What has happened to Eurythmics? The duo who've been responsible for some of the finest 80s pop return after a year's sabbatical (broken only by the 1984 soundtrack) with. . . er. . . Well, a pretty bad record, actually. What there is of the song (and there isn't much) is buried under a barrage of thrashing guitars, blaring trumpets and pounding drums. Meanwhile poor Annie, lost in the midst of this jumble, has to caterwaul to make herself heard before the whole top-heavy circus disappears down the hole in the middle. A disappointment. (Stuart Husband, No 1, April 20, 1985)
After the anaemic "Julia", Annie and Dave return with an energetic version of an old-fashioned soul work-out crossed with Sixties pop. Annie works up her usual vocal sweat but it passes on sheer muscle rather than on finesse. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, April 20, 1985)
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