NEW/SEALED eURYTHMICs 1984 (FOR THE LOVE OF BIG BROTHER) RSD 2018 RED VINYL LP

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eURYTHMICs
Title
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
Format
9-track vinyl LP
Condition New/Mint/Original Factory Sealed
Country of manufacture Made in U.S.A.
Label
Catalog
Release Date
RCA
19075826861
April 21, 2018
Info
Special limited edition RSD 2018 album release
Newly mastered from the original 1/4” tapes
Overseen and approved by Dave Stewart & Annie Lennox
U.S. only pressing of 2,000
Redesigned sleeve artwork
180gsm red coloured vinyl
Includes download code

This mostly-instrumental soundtrack to the British film adaptation of George Orwell's renowned dystopian novel (also released in 1984) is one of Eurythmics' most experimental works. Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart's diverse electronic stylings accentuate the dark mood of the film, and ''Sexcrime (1984)'' became the duo's sixth consecutive U.K. Top 10 hit.

Tracklist:
All tracks written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart
A1.  "I Did It Just the Same"  3:28
A2.  "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"  3:58
A3.  "For the Love of Big Brother"  5:05
A4.  "Winston's Diary"  1:22
A5.  "Greetings from a Dead Man"  6:13
B1.  "Julia"  6:40
B2.  "Doubleplusgood"  4:40
B3.  "Ministry of Love"  3:47
B4.  "Room 101"  3:50

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Marketed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment

Composed By Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart
Cover photography by Sarah Quill
Engineer – Eric "ET" Thorngren*
Engineer [Assistant] – Sean Burrows
Engineer [Early Recording*] – Steven Stanley (tracks: A2, A3)
Mixed By – David A. Stewart, Eric "ET" Thorngren*
Producer – David A. Stewart
Sleeve – Laurence Stevens, Mighty (7)
Typography, Design [1984 Logo] – Howard Brown (4)

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1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) is a soundtrack album by Eurythmics, their fourth studio album overall, containing music recorded by the duo for director Michael Radford's 1984 film Nineteen Eighty-Four, based on George Orwell's dystopian novel of the same name. Virgin Films produced the film for release in its namesake year, and commissioned Eurythmics to write a soundtrack.

Lennox and Stewart worked as a duo for these recordings, with no contribution from other musicians. The music, while containing many electronic elements, was far from being synthpop; Stewart described some tracks as being like "Kraftwerk meets African tribal meets Booker T and the MGs."

Unknown to the group, Radford had commissioned his own orchestral score and was not fond of Eurythmics' work. Two versions of the film were released, one featuring Eurythmics' music, and the "director's cut", which replaced most of Eurythmics' music by the orchestral score. When accepting an award for the film, Radford publicly complained of having Eurythmics' music "foisted" on him. Eurythmics issued a statement saying that they had accepted Virgin's commission in good faith, and would never have done so if they had known that it was not being done with the director's approval.

Most of the tracks are instrumental, with song titles and lyrics of two songs on the album being derived from Orwell's text. For instance, "I Did It Just The Same" is taken from a passage in the book where the protagonist, Winston Smith, relates how he committed "sexcrime" with a prostitute—initially deceived by her makeup, when he got close to her, he realised she was "about fifty—but I did it just the same". "Julia" was the name of Winston's lover. "Sexcrime" and "Doubleplusgood" are examples of Newspeak, the revised version of the English language spoken in Orwell's story. The track "Doubleplusgood" features a female announcer—the voice of the omnipresent Telescreen in the movie—reading out various memos which Winston had received at his job in the Ministry of Truth, where his role was to amend past and present newspaper articles so that they conformed to current Party dogma. The "Ministry of Love" was the government police and torture department, and included "Room 101", a room which contained "the worst thing in the world"—i.e. where each torture victim would be confronted with their own worst nightmare.

The album was released by Virgin Records in the UK and RCA Records in the US. Two singles were released from the album, the punchy pop track, "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)", and the long, gentle ballad, "Julia". The former was a top 10 hit in most territories, but "Julia" achieved little commercial success and broke the duo's run of six consecutive Top 10 hits in the UK when it peaked at No. 44. Promotional videos were produced for both singles.

One U.S. LP release had an additional sticker that stated "CENSORED BY THE THOUGHT POLICE" (although the music was the same).

Annie Lennox – vocals, keyboards/synthesizers, percussion
David A. Stewart – backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, drum and sequencer programming
Produced by David A Stewart
Mixed by David A Stewart and Eric 'E.T.' Thorngren

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