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Official website. Ann Lennox OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics.
Oct 6, 2020 · Find out the latest news about Annie Lennox, the legendary singer, songwriter and activist, including her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, her global campaign for International Women's Day and her 10th anniversary re-issue of A Christmas Cornucopia. Read her blog posts, watch videos and listen to her music on her official website.
- 30 Annie Lennox – Downtown Lights
- 29 Annie Lennox – Parnassius Apollo
- 28 Eurythmics – I’ve Got A Life
- 27 Eurythmics – Adrian
- 26 The Tourists – So Good to Be Back Home Again
- 25 Eurythmics – All The Young
- 24 Eurythmics – Right by Your Side
- 23 Eurythmics – Paint A Rumour
- Annie Lennox – Ghosts in My Machine
- 21 Eurythmics – Heaven
Amid the marquee-name covers on Medusa – Bob Marley, Al Green, Procul Harum – lurks this gorgeous take on the Blue Nile’s masterpiece of careworn romance. You could argue the source material is so good you can’t go wrong, but Lennox really inhabits the lyric: its emotional climax – “I’m tired of crying on the stairs!” – is suitably gut-punching.
Should anyone doubt that Lennox marches entirely to the beat of her own drum these days, her most recent set of original material consisted entirely of sparse piano instrumentals that had more in common with Brian Eno’s ambient albums than her trademark oeuvre. Filled with silences, capable of instilling a chilly calm as it plays, Paranassius Apoll...
Eurythmics’ 1999 reunion album Peace was a disappointment – big on rock guitar bluster, low on great songs – but the new track they appended to a 2005 greatest hits collection was something else: a richly soulful Lennox vocal over grinding synths that suggested familiarity with the oeuvre of Goldfrapp.
Inevitably left in the shade cast by Be Yourself Tonight’s plethora of hit singles, Adrian is the album’s minor triumph: 12-string guitars chiming and sparkling over a synthesised bass line, Lennox’s tender vocal shadowed by the distinctively lemony tones of guest Elvis Costello.
More guitarist and chief songwriter Peet Coombes’ baby than vocalist Lennox’s, the Tourists couldn’t seem to work out which post-punk trend to follow: 60s revivalist powerpop? Synthesisers? The former won out on their biggest original hit: compact and buoyant, So Good to Be Back Home is a minor delight.
Eurythmics’ debut album In the Garden was the sound of a duo working out who they were, but there are gems among the musical dead ends: the fantastic All the Young (People of Today) dealt in eerily blank-eyed vocals and atmospheric electronic pop, a sound they would pursue on their next two albums.
A dramatic departure from the synthpop that had shot Eurythmics to fame, and thus a taste of things to come, Right by Your Side dabbled in a kind of mock-calypso-meets-African pop style: an idea that looks terrible on paper, but – driven by an infectiously exuberant Lennox vocal – turns out to be four minutes of joy-inducing euphoria.
A fabulously unsettling blast of weirdness concluded 1983’s Touch: a relentless mid-tempo synth chatter – punctuated by bursts of fidgety bass and jittery horns that suggest they had been listening to Talking Heads’ Remain in Light – with a warped, voices-in-my-head take on call-and-response vocals as Lennox’s multitracked voice effectively answers...
Ghosts in My Machine opens with a piano riff that recalls the Velvelettes’ He Was Really Saying Somethin’, but the song that follows couldn’t be further from the breezy elation of that Motown classic. It’s weary and despondent, its mood amplified by Lennox’s voice: on top of everything else, she can convincingly wail the blues.
A cheering sign that the late-80s Eurythmics still had a penchant for throwing listeners a curveball, Heaven’s electronic dancefloor focus suggests their interest was piqued by the first stirrings of house music: it says something that, even with her vocal reduced to a handful of lyrics, Lennox still bosses the track.
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650K subscribers ‧ 90 videos. Welcome to the official Annie Lennox YouTube Channel. New Album 'Nostalgia' coming Oct 2014. annielennox.com and 2 more links.
4 days ago · Annie Lennox (born December 25, 1954, Aberdeen, Scotland) Scottish vocalist and half of the popular 1980s British rock duo Eurythmics, known for her vocal versatility, commanding stage presence, androgynous style, and ever-changing appearance.
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Mar 31, 2023 · Watch Annie Lennox, the Scottish singer-songwriter and humanitarian, reflect on her career and causes in this interview with Amna Nawaz. Learn about her journey from Aberdeen to global fame, and her views on social issues and art.
Annie Lennox is an award-winning singer, songwriter and activist who has sold over 80 million records worldwide between her solo work and the duo Eurythmics. At seventeen, Lennox.
