FRAGILE VICIOUS BEAUTY

Review Score: (10/10)
This 1987 album saw Eurythmics return to their electronic/experimental roots after the soulful Be Yourself Tonight (1985) and the full bodied pop-rock of Revenge (1986). Whilst "Beethoven" is experimental yet catchy, "I've Got A Lover ..." tuneful and pleasant enough, it's with the buoyant "Do You Want To Break Up?" that the album really gathers momentum. The next 3 songs are true classics, each mirroring a different side of Eurythmics at their most creative. The deceptively breezy "Chill" is a strange mix of cynicism and hope, sadness and elation, "Shame" is perfect 60s nostalgia at its most deliciously tuneful, while the eerie "Savage" creates a beautifully bleak landscape of alienation and despair - Love Is A Stranger devoid of all romanticism. I find the rest of the tracks less inspired, with the exception of "Brand New Day." But with three absolute masterpieces and seven great songs in all, this album stands proud amongst Eurythmics' great oeuvre.

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