With little expectation, and even less desire to actually listen to it, I finally come to the last Eurythmics album for the decade. We Too Are One was a return for the duo back to a more rock oriented sound, and upon its release spawned multiple singles. It would also go on to reach number one in the UK.
So, with that said, I'm at least hopeful that there may be something here. Rather than beat around the bush, let's prevail forward.
I'm not going to lie, things started off a little questionable with the intro to the title track, We Too Are One, but then came the guitar, and the actual singing. It totally changed my mind. Things kept up with The King And Queen Of America, and at this point, the bar was set high. I had expectations that this might be the best Eurythmics album I'd ever heard.
Unfortunately, it was around track three or four that my attention was taken away from my listening session, and when I was able to return to it a day later, the moment had passed. The mood that was originally captured from the first two songs had passed, and from here on out, the remainder of We Too Are One never seemed to grab me again. Of the remaining tracks, Sylvia was really the only one which stood out to me. It certainly wasn't the grand finale I had hoped for.
After years of extensive touring a rift had grown between Lennox and Stewart, and the two decided to call it quits. However, they wouldn't do so by announcing it to the world. Instead, they just casually went their own ways. While Stewart would focus on writing and recording for soundtracks, Lennox would pursue a solo career.
Their biggest selling album to date would come in 1991, with the release of a greatest hits compilation, and this would be followed by a live album in 1993, which captured the period of 1983 to 1989. The two would reunite in the late 90's, and produce their final studio album, Peace, released in 1999. This was followed by a highly successful world tour, and since then, the two sporadically reunite to do one off events. Eurythmics were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2022, putting the final stamp on their storied history.
Because this was the final album from Eurythmics for ten years, it wasn't necessarily the big send off that would have been expected.
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS November 4, 1989 |
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