Vinyl Record
Eurythmics - Revenge
Eurythmics - Revenge on LP vinyl. A 1986 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 1986
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 1986 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Revenge is Eurythmics at their most arena-facing, but the title is not only a pose. Released in 1986, it follows Be Yourself Tonight's embrace of soul and rock by pushing the band sound even further forward. The result is a record with bigger drums, harder guitars, brighter choruses and a more muscular stage-ready charge, yet Annie Lennox keeps bringing a chill of doubt into songs that might otherwise play as simple victory laps. Missionary Man opens like a warning sermon, all swagger and moral danger, with the blues-rock element moved into the center of the duo's language. Thorn in My Side turns betrayal into one of their sharpest pop-rock singles, a song that sounds sunny until the lyric starts to bite. When Tomorrow Comes gives the album its widescreen uplift, while The Last Time, The Miracle of Love and Take Your Pain Away reveal how often Revenge is interested in endurance after disappointment rather than revenge as pure attack. Even the more direct rock moments carry a trace of theatrical unease. What makes the album compelling is its balance of confidence and shadow. Dave Stewart builds a large, radio-ready sound, but the record still has the odd angles of Eurythmics: gospel echoes, harmonica grit, romantic dread, sudden tenderness. Revenge is not their strangest album, but it is one of the clearest demonstrations of how elastic the partnership had become. They could sound like a rock band, a soul revue and a synthetic pop duo without fully belonging to any one of those frames.
Revenge matters because it captures Eurythmics translating their studio intelligence into a bolder, tour-ready language. The album reached the upper end of the UK chart and supplied major live-era staples, but its importance is also artistic: it shows the duo refusing to remain fixed as synth-pop icons. Instead, they fold rock, blues, pop and soul into a large 1986 sound that still carries Lennox and Stewart's unmistakable tension.
This is the Eurythmics record for collectors who want the big-band chapter after Be Yourself Tonight. It is less icy than the early albums and less inward than Savage, which makes it a strong shelf piece for mid-80s pop-rock scale. It also works well beside tour-era live documents, because the songs feel designed to leave the studio and test their force in a larger room.
Arena-sized 80s pop-rock with bluesy harmonica, muscular drums, bright choruses, gospel touches and Lennox's cool intensity cutting through the scale.
Recommended for: Fans of the more rock-driven Eurythmics era; Collectors building a mid-80s pop-rock and new-wave crossover shelf; Listeners who want Thorn in My Side and Missionary Man in album context.
What year was Revenge released? Revenge was released in 1986. How does Revenge differ from Be Yourself Tonight? It pushes further into rock and arena-scale arrangements, while keeping the duo's pop precision and dramatic vocal center. What are the key tracks? Missionary Man, Thorn in My Side, When Tomorrow Comes and The Miracle of Love are the main anchors.