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For the literary concept by Roland Barthes, see Effect of Reality.

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

This album received much more favorable 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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peet Coombes except where indicated

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak
1979	UK Album Charts	23

References

www.allmusic.com/album/reality-effect-r20325
The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, fifth edition 1992

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-'''''Reality Effect''''' is the second album by [[The Tourists]], released in [[1979 in music| 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 [[David A. Stewart| 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.
+'''''Reality Effect''''' is the second album by the British band [[The Tourists]], released in [[1979 in music| 1979]].
+This album received much more favorable 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 [[David A. Stewart|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.
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