Reality Effect is the second album by The Tourists

The Tourists

The Tourists were a British rock and pop band, but are better known for two of their members who went on to achieve great success as Eurythmics...

, released in 1979

1979 in music

See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...

. This album received much more favorable reviews than its predecessor with catchier songs and a stronger reliance on the vocals of Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...

. 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

Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

 number "I Only Want to Be With You

I Only Want to Be with You

"I Only Want to Be with You" is a rock-and-roll song by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. It was the first solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz...

". Although the band featured Ms Lennox and her future Eurythmics

Eurythmics

Eurythmics were a British pop rock duo, formed in 1980, currently disbanded, but known to reunite from time to time. Consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A...

 partner Dave Stewart

David A. Stewart

David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...

 on guitar the bulk of the songs were written by singer/guitarist and undisputed leader Peet Coombes

Peet Coombes

Peet Coombes was the guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, who only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" and the Tourists, who had quite a few UK hits in the late '70s...

. The album spent sixteen weeks on the U.K. album chart but just failed to break into the top twenty.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pete Coombes; except where indicated

Side 1

1. "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" - 3:45 (Coombes)
2. "I Only Want to Be With You
   I Only Want to Be with You
   "I Only Want to Be with You" is a rock-and-roll song by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. It was the first solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz...
   
   " - 2:24 (Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde
   Ivor Raymonde
   Ivor Raymonde was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive rock-orchestral arrangements for Dusty Springfield and others in the 1960s.-Life and career:...
   
   )
3. "In the Morning (When the Madness has Faded)" - 4:09 (Coombes)
4. "All Life's Tragedies" - 3:48 (Coombes)
5. "Everywhere You Look" - 3:18 (Coombes)
6. "So Good to Be Back Home Again" - 2:39 (Coombes)

Side 2

1. "Nothing to Do" - 3:27 (Coombes)
2. "Circular Fever" - 3:06 (Coombes, Stewart)
3. "In My Mind (There's Sorrow)" - 4:44 (Coombes)
4. "Something in the Air Tonight" - 3:42 (Coombes)
5. "Summer's Night" - 3:17 (Coombes)

Personnel

• Ann Lennox - Vocals, organ, piano, harpsichord, string synthesiser
• Peet Coombes
  Peet Coombes
  Peet Coombes was the guitarist and vocalist with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the two pre-Eurythmics bands, The Catch, who only released one single, "Borderline/Black Blood" and the Tourists, who had quite a few UK hits in the late '70s...
  
   - Vocals, electric 6 string & 12 string guitars
• Dave Stewart
  David A. Stewart
  David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...
  
  - 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