Incredible album

After many, many, many years of searching for this album, my search is over. God bless the Internet.

This album is incredible !

It predates all of the techno/electronica (hate these terms) that came out in the 90's. A precursor to all of it. (ex. the repetitive DoublePlusGood, is similar to the repetition of lyrics we find in techno.) The Eurythmics were ahead of their times with this one.

At times the album is meditative. At times its ... very energetically moving ... difficult to describe. I dont want to say that it is music that you would neccessarily dance to, but it would certainly trance your head.

Another comment. If people say that this album is a precursor to Industrial, I dont see how. Its got way too much life. Industrial can be like cold steel at times.

The Best Album of All Time

Maybe not of all time, but certainly the best Eurythmics album: to think that I was put off by savage reviews (not to mention the controversy surrounding the movie director's refusal to use any of the music in the film) and the first single, "SexCrime." I didn't buy it, the first time I didn't buy a new Eurythmics album. Fortunately, a friend of mine had better taste and let me listen to his. I was immediately awed by the haunting, beautiful music, and have branded it my favorite Eurythmics album ever since. "Julia" gets frequent mention, of course, as it should, but check out "For the Love of Big Brother" or "Winston's Diary." Music that stands the test of time; elements from this album are strewn throughout most pop music today.

If you buy one album this year, make it this one.

Wonderful (almost) Soundtrack

This is a soundtrack that is much better than the movie. The movie 1984 features the music from this albumn but without any of the well thought out lyrics... What a pity.
This is my favorite Eurythmics albumn. I listen to this albumn over and over.