Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Studio album by Eurythmics
Released	January 21, 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	New Wave, Electronica, Synth Pop, Dance-Pop
Length	41:59
Label	RCA Records
Producer	David A. Stewart, Robert Crash, Adam Williams
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Eurythmics chronology
In the Garden (1981) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983) Touch (1983)

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After two years of initial commercial failure for the Eurythmics project, this album became a commercial breakthrough for the duo on both sides of the Atlantic, with the title track being especially popular: it remains one of Eurythmics' most recognizable songs, and its music video, popular on MTV in the United States, is memorable for Annie Lennox's gender-bending psycho-sexual imagery. In the wake of this success, the single "Love is a Stranger," previously a flop, achieved hit status as well. It too was accompanied by a striking video, which featured Lennox dressed both as a man and a woman. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Annie Lennox (born Ann Lennox on 25 December 1954) is a Scottish musician, vocalist, and Academy Award-winning songwriter. ...

Stewart, together with Robert Crash and ex-The Selector bassist Adam Williams, produced the album in Eurythmics' own relatively primitive 8-track studio, winning awards for the quality of the end-result which belied its low-budget origins. Sweet Dreams saw the duo move away from the psychedelic, guitar-tinged band-orientated sound of In the Garden, instead focusing on raw analogue synthesizers (including the Oberheim OB1 and EDP Wasp) and drum machines (particularly the Movement Systems Drum Computer, which featured a graphic visual display of the drum patterns). Whilst the "synth pop" genre had grown in popularity in the preceding years, it was often associated with all male groups and somewhat clinical, emotionless music. Eurythmics (particularly with Lennox's vocal stylings) brought a soul music twist to the electronic sound, which proved popular with broader audiences. This page is about the album by the Eurythmics. ... Oberheim Electronics is a company, founded in 1973 by Tom Oberheim (a former design engineer at Maestro), which manufactured audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments. ... The EDP Wasp or Wasp synthesizer was a monophonic synthesizer produced by the British firm Electronic Dream Plant from 1978 to 1981. ... The Movement Drum System I/II (generally referred to as the Movement MCS Percussion Computer) was a very rare British-made drum machine produced approximately 1981 (MKI) and 1983 (MKII). ... Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ...

Track listing

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1. "Love Is a Stranger" – 3:43
2. "I've Got an Angel" – 2:45
3. "Wrap It Up" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) performed by Eurythmics & Green (of Scritti Politti) – 3:33
4. "I Could Give You (A Mirror)" – 3:51
5. "The Walk" – 4:40
6. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – 3:36
7. "Jennifer" – 5:06
8. "This Is the House" – 4:56
9. "Somebody Told Me" – 3:29
10. "This City Never Sleeps" – 6:20

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Bonus tracks (2005 reissue)

1. "Home Is Where the Heart Is" – 2:28 (Taken from "This Is the House" 7-inch single)
2. "Monkey Monkey" – 4:14 (Taken from "Love Is a Stranger" 7-inch single)
3. "Baby's Gone Blue" – 5:15 Taken from "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" 12-inch single)
4. "Sweet Dreams (Hot Remix)" – 5:17 (Taken from "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) 1991" 12-inch single)
5. "Love Is a Stranger (Coldcut Remix)" – 7:18 (Taken from "Love Is a Stranger 1991" 12-inch single)
6. "Satellite of Love" (Lou Reed) – 4:37 (originally released on a free cassette with "Right by Your Side" singles, 1983)

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Personnel

• Annie Lennox – vocals, keyboards, synthesisers, flute
• David A. Stewart – guitar, keyboards, synthesisers, backing vocals

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Additional personnel

• Robert Crash - Guitar/ E-Drums/ Synth/ Robotic Vocals
• Green Gartside (of Scritti Politti) – guest vocal duet on "Wrap it Up"
• Dick Cuthell – trumpet
• Adam Williams – bass, synthesiser
• Andy Brown – bass
• Reynard Falconer – synthesisers
• John Turnbull – guitar

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Charts

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Certifications

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External links

• "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" music video with lyrics