Reality Effect

For the literary concept by Roland Barthes, see Effect of Reality.
Reality Effect
Studio album by The Tourists
Released 1979
Recorded Olympic Studios and DJM Studios London
Genre soft rock
Label Logo Records
Producer Tom Allom
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The Tourists chronology
The Tourists
(1978)		 Reality Effect
(1979)		 Luminous Basement
(1980)

Reality Effect is the second album by The Tourists, released in 1979. This album received much more favorable reviews than its predecessor with catchier songs and a stronger reliance on the vocals of Annie Lennox. The album included two hit singles, "So Good to Be Back Home Again" and their first top ten hit, a cover of the 1964 Dusty Springfield number "I Only Want to Be With You". Although the band featured Ms Lennox and her future Eurythmics partner Dave Stewart on guitar the bulk of the songs were written by singer/guitarist and undisputed leader Peet Coombes. The album spent sixteen weeks on the U.K. album chart but just failed to break into the top twenty.

Contents

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

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak
1979 British album charts 23

References