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Released:
16. Oct 1981
IN THE GARDEN
Eurythmics: Be yourself Tonight
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01. English Summer - 4:00
02. Belinda - 3:58
03. Take Me to Your Heart - 3:32
04. She's Invisible Now - 3:27
05. Your Time Will Come - 4:30
06. Caveman Head - 3:56
07. Never Gonna Cry Agin - 3:02
08. All the Young (People of Today) - 4:11
09. Sing-Sing - 4:03
10. Revenge - 4:31

Total time: 39:10
All songs by Lennox/Stewart except 1,6: Lennox/Pomphrey/Stewart
Sweet melancholy and images of a woman loved, lost and abandoned give Eurythmics debut album a bleak moodiness that stood alone among the records of 1981. Leaving behind The Tourists, Dave and Annie struck out on their own and took their ingenuity with them. Sophisticated yet sleepy, In The Garden failed to generate much public interest but remains one of the duo's most insular and artistic endeavors.

Dave and Annie struggled to create a definitive British sound on the album, giving it a hushed, whispered shyness. The songs blend easily into one another, united by muted percussion and Annie's drab but sweet vocals that glide un-enthusiastically across Dave's wiry productions. This works marvelously on songs like Take Me To Your Heart and Never Gonna Cry Again where the strong lyrics are given their ideal setting. And similarly on Revenge where Annie exercises her sharp lyrical talent to the max.

But on other tracks, this approach loses its punch and the authenticity of the lyrics is lost when squished in between fuzzy musical backings and gloomy vocals.

The songs sound surprisingly modern today, however, and where there is longevity there is quality. For Dave and Annie, In The Garden marked a shy, tentative beginning to a career that would soon sky-rocket!

Notable Songs: Belinda, Take Me To Your Heart, Never Gonna Cry Again, Revenge

Review by Andrew Ritchie and dedicated to Norm Authier. Sources: "Annie Lennox: Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" by Lucy O'Brien; "Annie Lennox" by Lucien Randall.