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Sweet Dreams

by Eurythmics

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Singer Annie Lennox and guitarist Dave Stewart first received notice in the Tourists, who scored 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