Eurythmics ‎– Be Yourself Tonight

How do I buy this disc? I want it ASAP

Shying away from synth-pop, with "Be Yourself Tonight" Eurythmics made a drastic shift to plain and simple rock - gone is the masculine look and the avant-garde experimentation - on first listen (apart from Lennox's poweful vocals), it is almost impossible to connect the same core duo with the likes of "1984 (For the Love Of Big Brother)" and this. The sounds became clearly MOR. While some were taken aback by this decision (disappointed even), the album is a deserved triumph of artistic maturity and content, a thrilling eclectic listen from start to finish - with electronic sequencing still present in the mix (especially on "I Love You Like a Ball and Chain", very easily to be confused with their "Touch"-era stuff + a tiny harmonic leitmotif at the end of "Better To have Lost In Love" that sounds reminiscent of "Sweet Dreams", or a farewell to that - marking a new beginning altogether).

The soul element sparked in their earlier records is now in full reign, with a tendency to explore and exploit further the sound of Tamla Motown. Not a weak song here, the duo's ambitions and criteria were audibly high; stellar performances, aided by the guesting superstars - Aretha Franklin (actually replacing the initially planned guesting spot by Tina Turner), Stevie Wonder and Elvis Costello - pushed the duo into the big league, and towards the mass stadium audiences.