Peace (album)

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Peace
Studio album by Eurythmics

Publication
(s)

October 19, 1999

Label (s) RCA Records

Genre (s)

Pop music / rock music

Title (number)

11

running time

48min 59s

production

Eurythmics, Andy Wright

Studio (s)

The Church, London

chronology
We Too Are One
(1989) 		Peace -
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Peace
  DE 2 11/01/1999 (21 weeks)
  AT 7th 10/31/1999 (10 weeks)
  CH 2 10/31/1999 (16 weeks)
  UK 4th 10/30/1999 (21 weeks)
  US 25th 11/06/1999 (12 weeks)
Singles
I Saved the World Today
  DE 28 10/18/1999 (14 weeks)
  AT 18th 10/17/1999 (8 weeks)
  CH 16 10/24/1999 (17 weeks)
  UK 11 10/16/1999 (6 weeks)
17 Again
  DE 73 02/07/2000 (6 weeks)
  CH 67 02/13/2000 (5 weeks)
  UK 27 02/05/2000 (4 weeks)

Peace is the eighth official studio album of British pop - duo Eurythmics . It was released on RCA Records in October 1999 and was the only album on the group's comeback . Peace achieved gold status in Germany for more than 150,000, in Switzerland for more than 25,000, in Great Britain for more than 100,000 and in the USA for more than 500,000 units.

backgrounds

On the occasion of the departure of John Preston, managing director of RCA Records, his wife planned to organize a farewell concert for him in January 1998. She also asked Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart if they would like to take part in this concert as eurythmics. Both agreed and met around the turn of the year 1997/1998 to rehearse together, as they had not performed together for about eight years. In May 1998 the Eurythmics played again at a benefit concert in aid of Cancer Aid at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London . Both appearances fed the rumors of a reunification of the Eurythmics. In a press release in June 1998 this comeback was denied and a best of compilation with two new songs was announced for November 1998 . The duo recorded these in July 1998 and also wrote other new songs. On the occasion of the presentation of the BRIT Awards in February 1999, Lennox and Stewart played There Must Be an Angel with Stevie Wonder and announced shortly afterwards that a new album would be released that same year.

Emergence

The recordings for the album took place in the Eurythmics' home studio in London called The Church . Lennox and Stewart began recording in February 1999. Andy Wright acted as co-producer . While Stewart recorded most of the instrumental tracks with the participation of a few session musicians , Lennox arranged the string parts on the keyboard . These were recorded by the London Pro Arte Orchestra under the direction of David Whitaker. On July 4, 1999, the Eurythmics performed for the first time since the announcement of the new album at a concert in Hyde Park in front of 100,000 spectators and played two of the new songs. On July 5, 1999, the Eurythmics gave another concert for the benefit of Amnesty International and Greenpeace . The Rainbow Warrior served as the backdrop in the port of London . Shortly afterwards, Lennox and Stewart flew to Capri to introduce the album to Clive Davis , head of their US record label Arista Records .

Before the album was released, the single I Saved the World Today was released on September 25th . At the beginning of October, various songs were offered for exclusive download via amazon.com and aol.com for those who pre-ordered the album. On October 14, 1999 the album was presented to the public at a press conference at which the Eurythmics played some of the songs as acoustic versions . It was officially released on October 19, 1999. The record cover was designed by photographer Richard Avedon and shows black and white photos by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.

Track list

  1. 17 Again - 4:55
  2. I Saved the World Today - 4:53
  3. Power to the Meek - 3:18
  4. Beautiful Child - 3:27
  5. Anything But Strong - 5:04
  6. Peace Is Just a Word - 5:51
  7. I've Tried Everything - 4:17
  8. I Want It All - 3:32
  9. My True Love - 4:45
  10. Forever - 4:08
  11. Lifted - 4:49

Reviews

Stefan Friedrich from laut.de writes that the album is catchy and that after the long break hardly anyone would have believed that the Eurythmics would succeed in such a stroke of genius. The record appears "wonderfully fresh, balanced, lively and positive". The US magazine Out notes that the soulful compositions are supposed to be in the tradition of publications in the 1980s, but almost completely dispense with synthesizers . The reactions of the British music press were predominantly positive, the magazine Q called the album a "consistently strong compilation that you can buy without hesitation".

literature

  • Bryony Sutherland, Lucy Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7119-9192-7 , pp. 371-379 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
  2. ^ Sutherland, Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography , p. 366.
  3. ^ Sutherland, Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography , p. 367.
  4. ↑ a b Larry Flick: Eurythmics Find 'Peace' Again . In: Billboard Magazine . October 2, 1999, p. 5, 113 .
  5. ^ Sutherland, Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography , p. 375.
  6. ↑ New Releases: Eurythmics - Peace . In: Out . September 1999, p. 140 .
  7. ^ Sutherland, Ellis: Annie Lennox: The Biography , p. 383.