We Too Are One
We Too Are One is the seventh official studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was released in September 1989 on RCA Records and in the U.S. with Arista Records. The album reached double platinum in the UK for more than 600,000 and in Switzerland Gold status for more than 25,000 units sold.
Formation
The Eurythmics had in 1989 signed a record deal for the U.S. market with the major label Arista Records. The company introduced the duo a generous advertising budget. The recording of the album took place in mid-1989 over a period of five weeks in several European studios. While recording a backing band was involved as in the recording of the 1986 album Revenge, which consisted of keyboardist Patrick Seymour, percussionist and drummer Olle Romo, bassist Nathan East and Larry Klein, guitarist Mike Campbell and the Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer. As a contrast to the vocals of Annie Lennox Charlie Wilson was engaged as a background singer. Dave Stewart also decided to get involved for the first time in the career of Eurythmics co-producer, whom he found in his longtime friend Jimmy Iovine. Most of the tracks were recorded in one take, overdubs were used only to a very limited extent. Through the use of various recording studios went on their way from one studio to another part of the original tapes are lost and some songs had to be reconstructed from backup copies.
The title of the album We Too Are One ( German: We are also one) is misleading, because that sounds too in English as well as the word two for two. Further confusion was that the theme song actually We Two Are One ( German: We both are one ) is called. This confusion was intended, the Eurythmics did so to counter rumors that the duo should have separated. Dave Stewart said in an interview that the title was meant as a message that the Eurythmics were still there and still have the same artistic visions.
At a press conference in Paris, the Eurythmics presented the final album before the music journalists. During this event, it came to a head after the press representatives present after the presentation of the album initially showed no reaction. Annie Lennox lost his temper, compared the atmosphere in the room with the at a funeral and announced that the Eurythmics will never give a press conference again. After the present instead of questions about the new album predominantly questions about Stewart and Lennox ' private life presented, they both left the room angry.
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Reviews
William Ruhlmann of Allmusic called the album the best of the band since Be Yourself Tonight. The sound is varied, the melodies strong and the lyrics unusually down to earth, but with this album it was the Eurythmics not been able to make up for the lost commercial ground in the USA. Mark Cooper of Q magazine sees the music a departure from the synthesizer sounds of the previous two albums and notes that the guitar playing of Stewart would again more prominent. He says that the duo Pop and rock combine with each other in an exciting way. Terry Staunton from NME holds the plate for a very good pop album, though not the best of the Eurythmics. Maybe We Too Are One is a kind of therapy for the emotionally troubled Annie Lennox, but there were a lovingly handmade album. In his review for the Melody Maker Dave Jennings points out that the Eurythmics have never been a pioneer and that this had not changed with the album. The album had more height than low points and was exactly what we had expected from the Eurythmics.