''Revenge'' is the fifth studio album by the British

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, released on 29 June 1986 by

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in the United Kingdom and on 14 July in the United States. Following on from their previous album, '' Be Yourself Tonight'' (1985), ''Revenge'' continued further in this direction as the duo embraced a more "rock band" style. The album spawned four singles and was a commercial success. The fourth and final single, " Missionary Man", won the 1987 Grammy Award for

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. Its release was supported by an extensive world tour. A 1987 concert from the Australian leg of the tour was also released on home video as '' Eurythmics Live''. On 14 November 2005,

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released remastered versions of each of Eurythmics' eight studio albums, containing bonus tracks and remixes. The bonus track "Revenge 2" is a radically different remake of "Revenge", the closing track of the duo's 1981 debut album '' In the Garden''. A line from the song ("She said revenge can be so sweet") is also heard at the end of "A Little of You".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Revenge''.

Eurythmics

Annie Lennox Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart w ...

– vocals *

David A. Stewart David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. Sometimes credited as David A. Stewart, he won Best British ...

– guitar ; vocals

Additional personnel

Patrick Seymour Patrick Seymour (often credited as Pat Seymour) is a classically trained British songwriter and keyboard player. He has worked as a live and session musician with various artists, and was most notably part of Eurythmics' backing band in the 1980 ...

– keyboards *

Clem Burke Clement Anthony Burke (né Bozewski; November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025) was an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Blondie. He joined the band shortly after its formation in 1975 and remained with Blondie throughout the b ...

– drums * Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica ; saxophone *

Jannick Top Jannick "Janik" Top is a French bass player and composer, born in Marseille. Top plays the electric bass and the cello. In the 1970s, he was a lead member of the influential zeuhl band Magma, along with Christian Vander and Didier Lockwood. On ...

– bass guitar *

Joniece Jamison Joniece Jamison (born December 11, 1955, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American singer. In France, she achieved notability recording two successful duets with French artist François Feldman: "Joue pas" in 1989 and "J'ai peur" in 1 ...

– backing vocals *

Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, record producer and musician. Early life Michael Arnold Kamen was born in ...

– orchestra arrangement, conducting * John McKenzie – bass guitar * Bernita Turner – backing vocals *

Phil Chen Phillip David Chen OD (21 October 1946 – 14 December 2021) was a Jamaican bassist. He was one of Britain's most utilized session bassists during the 1970s and 1980s, including for Jeff Beck as well as for the Rod Stewart band from 1977 to 1 ...

– bass guitar * Jon Bavin – additional keyboards * Gully – synthesiser guitar noise

Technical

* David A. Stewart – production * Jon Bavin – recording engineering, mixing engineering * Manu Guiot – mixing engineering * Fred Defaye – first assistant engineer * Serge Pauchard – second assistant engineer

Artwork

* Eric Scott – sleeve paintings * Laurence Stevens – sleeve designs

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

Bibliography

* {{Authority control 1986 albums Albums produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) Eurythmics albums RCA Records albums