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Savage | 
| Artist: Eurythmics
Label: Legacy/RCA/Sony BMG
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 38247
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Extra Tracks, Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.3
MPN: 56119
UPC: 828765611923
EAN: 0828765611923
ASIN: B0000CFXNT
Publication Date: 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) | | • | I've Got a Love (Back in Japan) | | • | Do You Want to Break Up? | | • | You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart | | • | Shame | | • | Savage | | • | I Need a Man | | • | Put the Blame on Me | | • | Heaven | | • | Wide Eyed Girl | | • | I Need You | | • | Brand New Day | | • | Beethoven [Extended Philharmonic Version][*] | | • | Shame [Dance Mix][*] | | • | I Need a Man [Macho Mix][*] | | • | I Need You [Live][#][*] | | • | Come Together [#][*] |
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This edition has been digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes by Eurythmics mastermind Dave Stewart, with input from collaborator Annie Lennox. In addition, there are five bonus tracks: a mixture of B-sides, remixes and previously unreleased material (notably a cover of the Beatles' "Come Together"). The packaging is a six-panel digipack redesign orchestrated by Laurence Stevens Design, the firm who art-directed all the original releases, while the thick booklets contain rare photos and insightful, new sleeve notes.
Album Description
Japanese reissue pressing of the duo's 6th album, originally released in 1987, has been remastered and includes 5 bonus tracks. Sony. 2006.
Album Details
Re-release featuring Seven Bonus Tracks.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 WOW..is all that can be said..... December 2, 2005
Damon Devine (Los Angeles, CA United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is Annie Lennox's favorite Eurythmics album and it is clear to see why. It is deeply personal and beautifully put together. The unheard track, 'Come Together' is EXCELLENT and has a whole new slant, when given Eurythmics magical touch. I am profoundly annoyed by some of the tedious complaints in some of the reviews below. "J. Brady" is considerably jaded it seems, and "Dennis Dunigan II" insatiable, if not ungratful. There are only so many tracks that can be stuffed into one CD! As a Eurythimcs collector of 22 years, I am thrilled that these non-U.S. old b-sides are now available to us and remastered, at that! As well, most all of the extended versions that we all had on "12 vinyl in our storage closets, will not have to be taken out and dusted off, because we have them here, with excellent sound quality! So, not EVERY Eurythmics song ever created is included on these new remasters. It is a thrill to have a staggering 44 bonus tracks, countless unseen photos in the liner notes (from the original negatives) and all of the songs so dear to some of us, beautifully remastered.
Remastering Perfection November 21, 2005
Anthony Morelli (Montreal, Canada)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Last week, I ordered the CD here, online. Received it this morning in the mail. The album is entirely worth every penny.
Just for the pictures & packaging alone, it's a "Must Have" for anyone. I'm very impressed with the remastered sound and the colorful & glossy photos, which I've never seen before. Having read reviews of this CD elsewhere & on amazon as well, I wasn't sure if I should buy it...but now I don't regret my decision.
Who cares if the music is "Dated"? This album was originally recorded in 1987, making it 18 years old. "Savage" was recorded at the very same time Annie & Dave decided to go their own ways "music-writing wise". Anyone who purchases this CD will be able to read about the "Behind the Scenes" or "Making of" this album, which is very interesting. Helped me appreciate the album even more, for it was and STILL IS my favorite Eurythmics recording to date.
Tracklist:
01- Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)
02- I've Got A Lover (Back In Japan)
03- Do You want To Break Up?
04- You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
05- Shame
06- Savage
07- I Need A Man
08- Put The Blame On Me
09- Heaven
10- Wide Eyed Girl
11- I Need You
12- Brand New Day
Bonus Tracks
13- Beethoven (Extended Philharmonic Version)
14- Shame (Dance Mix)
15- I Need A Man (Macho Mix)
16- I Need You (Live)
17- Come Together (Beatles Cover)
Features:
- Gatefold Digipack
- Right (inner) flap holds booklet
- New Photos on both inner flaps & disc tray
- Booklet is 24 pages (including front & back)
- Booklet contains NO lyrics. Last page features album credits
- Booklet contains many photos of Annie in the "Savage" Photoshoot + an interesting "BIO" of the album
- Disc is silver (almost like original) without the large titling
- CD is CopyProtected
- Package contains a small, square "advert" or mini-flyer for remastered Eurythmics CDs
Welcome back to the wonderful world of 80's pop synth. This has always been my favorite album since I was in my early teens.
There are still parts of the album I'm only discovering now. And it's even greater when a remastered recording brings out the hidden "qualities" in a song. How neat, to discover "Come Together" as a Beatles cover tune. It's about time this "Golden Oldie" sees the light from Eurythmics' vault of songs. "Come Together" is fun & ends the album pretty well. Annie's voice is suitable for this song, breathing it new life. The original album cut of "I Need You" doesn't fit in with the other "dark & angry" songs and the "dubbed" background chatter & laughter is trashy and distracting. So...why would Annie & Dave put another "live" version of this track on the CD now? That's my only gripe.
Stunning "Savage" December 2, 2005
Tom (Toronto)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I remember buying this album in 1987, and being struck by the beauty, darkness and stylishness of this album. I had been a fan of Eurythmics for some time but this was the one album by them that made an impression on me. From the stunning album cover photography to the unique opening track "Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)", this was unlike any other Eurythmics album.
I liked that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart made an album that may not have been as commercial as previous albums, but they stayed true to their vision, which was admittedly often dark. "I Need A Man" was one of their most raucous songs, and although it was not a big hit on North American radio, it still remains a pumping track, thanks to Stewart's powerhouse guitars, and Lennox's Jagger-esque vocals. "You Have A Placed A Chill In My Heart" is a biting but also touching love song over a techno beat, and both "Shame" and "Savage" are moving and haunting.
The newly remastered version of "Savage" is a true gift to fans who have waited almost 20 years to hear this album in pristine sound. The bonus tracks are wonderful, including the 12-inch dance versions which are a reminder that the Eurythmics have always been popular in the clubs.
"Savage" is my favorite Eurythmics album because it truly represents their innovative vision, and it remains an underrated album that was released at a time when teen-pop (ie. Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, The Jets) was making its mark on the charts in the late 80s. The Eurythmics' songs of breaking up, lust, loneliness and cruelty may not have been what radio wanted to play alongside "Could've Been" or "Only In My Dreams" but they demonstrated a band at its peak, and almost 20 years later, those songs still retain the power they did when first released.
The best of Eurythmics June 30, 2007
R. P. Spretnak (Las Vegas, Nevada USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Some might like best the "Sweet Dreams" Eurythmics, featuring the frigidly-cool, androgymous detachment of a carrot-topped Annie Lennox. Some may prefer the hard rock of "Be Yourself Tonight," with its funky riffs and a more human Annie Lennox holding her own vocally against Aretha Franklin. But whichever Eurythmics CD you prefer the most, all suffer from the same problems. The hits are consistently awesome -- well-crafted songs filled to capacity with pop hooks, professional musicianship, and sung by one of the great voices of the last few decades. BUT ... the filler is wretched. Flat, lifeless (but well-played and well-sung) boring no-idea songs that go nowhere.
"Savage" is where all of the best features of the Eurythmics come together. It's basic electronic disco, but the songwriting and arrangements have never been more consistent. In other words, there is so much less filler. "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" may feature Annie Lennox's best vocal performance, striking the appropriate balance of the emotions of resignation, understated anger, and want. "Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)" and "Heaven" are pure fun electro-disco. The amusing "I Need a Man" adds some "rawwwwwwwk" to the disco sound. (Yes, rock and disco are not incompatible. Just listen to KiSS do their classic disco burner "I Was Made for Loving You.")
The bonus tracks are notquite as essential as they are on many of the others Eurythmics' "Remastered" releases. The one bonus track of note is a surprisingly good reading of the Beatles' over-played "Come Together." Annie's vocals turn this into a demand, rather than John Lennon's simple request.
My favorite Eurythmics release! May 13, 2006
Distant Voyageur (Io)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Described as the album that saw Annie and Dave take a sharp left in their sound, their sixth album entitled "Savage" is a major departure from previous outings. Coming off from a grueling tour of their "Revenge" album from a year before, it became apparent that the two were becoming increasingly distant and for the first time in their career, wrote and composed the tracks to this album separately. As the booklet to the remastered edition says, "Savage" has a dark, and unmainstream tone.
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