Savage

"We could have carried on making stadium rock, but in keeping with our somewhat eclectic nature, we decided we were going to make a really esoteric electronic album" said Dave Stewart of Savage, the follow-up to Revenge. Stewart bought a digital sampling keyboard known as a Synclavier and things went on from there. The title track, Savage, is an amazing piece of raw emotion, lyrically set to a wall of 'Eno - esque' guitars and synths. The first single, Beethoven is as strange a track as one could wish for from the ‘odd couple’ and the video directed by Sophie Muller drew things even further into the world of surrealism. You Have Placed a Chill in my Heart again merges electronica with heartfelt vocals and lyrics, making for another Eurythmics bittersweet single and video.