Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

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Eurythmics

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"Sweet Dreams" is one of my favourite Eurythmics releases and I've been waiting a very long time for the reissue of the back catalogue. I got my hands on this the day it was released and here's my take on it. The remastering is pristine. The expanded liner notes are a little spare on information ( and there are no lyrics, which the original cd release did have ) but contain a wealth of unseen photographs. But as others have noted, there are many B-sides missing here. I thought that what "bonus" was all about. It is nice, however, to see the B-Side "Monkey Monkey" finally on CD, despite the fact that it was mastered from a vinyl source ( I can hear the pops and clicks at the begining of the song, and it is all mid-range, with hardly any bass or treble in the mix. ) Most disappointing are the 1991 remixes of "Love Is A Stranger" and the title track. They are very badly dated; I would have preferred the original 12" mixes. Get this one for the terrific sound upgrade, but beware a few of the other Eurythmics reissues - they are a spotty lot.

It says the remastered albums were under the supervision of Dave Stewart painstakingly using the original masters.

The sound quality has improved but what happened to Sweer Dreams?

The version you hear is edited down to barely over three minutes, I would expect to hear the full version after plucking down $14.98.

What was Dave Stewart thinking when they were using edited tapes to put on the album?

I guessed he figured everything you see today is abbreviated why not abbreviate the songs?

Also don't get the new Collection it also has edited versions.

The Eurythmics Greatest Hits that came out about ten year ago has full length versions but the sound quality is not as good.

So in conclusion you can settle for the edited versions with good sound quality, or get the full version with poorer sound quality.

Once again the consumer is out and Dave Stewart makes a mint!