sisters
EXTD=" this year's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "She Bop" rolled 
EXTD=into one.\n\n"It's Alright -- (Baby's Coming Back)" simmers like 
EXTD=an outtake from Dusty in Memphis, but alas, guest-star lightning 
EXTD=doesn't strike thrice -- it's only Lennox doing her Springfield i
EXTD=mitation (which dates to the Tourists' remake of "I Only Want to 
EXTD=Be with You"). Still, her kittenish languor makes this the most c
EXTD=ompelling track on side two, which, despite a guest appearance by
EXTD= Elvis Costello, reverts to formula Eurythmics: impenetrably laye
EXTD=red, repetitive numbers that drone on too long and leave napping 
EXTD=listeners in their wake. And that's the irony of Be Yourself Toni
EXTD=ght; its most enticing moments are the ones in which Eurythmics p
EXTD=retend to be someone else. (RS 450 -- Jun 20, 1985)  -- JOYCE MIL
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