80's Dance Greats [Import]

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Australian pressing features 12 of the 80's greatest dance hits including Miguel Brown 'Close To Perfection', Earlene Bentley 'I'm Living My Own Life', 7th Avenue 'Loves Gone Mad', Carol Jiani 'River Deep-Mountain High' and more. Going For A Song. 2005.

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Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4

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Back from Oblivion - Volume 4
Dynamite compilation of non-typical 1980's hits!
hits for sure
Living Oblivious
Some gems, some better forgotten

Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002TOJ
Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
True - Spandau Ballet
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys
Sister Of Mercy - Thompson Twins
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo) - Red Box
Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade
You Don't Know - Scarlett & Black
Some People - Belouis Some
Shock - The Motels
Belly Of The Whale - Burning Sensation
Tenderness - General Public
Get Out Of London - Intaferon
Go - Tones On Tail
Slang Teacher - Wide Boy Awake
Lawnchairs - Our Daughter's Wedding
Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo

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Back from Oblivion - Volume 4.......2007-04-13

Music from the 1980's was often unusual. Music went several directions after the demise of Disco, seeking new sounds and ideas. Big hair bands, New Wave and a host of other styles came and went. Though most of these styles failed to catch on, collectively this music represents an array of unique and unusual music. Most of these songs were released as singles and made at least the top 100 either in the U.S. or the U.K. A few did not. Most of these songs are great reminiscences of the 1980's, and fans of 80's music should find a lot of music to refresh their musical memories and broaden their musical horizons.

The songs, chart position (from the CD booklet) on the U.S. Hot 100 and the U.K. Top 75, and a brief comment:

(1) Dance Hall Days; U.S. #16. This song has a mature sound that may remind some listeners of David Bowie in the same era. This song was one of Wang Chung's biggest hits.

(2) One Thing Leads to Another; U.S. #4; U.K. #86. This bouncy dance song was The Fixx's biggest hit and also made it to #2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and #14 on the U.S. Dance 50.

(3) True; U.S. #4; U.K. #1. Spandau Ballet was an English group with many charting singles in the U.K. In 1983, they broke into the U.S. charts and achieved their greatest success with this ballad.

(4) Come On Eileen; U.S. #1; U.K. #1. This quirky, award winning song made Dexys Midnight Runners a one-hit wonder in the U.S., but the group was successful in the U.K. in the 1980's until the group disbanded in 1986.

(5) Digging Your Scene (U.S. Single Version); U.S. #14; U.K. #12. This sophisticated song contains an array of influences from earlier eras and was The Blow Monkeys biggest U.S. hit.

(6) Sister of Mercy (Single Version); U.K. #11. The Thompson Twins had a series of hits in the U.S. and the world. This mellow song is representative of the group's music.

(7) Under the Milky Way; U.S. #24. This beautiful song is one of The Church's biggest hits. The haunting music just begs to be played over and over. This song is also a good reminder that Australia has great musicians.

(8) Lean On Me; U.K. #3. This tune is quite catchy and fun to hear. Red Box never did have a hit in the U.S., though this song seems like it could have done well in the 80's in the U.S.

(9) Since Yesterday; U.K. #5. The song is cute and made Strawberry Switchblade one hit wonders. The attractive Scottish ladies were unable to duplicate their success with this song and disbanded well before the decade ended.

(10) You Don't Know; U.S. #20. This pop song by Scarlett & Black is very catchy and helped give this duo a one-hit-wonder.

(11) Some People; U.S. #67; U.K. #33. This song is average 80's music but become one of Belouis Some's biggest hit. His real name is Neville Keighley. One of his songs made an appearance in "Pretty in Pink."

(12) Shock; U.S. #84. This song is faster with a slightly harder edge than most of the songs in this collection. The Motels had other, bigger and better songs than this one.

(13) Belly of the Whale; did not chart. Burning Sensations had a short history that included this song. The song has a lot of Reggae influence, which makes it unique on this album.

(14) Tenderness; U.S. #27. General Public came and went, leaving behind a few songs such as this minor hit.

(15) Get Out of London; U.K. 93. Though Intaferon was in and out of the public eye so quickly that you might have missed them, this song enjoyed another moment of fame when it was chosen for the soundtrack of the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie, "Winning London." The song is one of the faster songs in this collection with interesting electronic sound effects.

(16) Go; unknown chart position. Tones on Tail's music was psychedelic and surreal, and thus generally not in the mainstream. However, this unusual song has become a favorite at retro dance clubs. When you listen to it you will see why.

(17) Slang Teacher; unknown chart position. This funky song was one of the few recorded by Wide Boy Awake. Kevin Mooney helped form this short-lived group that never released an album. Mooney's claim to fame was a stint as the bassist for Adam and the Ants.

(18) Lawnchairs; U.K. #49. Sometimes American bands invaded the U.K. Our Daughter's Wedding had a minor hit in the U.K. with this song that was never released in the U.S. The group quickly disappeared into oblivion.

(19) Mexican Radio; U.S. #58; U.K. #64. Quirky music sold well in the early days of MTV as long as there was a video, as Wall of Voodoo proved with this minor hit. This song ended up being their only charting song, though the group continued to release albums until their breakup in 1988.

Musicians experimented with many different sounds in the 1980's as a new generation looked for something different from music of the early 70's and disco. Many groups were formed, had one hit or semi-hit, and then broke up. What remained is an eclectic collection of songs that may be dated, but are still a lot of fun to hear. These songs may not be the best songs of the 1980's but they do capture the feeling of the era. Be glad that these songs were rescued from oblivion.

Enjoy!

Dynamite compilation of non-typical 1980's hits!.......2005-11-30

The Living In Oblivion series of CD compilations does something that many similar compilations do NOT do: they give us some great variety of "hits".

There is no doubt that "Mickey" by Toni Basil was a huge hit. There's also no doubt that "Our Lips are Sealed" was a break out hit for the Go Go's, but the Funboy Three version wasn't. But what about "Living in a Box"? It only hit the Billboard top 100 at #89 in 1987. So why is it here? Why are a large number of these songs? They're not top 10 hits, right?

Wrong!

I'm sick to death of so many compilations relying on top 40 hits from the 80's. The U.S. music tastes are typically very different from those of Europe. Just because a song doesn't make the U.S. Billboard top 40 doesn't mean that it isn't a hit in other countries. And although I'm an American, my music tastes have always run more in line with those of Europe.

I'm delighted that the Living in Oblivion series (and the Pop and Wave series) have incorporated a variety of hits from the U.S. and Europe.

I also like that some of the more obscure groups and their songs are available on these compilations. There are several songs on these albums that never were released on CD (as they hadn't come into being at the time of the groups' albums initial releases), so albums such as these are the only place where you can find these hits. The Boys Don't Cry song "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" hit the Billboard charts at #12 in 1986, but the group disappeared soon thereafter. Then all of a sudden a dance version of that same song came out in the early 2000's and rocketed up the dance charts.

Don't be misled, the Living in Oblivion series is one of the absolutely best series for a variety of music from the 80's. If you want to hear run of the mill, top 40 only hits from the 80's, well, then you'll just have to look elsewhere.

Also, the liner notes and pictures of the groups included in the jewel box are really clever. You get to find out what the chart position was for the songs in the compilation and see what the groups looked like at the time of the song's release. My only issue with these liner notes is that the author of them seems to be disparaging the very music which these albums are espousing. Apparently many believe that the music from the 80's was vacuous and devoid of emotion. One need only listen to the song "The Promise" by the group "When in Rome" (Living in Oblivion Volume 5) to know that such a statement is false. While that group only had this one hit and then faded into obscurity, "The Promise" made the Billboard Top 100 at #11 and the Billboard Dance Chart at #1.

Anyway... I can't recommend this album and its entire series any more! It's simply awesome! Before believing those who would disparage this series of albums, please check the Billboard charts and you'll see that these songs were in fact hits.

GET IT!

hits for sure.......2005-09-02

This is the type of 80s compilation i would go for it contains a lotof hits you cant find in any other compilations exspecially songs like Get Out of London - Intaferon and Sister of Mercy - Thompson Twins are something hard to find in other compilations i bought this album because it features Digging Your Scene [US Single Version] - The Blow Monkeys and also for Go! - Tones on Tail

Living Oblivious.......2004-09-20

There are some tracks on this disk that (thankfully) I had never heard of. However, there are a few songs here that are very difficult to find.

Belly of the Whale - Burning Sensations. In fact it was for this one song that I bought the CD.

Get out of London - Intaferon. As previously mentioned this is a hard song to locate.

Also, WangChung, Tones on Tail and the Thompson Twins add to the value of this disc (for me at least.)

Some gems, some better forgotten.......2004-08-06

As with any compilation, some tracks you already have, some you want, and some you don't really care for. The selling point for me was the inclusion of Intaferon's 'Get Out Of London' - REALLY hard to find on CD - and I'd rather get it on this for a handful of bucks than on the Olsen twins' Winning London soundtrack for maybe 3 times the price.

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Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra

Instruments of the Orchestra
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Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
Hungarian Dance No.4
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The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
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The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
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Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
Mahler's Sleighbells
Symphony No.4 (Opening)
A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Nocturnes
Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
The Oboe As Duck
Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Thunderstorm In A Million
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
Octet In F (Mvt 3)
The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
Canzon 28
Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
Images (Gigues)
A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

Tracks:

Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
The Promise - When In Rome
Vienna - Ultravox
Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up) - China Crisis
Steady - Jules Shear
Our Lips Are Sealed - The Fun Boy Three
Pleasure And Pain - Divinyls
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) - The Icicle Works
The Honeythief - Hipsway
Souvenir - Rubber Rodeo
I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boy's Don't Cry
The Captain Of Her Heart - Double
When Your Heart Is Weak - Cock Robin
Love Changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher
More Than Physical - Banarama
Vanity Kills - ABC
We Close Our Eyes - Go West

Customer Reviews:

Helps you remember the decade you tried to forget.......2007-05-21

This CD has tracks I could not find any where else, not even Napster or Walmart Custom CDs. I played it on my summer break to the beach and it brought back memories. My kids even like the music. So, if you Wanna be a Cowboy, or you miss the Captain of your heart, listen up and enjoy!

Highly Recommended! Great compilations of non-typical 80's hits!.......2005-11-30

THIS AIN'T NO TIME-LIFE SERIES PEOPLE!.......2005-11-28

I own all 5 of the LIO series and must say that v.5 stands out as the issue that most personifies (what I believe) is the point of the series. Many of the songs in the series were songs I may have heard only once in the 80's (in clubs, on the radio, in movies). But were it not for the LIO series, many of the tunes would definitely be relegated to musical "oblivion". (Hint to the LIO naysayers: Just because you never heard it before, doesn't mean it isn't "GOOD"! If you want only what was in the TOP 40 in the '80's, try a TIME-LIFE series!)

Everything here shines in it's own '80's quirky sort of way. I left off 1 star only because the version of "Hyperactive" is an edited version and not the full version included on Thomas Dolby's "Retrospectacle" album.

Not everything in the LIO series is a hit, but it contains so many songs not found anywhere else that truly deserve a second listen and their own place outside of oblivion.

PS: I am told that v.5 is officially OUT OF PRINT.

hit list.......2005-09-02

I used to earlier buy the NOW compilation series thinking the best songs were found in the NOW compilations but i now realise i wasted a lot of money on the now scrap only after coming across the Living In Oblivion series of 80s hits i had listened to volumes 1 and 2 and feel this is the type of music i always wanted

The 80's greatest hits (and misses). .......2005-04-17

Truth be known, most of these songs were not big hits, and some I never even heard before. I mean where is Prince, Cyndi Lauper, and Huey Lewis on these 5 cd's? But I will say half of this collection is really strong, and the other half is at least decent. My personal favorites would be "Major Tom (coming home)", "Promises, Promises", "The Promise", and "I Wanna Be A Cowboy". Also good is "Pleasure And Pain", "The Honeythief", and "Enola Gay". However, the reason I bought this was for Doubles "Captain Of Her Heart", which I often heard as a kid, and haven't seen anywhere in years. This 5th volume in the series is roughly the same as the others, it's just a matter of what tracks you're really trying to hunt down.

Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3

Average customer rating:

Awesome compilation of non-typical hits from the 1980's!
Best of the Living in Oblivion Series
Totally 80's Man
Brilliant from Start to Finish
If you valued the 80's, don't buy this compilation

Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4
Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, Vol. 11

ASIN: B000002TNH
Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

(Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League
Perfect Way - Scritti Politti
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
Election Day - Arcadia
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3
Make A Circuit With Me - The Polecats
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
Sidewalk Talk - Jellybean
It's My Life - Talk Talk
(I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
Hanging On A Heart Attack - Device
Poison Arrow - ABC
Aeiou Sometimes Y - Ebon-Ozn
Are You Sure - So
The Way You Are - Tears For Fears
What Do All The People Know - The Monroes

Customer Reviews:

Awesome compilation of non-typical hits from the 1980's!.......2005-11-30

Best of the Living in Oblivion Series.......2004-11-13

I own all five Living In Oblivion discs and this one is the one I listen to the most. Just like all compilations, there are some songs that you can find on just about any '80s retrospective CD, but there are many good songs that are not on those other discs. These songs include the fantastic "It's My Life" by Talk Talk, "Hanging on a Heart Attack" by Device, "Are You Sure" by So, "What Do All the People Know" by The Monroes, and my personal favorite, "Life in a Northern Town" by The Dream Academy.
Every fan of the 1980s will find one disc more to their liking, but chances are that most of you who love 80s music will find several songs on this disc that you will like.

Totally 80's Man.......2004-09-13

Ok, just to make it clear, some people (ahem, some reviewers) clearly don't understand the point of the Living In Oblivion series. So far, in my listening experience, this CD has been the best one yet. With tracks of Single Hit bands and those rare songs that are just downright 80's, L.I.O. delivers a dose of the unique sounds of the eighties, and gives a splash of some of the era's greatest hits. This is what its all about.
Awesome Tracks:
Device - Hanging On a Heart Attack
Talk Talk - It's My Life
EBN-OZN - AEIOU Sometimes Y
So- Are You Sure
ABC- Poison Arrow

Rock On 80's Woo Hoo!

Brilliant from Start to Finish.......2002-04-14

Despite the complaints below, there are great songs here that, in fact, are hard to find elsewhere: AEIOU Sometimes Y, Hanging On a Heart Attack, Sidewalk Talk, Make a Circuit with Me, and Shattered Dreams. And that reviewer assumes that you already have the same discs as he does. Um, OK.

If you valued the 80's, don't buy this compilation.......1999-08-30

You'd think that an 80's anthology of music would understand that it caters to an audience which is nostalgic toward that decade.

Tracks:

Mickey - Toni Basil
Get It On (Bang A Gong) - Power Station
Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
Let Me Go - Heaven 17
Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred
Heart And Soul - T'Pau
Just Got Lucky - Jo Boxers
It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) - Fun Boy Three Bananarama
The Jam Was Moving - Debbie Harry
Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
88 Lines About 44 Women - Nails
Only The Lonely - Motels
Living In A Box - Living In A Box
Walking On Sunshine - The Waves
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
Destination Unknown - Missing Persons
Never Ending Story - Limahl
Mickey (Spanish Version) - Toni Basil

Customer Reviews:

Great disk.......2007-06-14

"80's" compendiums usually are code for, "KROQ playlist". This one's no different, and thank heaven! As in, Heaven 17, of course, and while there are a couple fillers on here (the Spanish version of "Hey, Mickey" is a waste of space), it's a great disc.

Do Not Buy For T'Pau! (Review for Liv in Obliv Vol 2).......2006-03-08

For some reason this review seems to show up on Living In Oblivion Vol 1 (and so do others). This is a review of the Vol. 2 disc.

Hmm. The tracks selected for this CD are kind of interesting, a bit more obscure (to American ears, anyway) than most 80's collections. The only real mega-hit, T'Pau's 1987 smash "Heart and Soul," is butchered by the low fidelity of the track--a problem plauging this CD in its entirety to an extent, but the T'Pau track is by far the worst. It sounds almost like it's mono, but I'm not sure.

Still, a few of the more obscure features make this an interesting compilation. DJ's doing 80s stuff might want to throw on the Spanish language version of Toni Basil's "Mickey" (provided along with the regular version)--it's a Hoot! Power Station's cover of the T-Rex early '70's hit "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" is one I recall from the 80's--though unequal to the original, it is worth playing from time to time. Some of the other well-known tracks by the Vapors, Motels, Thompson Twins, Missing Persons, Culture Club, Katrina & the Waves, Thomas Dolby, Naked Eyes, Talk Talk, as well as the English version of Toni Basil's Mickey, are best acquired elsewhere where the fidelity is better.

There are some real wacko tracks on this CD not generally available elsewhere. Most notable is "88 Lines About 44 Women" by the Nails (who??), a definitely R-rated discussion, of, apparently, the "artist's" female conquests. It amuses a little (if you like crude off-color sex puns, that is) but does not overwhelm either, and it is not an under-17 track (which is a shame since the humor in is is more like under 13). The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama track "It ain't what you do," is another obscurity that, probably, deserves its fate. The remaining songs I haven't mentioned I will leave to Rest In Peace, as they are all vintage forgettables except for the strangely out of place "Neverending Story," which surely is available elsewhere with better fidelity.

In sum, maybe buy used, but for God's sake don't buy this mediocre effort new.

(For a different, very interesting perspective on this CD, read "Atlanta Native's" post.)

Half awesome!.......2006-02-13

The truth is, with 80's collections, the more songs it has that you want, the better it is. This "Living In Oblivion" series is no different. I find "Volume 5" to be the best, others may not. Like most of them though, I really love half of what's here, the rest is still ok. My favorites are the excellent "Get It On (bang a gong)", "Lay Your Hands On Me", "Heart And Soul", and "The Jam Was Moving". Others I'd call classic are "Running Up That Hill", "Destination Unknown", and the infamous "Never Ending Story". If you can find this for a few bucks, it's well worth the trip down memory lane.

Awesome! Non-typical "hits" from the 80's .......2005-11-30

The Living In Oblivion series of CD compilations does something that many similar compilations do NOT do: they give us some great variety of "hits".

There is no doubt that "Mickey" by Toni Basil was a huge hit. There's also no doubt that "Our Lips are Sealed" was a break out hit for the Go Go's, but the Funboy Three version wasn't. But what about "Living in a Box"? It only hit the Billboard top 100 at #89 in 1987. So why is it here? Why are a large number of these songs? They're not top 10 hits, right?

Wrong!

I'm sick to death of so many compilations relying on top 40 hits from the 80's. The U.S. music tastes are typically very different from those of Europe. Just because a song doesn't make the U.S. Billboard top 40 doesn't mean that it isn't a hit in other countries. And although I'm an American, my music tastes have always run more in line with those of Europe.

I'm delighted that the Living in Oblivion series (and the Pop and Wave series) have incorporated a variety of hits from the U.S. and Europe.

I also like that some of the more obscure groups and their songs are available on these compilations. There are several songs on these albums that never were released on CD (as they hadn't come into being at the time of the groups' albums initial releases), so albums such as these are the only place where you can find these hits. The Boys Don't Cry song "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" hit the Billboard charts at #12 in 1986, but the group disappeared soon thereafter. Then all of a sudden a dance version of that same song came out in the early 2000's and rocketed up the dance charts.

Don't be misled, the Living in Oblivion series is one of the absolutely best series for a variety of music from the 80's. If you want to hear run of the mill, top 40 only hits from the 80's, well, then you'll just have to look elsewhere.

Also, the liner notes and pictures of the groups included in the jewel box are really clever. You get to find out what the chart position was for the songs in the compilation and see what the groups looked like at the time of the song's release. My only issue with these liner notes is that the author of them seems to be disparaging the very music which these albums are espousing. Apparently many believe that the music from the 80's was vacuous and devoid of emotion. One need only listen to the song "The Promise" by the group "When in Rome" (Living in Oblivioon Volume 5) to know that such a statement is false. While that group only had this one hit and then faded into obscurity, "The Promise" made the Billboard Top 100 at #11 and the Billboard Dance Chart at #1.

Anyway... I can't recommend this album and its entire series any more! It's simply awesome! Before believing those who would disparage this series of albums, please check the Billboard charts and you'll see that these songs were in fact hits.

GET IT!

Great for the true new wave fans.......2005-08-13

I don't understand why people keep reviewing the Living in Oblivion series and whining that these aren't the songs they heard on the radio. There are plenty of compilations out there with all the 80s radio hits. This series has a lot of the great songs that didn't get much radio play. I knew all but one song on this disc because in the 80s I was hanging out at postpunk/new wave clubs and listening to college radio. For anyone who truly loves new wave/club music from the 80s, this is a great collection.

Average customer rating:

A Great CD

Greatest Sports Rock and Jams
Various Artists
Manufacturer: K-Tel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Presents Stadium Anthems: Music for the Fans
Greatest Sports Rock and Jams, Vol. 4
Rockin' Sports Jams
Hot Hits: Ultimate Sports Mix
Jock Rock Party

ASIN: B000000S10
Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

Charge! - Ronnie Neuman
Get Ready For This (Radio Mix) - 2Unlimited
Whoomp! There It Is - Tag Team
Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
I Wanna Have Some Fun - Samantha Fox
Everybody Everybody - Black Box
The Wild Thing - Tone Loc
The Twilight Zone (Rave Edit) - 2Unlimited
Wiggle It - 2 In A Room
I'm Gonna Get You (Original Flavour Mix (Radio Edit)) - Bizarre Inc.
The Power - Snap!
Wild, Wild West - Escape Club
The Addams Family: Main Theme (Vocal) - Victor Mizzy And His Orchestra And Chorus

Tracks:

Woodchopper's Ball - Ronnie Neuman
Sirius (Instrumental) - Alan Parsons Project
(I Wanna) Be Like Mike (Original Version) - Teknoe
Celebration - Kool & The Gang
The Twist - Chubby Checker
The Clap - Ronnie Neuman
Rock & Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
Bullfight - Ronnie Neuman
Tequila - Champs
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Hot, Hot, Hot - Buster Poindexter
Strikeout - Ronnie Neuman
Surfin' Bird - Trashmen
Shout - Otis Day & The Knights
Louie, Louie - Kingsmen
Willie & The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis
Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
Macarena - Los Del Mar

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No, it's not rockin' jams. It's rock and jams, which implies a mix of sweeping rockers ("Rock and Roll Part 2," "Louie, Louie," "Born to be Wild") and equally hook-addicted R&B ("The Power," "Celebration"). As one can see, we're talking about the most ubiquitous stadium anthems of recent memory. Though there's some variety found here ("Macarena" to "Surfin' Bird" suitably represent the spectrum), this two-disc set sticks to game-time faves of the most familiar sort. One question to ponder: Has "The Addams Family Theme" ever inspired a team to pull off a last-second victory? --Steven Stolder

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A Great CD.......2000-12-06

This cd has great songs, for all sports fans. If you are starting a sports songs collection this is a perfect CD. for you to own. This is a must have for all sports song fans. I recommend you buy this Cd.

Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

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good compilation for a decent price
Awesome collection of hits that aren't run of the mill!
For the 80s new wave fan
Only buy used
Oblivion from the Obvious to the Obscure

Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Various Artists
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Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, Vol. 13

ASIN: B000002UR9
Release Date: 1993-03-23

Tracks:

Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
Talk Talk (Remix) - Talk Talk
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
19 - Paul Hardcastle
Homicide - 999
Romanticide - Combo Audio
Guilty - Classix Nouveaux
(Get A) Grip (On Yourself) - The Stranglers
2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band
C30, C60, C90, Go - Bow Wow Wow
(She's) Sexy + 17 - Stray Cats
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
I Eat Cannibals (Part One) - Total Coelo
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee

Customer Reviews:

good compilation for a decent price.......2005-12-30

I bought this 5 cd set years ago and I still get it out often. True, I wasn't familiar with all of the songs (which is strange since I was a teenager in the 80's), but there are enough great songs to justify the purchase.
Most compilations rely on the same 15 songs (yawn). This set reminds you of some songs you may have forgotten and introduces you to some you may have never heard before.
If you love the energy and the off-beat style of 80's new wave, this is a great start.

Awesome collection of hits that aren't run of the mill!.......2005-11-30

For the 80s new wave fan.......2005-08-13

I remember all of these songs and love most of them! But, I am not looking for mainstream 80s stuff, a lot of the songs on the Living in Oblivion series were hits on MTV or in the postpunk/new wave clubs or college radio. Anyone who hit these types of clubs at the time should know these. A great collection for the true fan of new wave/club music.

Only buy used.......2005-07-21

I bought this CD used for about $2.00. I did that on purpose because out of 18 songs, I like (& know) only 8 of them. However those 8 are great ones. My favorites being "Talk,Talk" and "The Politics of Dancing" which alone are worth $2 to me!! I recommend listening to the samples first and see for yourself what you think.

Oblivion from the Obvious to the Obscure.......2004-09-09

The Living in Oblivion series is the way compilations should be made. It offers a wide variety of music from the very well-known to bands I've never heard of. The booklet includes a brief, interesting history of the tracks and there are photos of EVERY band on the track list. Even for some of the more famous bands like Bow Wow Wow and Spandau Ballet, the LIO people did not choose the obvious songs like "I Want Candy," or "True" that we've all heard tons of times on the raido, but chose other hits we may have forgotten about or never heard. The LIO series is an excellent way to catch up with some 1980s favorites while also discovering stuff you missed.

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Good not overplayed songs
Some of the 8Os OK HITS

Greatest Rock Hits of the 80's
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Mca Special Products
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ASIN: B000002QNY
Release Date: 1996-04-09

Tracks:

I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde
Right On Track - Breakfast Club
I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Love Is Like A Rock - Donnie Iris

Customer Reviews:

Good not overplayed songs.......2004-01-16

There's only one song on here I don't know. A person can only listen to "Heat of the Moment" so many times before they get sick of it. Obviously some thought went into this- "Let's make an 80's CD that actually differs from other 80's CD's so people can hear a wider variety of songs!" (this statement excludes Living in Oblivion 1-5, of course,which rules).

Some of the 8Os OK HITS.......2000-03-26

This cd is a mix of hit 80's songs. Not all are recagnisable but still they are ok. If you can't listen to them all here though, I would listen to it somewhere else then buy the cd here at Amazon.com!

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A must have box set of high quality songs from a great era
Something familiar, something new
Where are the greatest hits?
A Fantastic Bargain and an Adventure to Boot
Only some of the Greatest Hits of the 80's

Greatest Hits of the 80's
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Disky Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)

ASIN: B000024003
Release Date: 1998-11-22

Tracks:

No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate
More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer
Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie
Stars on 45: Stars on 45/Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive - Stars on 45
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Rain in May - Max Werner
Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
Papa Chico - Tony Esposito
We Just
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
Hymn - Ultravox
Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys
Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
Imagination - Belouis Some
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves

Tracks:

True - Spandau Ballet
Tide Is High - Blondie
Save Your Love - Renee & Renato
Sunshine Reggae - Laid Back
I Like Chopin - Gazebo
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
This Is Not a Love Song - Public Image Ltd.
Only You - Flying Pickets
Star Trekkin' - Firm
Love Is a Battlefield
Reflex - Duran Duran
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes - Ultravox
Letter from America - The Proclaimers
Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
Dictator - Centerfold
Walking in the Air - Aled Jones
Hot in the City - Billy Idol
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

Tracks:

Such a Shame - Talk Talk
Eyes Without a Face - Billy Idol
Never Ending Story - Limahl
Wild Boys - Duran Duran
We Belong
Walk in the Park - Nick Straker Band
Solid - Ashford & Simpson
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
Let's All Chant - Michael Zager Band
Nineteen - Paul Hardcastle
Carribean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
Kayleigh - Marillion
Maria Magdalena - Sandra
Running up That Hill - Kate Bush
If I Was - Midge Ure
Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook
Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate
Big Apple - Kajagoogoo

Tracks:

Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
In the Heat of the Night - Sandra
When the Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean
Human - The Human League
(I Just) Died in Your Arms - Cutting Crew
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Everything I Own - Boy George
Living in a Box - Living in a Box
Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
China in Your Hand - T'Pau
Love Changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Round and Round - Jaki Graham
Cambodia - Kim Wilde
Don't Waste My Time - Paul Hardcastle
I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby

Tracks:

Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) - Mel & Kim
I Need You - BVSMP
Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Geil - Bongo, Bruce
Holiday Rap - DJ Sven, MC Miker G
Sata Lucia by Night - George Baker Selection
If Only I Could - Sydney Youngblood
Real Thing - Jellybean
Respect - Adeva
Rich in Paradise - F.P.I. Project
Disco Band - Scotch
What Have I Done for You Lately - King Mc
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
Time (Clock of the Heart) - Culture Club
Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Mated - Jaki Graham, David Grant
We Close Our Eyes - Go West
Hit Mix: Happy Station/Color My Love/Baila Bolero/Give Me Your Love - Fun Fun

Tracks:

Atomic - Blondie
Reckless - Afrika Bambaataa, UB40
Heart and Soul - T'Pau
Missing You - John Waite
Comin' on Strong - Broken English
Don't Forget Me - Glass Tiger
Mony Mony - Amazulu
Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney
I Am the Beat - Look, The Look
Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant
Harder I Try - Brother Beyond
Hyperactive! - Thomas Dolby
Victims - Culture Club
Temptation - Heaven 17
Chequered Love - Kim Wilde
Respectable - Mel & Kim
Turn to Gold - David Austin

Tracks:

Sunglasses - Tracey Ullman
All Stood Still - Ultravox
Save a Prayer - Duran Duran
Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
Classic - Adrian Gurvitz
Power of Love - Huey Lewis & the News
It Started With a Kiss - Hot Chocolate
On the Beat - The B.B. & Q. Band
Call Me - Blondie
I Don't Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant
Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
I Want to Wake Up With You
Freeze-Frame - J. Geils Band
We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
French Kissin' in the USA - Debbie Harry
Johnny B. Goode - Peter Tosh
Free Nelson Mandela - The Special A.K.A.
Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Tracks:

Slippery People [Live] - Talking Heads
Hey Little Girl - Icehouse
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Some Like It Hot - The Power Station
C'est la Vie - Robbie Nevil
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Ooh to Be Ah - Kajagoogoo
Hip to Be Square - Huey Lewis & the News
Vienna - Ultravox
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack
Lavender - Marillion
Lunatic - Gazebo
Room in Your Heart - Living in a Box
Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Jimmy Nail
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love - Jaki Graham, David Grant
Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) - Freddie Jackson

Album Description

Budget-priced box featuring 144 pop, soul & new wave gems ofthe decade. Includes hits by Blondie, Freddie Jackson, Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Go West, Billy Idol, Climie Fisher, Mel & Kim, P.I.L., Kim Wilde, Culture Club, Human League, Spandau Ballet, the Waterboys, Kajagoogoo, J. Geils Band, Paul Hardcastle, Ultravox, Eddy Grant, Billy Ocean, Talk Talk, Jermaine Stewart, John Waite, China Crisis and many, many more! Each disc comes in a separate full color slipcase & together they are packaged in a full CD-sized brilliant box. 1998 release.

Album Details

Eight CD Box Set!! (As Seen on MTV Europe).

Customer Reviews:

A must have box set of high quality songs from a great era.......2006-06-28

Being a BIG fan of 1980s era music, finding this 8 CD box set was really a treasure. Sure, I have a lot of the songs available on the discs in my huge 80s MP3 song collection (16 discs worth so far and still growing), but there are so many others included that I would never have known about or heard since they only aired in the UK. Of course, there are a few other excellent European music artists that do not show up in the set. People like Shakin' Stevens, Don McLean, English Beat and Madness; but they can be mostly found in other collected sets (with the exception of Shakin' Stevens, which is a shame, because his rock n' roll music is excellent). My only complaint about this box collection is the lack of information in concerns to the album each song was taken from and the confusion I have about the two numbers after each title (for example: Adrian Gurvitz: Classic 3,39). Does this mean track 3, Billboard rating 39? I don't know. Other than this minor issue, I highly recommend this CD set for any fan of the 80s music era. You won't be disappointed at the selection and quality.

Something familiar, something new.......2004-07-14

This box set has something for everyone, especially if you want an idea of what was popular in Europe during the Eighties, i.e. names like Sandra, Kajagoogoo, Mel & Kim, Duran Duran, Ultravox... Many, many big hits and a bunch of unknown gems for those who want to explore.

Where are the greatest hits?.......2004-04-13

In a few words, I can explain why I think this collection fails as a "greatest hits of the 80's" album. There is an absence of: Eurythmics, George Michael, Corey Hart, Wham, and just take a look at the track list, because mine goes on. I guess for the bargain price, expectations can't be set that high. You get what you pay for.

A Fantastic Bargain and an Adventure to Boot.......2002-02-04

There are eight discs, each containing 18 tracks, and they want $42? Anyone who does the math will realize that paying under $6 per disc is a great deal, even if you don't know half of the songs. Many of the songs on this collection only became popular in Europe, so U.S. audiences are bound to make a discovery or two. It's well worth the price, especially if you're open to hearing hits from other parts of the world.

Only some of the Greatest Hits of the 80's.......2000-09-26

To be perfectly honest, there are some phenomenal songs on this set. Jermaine Stewart's classic, "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off," is one song that makes the highlight reel for this compilation. Songs by Huey Lewis & the News, Duran Duran, Kim Wilde, et al, earn this box set its two stars. However, a majority of the songs on this compilation are not necessarily worthy of being classified as "greatest hits." Unfortunately, the forgettable songs of the "Me Decade" and price make this set undesirable.

Freestyle Greatest Hits: The Complete Collection, Vol. 8

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THIS DISC IS DA BOMB!!!!!
Worth the wait
Hot Freestyle
why did Tommy Boy wait so long to put out this CD????
LOVE THE COLLECTION

Freestyle Greatest Hits: The Complete Collection, Vol. 8
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Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada
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ASIN: B000000HLT
Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

DREAMING OF LOVE - STEVE B
DIAMOND GIRL - NICE & WILD
POINT OF NO RETURN - Expose
WHEN I HEAR MUSIC - Debbie Deb
IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - Jaya
SINCERELY YOURS - Sweet Sensation
DREAMIN' - Will To Power
IN PARADISE - LAISSEZ FAIRE
I'LL BE ALL YOU EVER NEED - Trinere
THIEF OF HEART - Cynthia
NOTICE ME - Sandee
MY HEART GETS ALL THE BREAKS - Monet
PICKING UP PIECES - Brenda K. Starr
DON'T STOP THE ROCK - Freestyle
COMO TU TE LLAMA - SLY FOX

Customer Reviews:

THIS DISC IS DA BOMB!!!!!.......2006-05-24

OH WOW THIS DANCE-COMP TAKES THE CAKE!!! DEBBIE DEB, JAYA, SWEET SENSATION, CYNTHIA, BRENDA K. STARR, FREESTYLE & SLY FOX ALL ON THE SAME DISC, NEED I SAY MORE>??? I THOUGHT NOT ...

Worth the wait.......2002-07-15

I remember the golden days of freestyle and this is the best. I have the whole collection and I wouldn't trade it for the world. In fact, I think if my house ever caught on fire, this would be the only thing I'd save! Take it from a girl from the Bronx, you won't go wrong with this.

Hot Freestyle.......2002-07-08

Freestyle Music is the best kind of music there is. Volume Eight of this series is the next best CD next to Volume One. Lot of dark, fast beats. Best is "When I Hear Music" by Debbie Deb, followed by "Picking up Pieces" by Brenda K. Starr.

why did Tommy Boy wait so long to put out this CD????.......2001-01-31

It has some of my absolute favorite Freestyle songs on it! I love When I Hear Music,Sincerely Yours, If You Leave Me Now,etc. The entire CD usually has me dancing.

LOVE THE COLLECTION.......1999-11-09

This is one of the best CD's Mr. Tommy Boy have done to all freestyle fanatics. Please make volume 11,12,13...etc. and never finish.

"QUE VIVA EL FREESTYLE"

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