''Savage'' is the sixth studio album by British
pop
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Album ...
duo
Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British New wave music, new wave duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Dave Stewart. They were both previously in the Tourists, a band t ...
, released on 9 November 1987 by
RCA Records
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. The album peaked at number seven on the
UK Albums Chart
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and has been certified Platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry
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(BPI) for shipments in excess of 300,000 copies.
The album spawned a total of four singles – "
Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)", "
Shame
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", "
I Need a Man" and "
You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart", all of which achieved considerable commercial success internationally.
Background
Following the much more mainstream commercial content of their previous two albums, ''Savage'' saw Eurythmics return to a more experimental sound that their early albums incorporated. The album was recorded at Chateau de Dangu in
Normandy
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and mixed at Grande Armée Studios in Paris. The only other musician working on the recordings with Stewart and
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 ...
was drummer
Olle Romo
Olle Romö is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and drummer.
Romo rehearsed with Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa in early 1982; however, he left the group after a few weeks to join Eurythmics, and he was a drummer for them from the mid ...
, who handled much of the
Synclavier
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programming. Lennox brought more of a feminist focus to her lyrics which was made more evident by the accompanying
video album
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, which featured a video for each song.
Release and reception
Although the album was not as commercially successful as the duo's previous two albums, it reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom, spawned three UK top-30 singles, and has been certified Platinum. It was less successful in the United States, where it peaked at number 41.
On 14 November 2005, Sony BMG repackaged and released most of Eurythmics' back catalogue (including ''Savage'') as deluxe edition reissues. Each of their eight studio albums' original track listings were supplemented with bonus tracks and remixes.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Savage''.
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 ...
*
David A. Stewart
Additional musician
*
Olle Romo
Olle Romö is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and drummer.
Romo rehearsed with Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa in early 1982; however, he left the group after a few weeks to join Eurythmics, and he was a drummer for them from the mid ...
– programming
Technical
* Fred DeFaye – recording engineering; mixing engineering
*
Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer.
Early life
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– lead vocal recording
* Claude Pons – mixing engineering assistance
* Manu Guiot – additional recording ; mixing engineering
* Serge Pauchard – mixing engineering assistance
* David A. Stewart – production
Artwork
*
Alastair Thain – sleeve photography
*
Laurence Stevens – sleeve design
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Bibliography
*
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1987 albums
Albums produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
Avant-pop albums
Eurythmics albums
RCA Records albums