If Revenge, Eurythmics' fifth album, marked a slight fall-off in the group's commercial and artistic accomplishments, Savage, their sixth collection, confirmed that decline.

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HalfsourDyl

I like the direction here. It sounds like they're going back to making an abum like Sweet Dreams. It has that sound. Savage stands on its own because at this point in their career, they've grown as musicians. They're giving you the artsier version.

There's a few weird misses in the tracklist, though.

Raiksheen

Pass

MFC4AFoS

Eurythmics do the funny drop in quality in 1987 and we end up with Savage. Too direct for your review opening lines? Too bad. It's just how it is. From the first few notes, you can sense something's changing, maybe they just were fed up and had to still sit out their record deal or something. But everything here screams 'we need to keep ourselves entertained, otherwise we'll die'.

Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) is a good example. It's a bit of a mess. Synths, drumloops are there, but so are ... read more

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Track List

1	Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) 4:48	73
2	I've Got a Lover (Back in Japan) 4:25	77
3	Do You Want to Break Up? 3:38	69
4	You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart 3:50	85
5	Shame 4:23	82
6	Savage 4:10	85
7	I Need a Man 4:21	74
8	Put the Blame on Me 3:44	74
9	Heaven 3:28	82
10	Wide Eyed Girl 3:29	69
11	I Need You 3:22	66
12	Brand New Day 3:42	65