Tourists - Greatest Hits [Import]

Product Description
CD debut for 20 track collection of pre-Eurythmics gems. Includes the hit singles 'I Only Want To Be With You', 'So Good To Be Back Home', 'Blind Amoung The Flowers' and 'The Loneliest Man In The World'. 1997 Camden release.

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Tourists - Greatest Hits [Import]

Average customer rating: Time Is On The Side Of This Excellent Band! Good selection but... Where are the great songs? Very good indeed Great little collection

Tourists - Greatest Hits The Tourists Manufacturer: BMG/Camden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) Revenge We Too Are One In the Garden ASIN: B00000JOOJ Release Date: 1999-05-17

Tracks:

1. Blind Among The Flowers
2. I Only Want To Be With You
3. Useless Duration Of Time
4. Ain't No Room
5. Save Me
6. Fools Paradise
7. So Good To Be Back Home Again
8. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
9. The Loneliest Man In The World
10. In The Morning (When The Madness Has Faded)
11. All Life's Tragedies
12. Everywhere You Look
13. Deadly Kiss
14. Don't Say I Told You So
15. From The Middle Room
16. Nothing To Do
17. One Step Nearer The Edge
18. Angles And Demons
19. So You Want To Go Away Now
20. Strange Sky

Album Description

CD debut for 20 track collection of pre-Eurythmics gems. Includes the hit singles 'I Only Want To Be With You', 'So Good To Be Back Home', 'Blind Amoung The Flowers' and 'The Loneliest Man In The World'. 1997 Camden release.

Album Details

Pre-eurythmics Band with Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.

Customer Reviews:

Time Is On The Side Of This Excellent Band!.......2006-06-10

I have always felt that the true merit and talent of a band can be seen with the passage of time after the Hype has died down. The Bay City Rollers are in the Graveyard of Music Obscurity but Free and Bachman Turner Overdrive remain Immortal. I actually remember seeing Annie Lennox singing "I Only Wanna Be With You" on a video clip and I felt that she was destined for greater things which she attained in The Eurythmics. This band's sound is catchy with a slight overtone of Punk which is quite an accomplishment since most Punk influenced bands did not write such commercial music.My favourite track would have to be "Deadly Kiss". The Tourists may no longer be with us but their music is not forgotten. And Annnie Lennox is HOT!

Good selection but..........2006-05-19

This is actually a pretty good collection of the best of The Tourists but I was really disappointed in the sound quality. No effort was made in remastering these tracks, which for CDs made in the last 8 or 9 years is inexcusable. Sounds like they used 10th-generation master tapes. My old Tourists CD called "Should've Been Hits" sounds just as good as this one, and its almost 20(!) years old.
Yep, buy this one for the songs but don't expect excellent sound quality.

Where are the great songs?.......2006-04-02

This half-hearted nod was obviously slapped together by some worthless hack who was put on assignment when Eurythmics broke big. The Tourists, who were a far better band in every way than what climbed out of their breakup, deserve a decent retrospective instead of the two lousy comps that exist, neither of which contain "Walls & Foundations" fom The Tourists terrific "Luminous Basement" album. This crappy comp only gets three stars because it contains four gems, "It Doesn't Have To Be This Way", "The Loneliest Man In The World", "Blind Among The Flowers " and "All Life's Tragedies".

Very good indeed.......2005-08-19

This is one of the best albums I've ever seen. I really like the cover of Dusty Springfield's song "I only wanna be with you". Excellent stuff.

(PS: An interesting fact about "I only wanna be with you". It was used in a promotional clip for Thames Television celebrating their history on their final day of broadcasting in December 1992.)

Great little collection.......2002-06-01

The Tourists only released a few albums, the best of which was arguably Reality Effect in 1979. This collection combines the highlights of Reality Effect with some of the band's other best moments. The result is a surprisingly tight collection of quality songs that are representative of what this band was all about. Some of the songs hint at what was to come when Annie and Dave formed the Eurythmics. It's quite obvious the Tourists were heavily influenced by the Byrds, the Beatles and the Kinks, among others. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: A small sample of their genius

The Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits The Tourists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Tourists - Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000025ZS Release Date: 1990-03-21

Tracks:

1. I Only Want To Be With You
2. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
3. The Loneliest Man In The World
4. Blind Among The Flowers
5. One Step Nearer The Edge
6. Don't Say I Told You So
7. Let's Take A Walk
8. Circular Fever
9. Angels And Demons
10. From The Middle Room

Customer Reviews:

A small sample of their genius.......2004-12-08

This album of beautiful jangling power pop contains at least one big UK hit, their version of I Only Want To Be With You. The omission of their other UK top ten hit, So Good To Be Back Home Again, is inexplicable.

In addition, the magnificent Blind Among The Flowers and The Loneliest Man In The World were minor hits. I agree that the rest should have been big hits too, especially Don't Say I Told You So, Angels And Demons and Circular Fever.

The core of The Tourists of course went on to achieve international fame and fortune as Eurythmics, but The Tourists themselves have been neglected and underestimated. There is a certain bittersweet quality to their jangly pop that is quite unique, whilst the melodies are strong and the vocals superb.

Good as this album is, it is unfortunately not comprehensive enough. To experience the Tourists in all their glory, I recommend the Greatest Hits album with its 20 tracks. It includes all of their gems like the aforementioned classics plus In The Morning (When The Madness Has Faded), All Life's Tragedies, Everywhere You Look and So You Want To Go Away Now.

Average customer rating: One Hit Wonder, yeah that's true.... one hit wonder

Greatest Hits The Tourists Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000AINOK Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Blind Among the Flowers
2. I Only Want to Be With You
3. Useless Duration of Time
4. Ain't No Room
5. Save Me
6. Fools Paradise
7. So Good to Be Back Home Again
8. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
9. Loneliest Man in the World
10. In the Morning (When the Madness Has Faded)
11. All Life's Tragedies
12. Everywhere You Look
13. Deadly Kiss
14. Don't Say I Told You So
15. From the Middle Room
16. Nothing to Do
17. One Step Nearer the Edge
18. Angels and Demons
19. So You Want to Go Away Now
20. Strange Sky

Customer Reviews:

One Hit Wonder, yeah that's true...........2006-02-02

Like 99% of the people who are going to seek out this cd -- I started out as a Eurythmics fan and began working backwards. By the time I obtained my first Tourists album, Eurythmics had released 'Touch' which was a little too bubblegum for my sensibilities. The Tourists, on the other hand, made some really good music.

The peculiar thing about the Tourists, though, is that the music and the vocals seem at times to be at odds with each other. Most of the music is straight-forward rock, or even prog-rock, and then in the other hand you have this AMAZING voice that needs to be shown off, needs to wail, scream, whisper -- instead it's belting out rock lyrics.

Nonetheless some really good tunes came out of this band.... some of which are on this cd. If you're a fan of Annie Lennox, this cd is worth owning for "One Step Nearer the Edge."

The other Toursits import available on Amazon has a few more of the pop tracks on it, as well as an alternate version of "The Lonliest Man in the World." I prefer the version on this disc, however.

one hit wonder.......2004-02-14

LE GROUPE THE TOURISTS QUI ÉTAIT COMPOSÉ DE DAVE STEWART ET ANNIE LENNOX,N'ONT EU QU'UN SUCCÉS;I ONLY WANNA BE WITH U.

Average customer rating: Eurythmics B4 they knew who they were...

Tourists - Should Have Been Greatest Hits Tourists ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Cutout CDs | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00004Z4ZP Release Date: 2000-08-21

Tracks:

1. I Only Want To Be With You
2. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
3. The Loneliest Man In The World
4. Blind Among The Flowers
5. One Step Nearer The Edge
6. Don't Say I Told You So
7. Let's Take A Walk
8. Circular Fever
9. Angels And Demons
10. From The Middle Room

Customer Reviews:

Eurythmics B4 they knew who they were..........2000-12-04

Good over all album (it is a sort of "best of") Here are my favorites, listed by track#:

1. I Only Want to be With You - This is a great cover of an old Dusty Springfield song - and the reason I bought the album. I had no idea that Annie and Steve had been in a previous band until I heard this song.

4. Blind Among the flowers - Good groove, classic early E. Sound

8. Circular Fever - Excellent layered, full sound - Yummy!

9. Angels & Demons - Another great, full-bodied sound

10. From the Middle Room - A super instrumental - I LOVE this one.

It's too bad that the best songs on the album don't have samples! I've since purchased the Luminous Basement (Awsome!) and the "Greatest Hits" which duplicates many of the songs on "Should have been.." plus some extras. If you're a true Annie fan, you'll want all three of these albums!

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