In The Garden
By 1980 Annie Lennox had already been in two recording bands: The Catch - an odd pseudo-disco MOR band - and The Tourists - Rickenbacker-toting sixties revivalists who'd had a big hit with an ironic cover of Dusty Springfield’s “I Only Want to Be with You”. The irony was lost on the British public, who made it a massive hit. This success prompted three things: the dissolution of The Tourists , Lennox splitting up with her boyfriend, Dave Stewart, and then immediately forming a new band with him. The band was pure pop synth ticklers, Eurythmics and you don’t need to know anything about them. Throughout the 80’s Annie played Brit Award ping pong with Kate Bush, duetted with Aretha Franklin and David Bowie, and bestrode the globe in a big leather car-coat soul revue, gobbling up the dollars. That’s Eurythmics. Or is it? Before their success, the Eurythmics made an album that didn’t chart anywhere, had no hit singles, and sounds very odd indeed. Is it the best thing they’ve eve...
