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Reality Effect
Release Date: 1980 04 zz
Label: American Beat Records

The American version of Reality Effect included three songs previously released only in the U.K. -- the British singles "Blind Among the Flowers" and "The Loneliest Man in the World" and the album track "Fool's Paradise" -- as well as songs released on the U.K. version of the album, which had been released the previous fall. The new songs found the group rocking harder for the most part and incorporating such influences as Jefferson Airplane, with lead singers Annie Lennox and Peet Coombes playing the parts of Grace Slick and Marty Balin. But the standout track was Lennox's reading of Dusty Springfield's 1964 hit "I Only Want to Be with You," which made the U.S. singles chart after being a British Top Ten hit. Also included was its U.K. Top Ten follow-up, the Coombes/Lennox duet "So Good to Be Back Home Again." [Originally released in October 1979 in the U.K. as Logo 1019, Reality Effect was released in the U.S. in an altered version containing songs from The Tourists in April 1980 as Epic 36386.] William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1It Doesn't Have to Be This WayCoombes3:45
2I Only Want to Be with YouCoombes, Raymonde, Hawker2:24
3Blind Among the FlowersCoombes3:29
4In the Morning (When the Madness Has Faded)Coombes4:09
5All Life's TragediesCoombes3:48
6Everywhere You LookCoombes3:18
7Nothing to DoCoombes3:27
8Loneliest Man in the WorldCoombes3:29
9So Good to Be Back Home AgainCoombes2:39
10Circular FeverStewart, Coombes3:06
11In My Mind (There's Sorrow)Coombes4:44
12Fool's ParadiseCoombes3:24

Releases:
YearTypeLabel
2007CDAmerican Beat Records



Group Members:
Peet Coombes
Dave Stewart
Jim Toomey
Annie Lennox
Eddy Chin
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