Eurythmics - This Is The House (RCA)

The sooner the Eurythmics realise that a sharp song is worth a million clever effects, the sooner they'll stop being an 'interesting' and start being a 'good' band. This crochets obscure words with slices from Bowie and Grace Jones. Interested? Didn't think so. (Ian Birch, Smash Hits, April 15, 1982)

Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? (RCA)

If you'd fed the last two Eurythmics hits into a computer and asked for a follow-up, this is what you'd get. It doesn't stray an inch from the blueprint. It's cold and calculated. In a way, though, that is what we love about so much British pop. When you buy a record by ABC, Wham, Yazoo, Eurythmics, you know that every detail, every nuance has been weighed to perfection. It's the best. "Who's That Girl?" expands Annie Lennox's twin images: the hard, icy lover and, in the video, the challenger of sexual roles. But that's all it is: image. And in the great game of pop manipulation The Eurythmics currently lead the field. (Phil McNeill, No 1, July 2, 1983)

Who's that bloke, is what most folk'll wonder when they clock Annie's latest look. Not that immediate but a strong if gloomy song and a flawless (though slightly dated) production. Already my favourite Eurythmics single. (Dave Rimmer, Smash Hits, July 7, 1983)

Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You (RCA)

What has happened to Eurythmics? The duo who've been responsible for some of the finest 80s pop return after a year's sabbatical (broken only by the 1984 soundtrack) with. . . er. . . Well, a pretty bad record, actually. What there is of the song (and there isn't much) is buried under a barrage of thrashing guitars, blaring trumpets and pounding drums. Meanwhile poor Annie, lost in the midst of this jumble, has to caterwaul to make herself heard before the whole top-heavy circus disappears down the hole in the middle. A disappointment. (Stuart Husband, No 1, April 20, 1985)

After the anaemic "Julia", Annie and Dave return with an energetic version of an old-fashioned soul work-out crossed with Sixties pop. Annie works up her usual vocal sweat but it passes on sheer muscle rather than on finesse. (Mike Gardner, Record Mirror, April 20, 1985)

Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (RCA)

Dave 'n' Annie just can't put a foot wrong. They release a happy calypso track in bleak mid-winter and watch it go Top Ten. Now they're back to the more familiar moody style that they do so brilliantly. The gorgeous slow melody is the ideal vehicle for Ms Lennox's effortlessly pure voice. It's mournful, but never depressing - add to their combined talents the string section of the British Philharmonic Orchestra and you've got the week's classiest single. (Karen Swayne, No 1, January 14, 1984)

If Eurythmics think they're making a run-of-the-mill record, they don't panic. They simply add 'the squint factor'. It turns an everyday event into a Royal Variety Performance. The secret of 'squint' lies in dodging your expectations. When you're waiting for a smart sheen, you get a tinny glitter. Just like that African guitar twang on "Right By Your Side". On this one it's the strings that add the seasoning. They scrape and scamper behind the melody, nudging Annie's wonderful vocal along. Like all Eurythmics' songs, it takes several plays to sink in but when it takes hold, you'll love the feeling. Single Of The Fortnight. (Ian Birch, Smash Hits, January 5, 1984)

As usual, very classy. I liked 'em when they were the Tourists and I like 'em now. Went to see 'em at the Odeon. I used to prefer the mini-skirt to the Oxford bags mind you, but that just shows you what a hidebound philistine old reactionary I am. (Lemmy [Motorhead], Record Mirror, January 14, 1984)

Eurythmics - Right By Your Side (RCA)

Sounding like something The Tourists might have done a few years back, the Eurythmics are definitely sticking their necks out with this one. Annie's sweet soul voice commandeers the unique electro-calypso backing that also boasts a shiny African juju guitar and the whole shebang sounds really fab. Is there no end to this pair's talent? (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, October 27, 1983)

Cool and breezy, light and easy, as Annie Lennox gives a human calypso touch to Dave Stewart's synthesized arrangements. Just when you were wondering whatever happened to that girl, here she is. And there's that hit. (Debbi Voller, No 1, October 29, 1983)

Party time at last for the Eurythmics. A sweet calypso beat sways beneath the chameleon voice of Ms Lennox, which has taken on a whole new grace and style. A total change from what they've been doing, but they have the class to carry it off. (Robin Smith, Record Mirror, October 29, 1983)

Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side (RCA)

Not one of Dave and Annie's most classic numbers, but interestingly devoid of much of the usual musical gymnastics. This sounds more like an early Everly Brothers song with regimented acoustic guitar and a nice line in cliched pop lyrics. (Andy Strickland, Record Mirror, August 30, 1986)