''Savage'' is the sixth studio album by British

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, released on 9 November 1987 by

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. The album peaked at number seven on the

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and has been certified Platinum by the

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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)", "

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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

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and mixed at Grande Armée Studios in Paris. The only other musician working on the recordings with Stewart and

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was drummer

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, who handled much of the

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programming. Lennox brought more of a feminist focus to her lyrics which was made more evident by the accompanying

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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

* David A. Stewart

Additional musician

– programming

Technical

* Fred DeFaye – recording engineering; mixing engineering *

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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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savage (Album) 1987 albums Albums produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) Avant-pop albums Eurythmics albums RCA Records albums