Touch
by Eurythmics

Touch by Eurythmics
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-11-14
Overall rank: 3,315th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 206 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (496th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,315th)

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Eurythmics bestography

Touch is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Eurythmics on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Eurythmics is Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) which is ranked number 2235 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 724.

Eurythmics album bestography « Higher ranked (2,235th)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
This album (3,315th)
Touch
Lower ranked (4,067th) »
Be Yourself Tonight

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Touch rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,315th | 1980s rank: 496th | 1983 rank: 45th

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Touch ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 206 votes)
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03/16/2026 08:17 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,26470/100
 
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12/20/2025 22:11 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,12433/100
 
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11/14/2025 01:24 stangetzaway  Ratings distribution  2,24184/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:31 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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08/20/2025 10:25 markl73  Ratings distribution  58578/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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75/100
From 06/10/2020 12:14 | #253234
Experimental music, some massive singles. Great album!
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90/100
From 08/14/2018 07:13 | #219668
If the Eurythmics were making music today the best tracks from their previous album ‘Sweet Dreams’ and this would be all together on one album. Combining both albums with the best songs together would make it one if the best albums of all time. Some absolute great songs on this album. Annie Lennox was just great to look at as well. Much like David Bowie
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60/100
From 02/22/2018 19:43 | #209257
As contrasting as an album could be. The first two tracks are the highlights, followed by some quite poor tracks. Cherrypick the best tracks and you have half an album at best.
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From 02/03/2018 04:06 | #207048
Terrific follow up to "Sweet Dreams". The music is very unique, and Annie Lennox's voice is amazing.
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85/100
From 11/28/2016 21:10 | #179300
Here Comes the Rain Again is nearly as great as Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). The first side sounds like every song was or could have been a hit. The second side is more experimental and not as satisfying but has some interesting stuff. Its a very strong album one of their best.
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65/100
From 05/24/2016 17:27 | #166788
The hits are great the rest is fairly average though.
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From 03/29/2015 09:54 | #138119
The good news is Annie's familiar voice and delivery are readily on display on the majority of the songs. The bad news is the record tends to drift just a bit, making the "non-hits" sound a bit like filler.
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70/100
From 02/01/2015 22:33 | #133685
Amazing singles... not quite a total album.
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75/100
From 08/29/2014 17:58 | #120738
The jury is still out on the Eurythmics. They were either god-awful or bloody brilliant, I haven't decided which. I suspect it was the latter, but there is so much about their music that I object to that I can't whole-heartedly embrace them.
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95/100
From 05/15/2014 15:27 | #111890
It's a really great album. Synth-Pop at it's best. "Here Comes the Rain Again", "Right By Your Side", "Who's That Girl", "Cool Blue" - Heavy and light, cold and warm, such a diverse album.
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