The Tourists is the debut album from the same titled band 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. The album was not hugely successful, peaking at #72 in the UK for only one week.

Two singles were released from the album, "Blind Among the Flowers" peaked at #52 in the UK whilst "The Loneliest Man in the World" peaked at #32.

The album has never been issued on CD but is available on second-hand vinyl.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peet Coombes.

1. "Blind Among The Flowers" - 3:30
2. "Save Me" - 1:54
3. "Fools Paradise" - 3:26
4. "Can't Stop Laughing" - 3:49
5. "Don't Get Left Behind" - 1:42
6. "Another English Day" - 1:15
7. "Deadly Kiss" - 3:55
8. "Ain't No Room" - 3:28
9. "The Loneliest Man In The World" - 4:06
10. "Useless Duration Of Time" - 4:23
11. "He Who Laughs Last Laughs Longest" - 1:44
12. "Just Like You" - 4:48

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	72

Personnel

• Arranged By – The Tourists
• Artwork By (Design & Art) – Bill Smith
• Performer – 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...
  
  , David A. 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,...
  
  , Eddie Chin
  Eddie Chin
  Eddie Chin is an American bassist who was formerly a part of The Tourists.As part of his early career Chin joined the skiffle group, The Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra along with fellow musician Robert Greenfield....
  
  , Jim "Do It" Toomey, 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...
  
  
• Photography – Neil Kirk
• Producer – Conny Plank, The Tourists
• All tracks written by – 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...