Eurythmics

This is the Eurythmics' finest hour, with superior songs such as the sweeping "Here Comes the Rain Again," and "Who's That Girl" icily blending '60s Soul and European cool. Touch is also their last release as a synth act and their future direction is foreshadowed in the upbeat Calypso hit "By Your Side."

Physical gifts and technical accomplishments tempt a singer to overdramatize--Annie Lennox makes altogether too big a deal of punching the sofa. But even if she isn't, well, "cooler than ice cream" (really), I'm glad she's normal enough to want to be. If it's high-grade schlock you seek, this'll do as well as early Quarterflash. And Lennox has better hair. (Grade - B)