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Released
  
October 1979

Release date
  
October 1979

Label
  
Logo Records

Artist
  
The Tourists

Producer
  
Tom Allom

Genre
  
New wave

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Recorded
  
Olympic Studios and DJM Studios London, August 1979

Reality Effect(1979)
  
Luminous Basement(1980)

Similar
  
The Tourists albums, New wave albums

Reality Effect is the second album by the British band The Tourists, released in 1979.

Contents

This album received much more favourable reviews than the band's first album, with catchier songs and a stronger reliance on the vocals of singer Annie Lennox. The album contained two hit singles, "So Good to Be Back Home Again" (UK #8) and a cover of the 1964 Dusty Springfield song "I Only Want to Be With You" (UK #4).

Although the band featured Lennox and her future Eurythmics partner Dave Stewart on guitar, the bulk of the songs were written by singer/guitarist Peet Coombes. The album peaked at #23 on the UK Album Chart, and spent a total of sixteen weeks in the Top 100.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peet Coombes except where indicated

Side 1

  1. "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" – 3:45
  2. "I Only Want to Be With You" – 2:24 (Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde)
  3. "In the Morning (When the Madness has Faded)" – 4:09
  4. "All Life's Tragedies" – 3:48
  5. "Everywhere You Look" – 3:18
  6. "So Good to Be Back Home Again" – 2:39

Side 2

  1. "Nothing to Do" – 3:27
  2. "Circular Fever" – 3:06 (Peet Coombes, Dave Stewart)
  3. "In My Mind (There's Sorrow)" – 4:44
  4. "Something in the Air Tonight" – 3:42
  5. "Summer's Night" – 3:17

Personnel

  • Ann Lennox – Vocals, organ, piano, harpsichord, string synthesiser
  • Peet Coombes – Vocals, electric 6 string & 12 string guitars
  • Dave Stewart – Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals
  • Eddie Chin – Bass guitar
  • Jim "Do It" Toomey – Drums, percussion
  • Trumpet and string arrangements – Graham Preskett
  • Engineers – Andy Lunn, Bill Gill, Dick Plant, Barry Kidd
  • Producer – Tom Allom

    • Songs

    1It Doesn't Have to Be This Way3:46
    2I Only Want to Be With You2:24
    3In the Morning (When Madness Has Faded)4:02

    References

    Reality Effect Wikipedia
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