School Reunion: the 80's [Import]

school reunion: the 80's [import]

Track Listings
1. I Want To Break Free - Queen
2. Freedom - Wham
3. Easy Lover - Phil Collins And Philip Bailey
4. Embarrassment - Madness
5. China Girl - David Bowie
6. Dont You Want Me - Human League
7. Love Plus One - Haircut 100
8. Stand And Deliver - Adam And The Ants
9. The Reflex - Duran Duran
10. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
11. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
12. Turn It On Again - Genesis
13. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves
14. Kids In America - Kim Wilde
15. Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
16. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
17. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
18. The Tide Is High - Blondie
19. I Cant Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall And Oates
20. True - Spandau Ballet
See all 60 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
More mates getting back together again after-all-these-years malarky & another album to do it to. This 'School Reunion' collection fixes a black-key-holed eye on the eighties. 60 tracks from the likes of Queen, Wham!, Phil Collins & Philip Bailey, Madness, David Bowie, Human League, Haircut 100, Adam & The Ants, Tina Turner, A-Ha, UB40 feat. Chrissie Hynde, Nena, & many, many more. Standard double jewel case. Includes Reunion Ringtones (Mono & Polyphonic).Virgin TV. 2003.

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School Reunion: the 80's [Import]
High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films!
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Commons RULE
  • The best compilation I ever bought!!!
  • Not What I Hoped
  • Cool 80's Covers
  • 80's never sounded better!!!
 High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films!
Various Artists
Manufacturer: American Laundromat Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CC3PJO
Release Date: 2005-12-15

Tracks:

  1. Somebody's Baby - John P. Strohm
  2. A Million Miles Away - Dipsomaniacs
  3. American Girl - Matthew Sweet
  4. Turning Japanese - Blank Pages
  5. Weird Science - The Bennies
  6. Don't You (Forget About Me) - AM
  7. In Your Eyes - Lori McKenna
  8. If You Were Here - Kitty Hawk
  9. Little Bitch - Nova Social
  10. Love My Way - The Modifiers
  11. Bring on the Dancing Horses - The Atomic Hep Cats
  12. Moving In Stereo - The Commons
  13. Pretty In Pink - The Dresden Dolls
  14. Wave Of Mutilation - Kristin Hersh
  15. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Caulfield Sisters
  16. I Melt With You - Underdog
  17. Danke Schoen - The Wading Girl
  18. Repo Man - Frank Black
  19. I Go Crazy - PC Munoz
  20. Within Your Reach - Bastards of Melody

Product Description

"One of the finest tribute records ever amassed! Let this serve as a blueprint for all future tribute sets" John D. Luerssen (All Music Guide) High School Reunion is an outstanding 20-song compilation featuring indie-rockers Frank Black (PIXIES), Matthew Sweet, John P. Strohm (Blake Babies/Lemonheads), Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave), Lori McKenna, The Caulfield Sisters, The Dresden Dolls and so many more covering tracks from some of those hilarious 80's teen films. Pretty in Pink, Valley Girl, Some Kind of Wonderful, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything... they're all being tributed on this excellent CD. Highly recommended for any music fan!

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars The Commons RULE.......2007-01-09

The best track on this CD was the one my The Commons a local band in Trenton, NJ. For the most part, the rest of the CD was really good, but some remakes should never have been made.

5 out of 5 stars The best compilation I ever bought!!!.......2006-12-12

WOW! That's all I can say. This is by far the best compilation I ever bought and I've bought dozens and dozens over the years. I actually learned about this from the New York Times review. I immediately purchased it on iTunes. I loved it so much I had to have an actual CD too. Glad I did because the CD has great liner notes.

The music is fantastic. Lori McKenna's version of In Your Eyes is outstanding, Matthew Sweet does a dead-on cover of American Girl, Turning Japanese is so much fun as is Weird Science. There's also some really different versions of Love My Way, and I Go Crazy which I cannot stop playing. The Dresden Dolls do a really excellent version of Pretty in Pink which kind of shocked me. I also absolutely LOVE John P. Strohm's cover of Jackson Brown's Somebody's Baby. Usually these compilations have one or two good songs. This one has 20!!!

This Christmas it has become my perfect grab bag gift & holiday stocking stuffer. I've probably purchased 9 copies so far. I cannot recommend this one enough. It's worth every penny, and makes a great gift.

Merry Christmas!

2 out of 5 stars Not What I Hoped.......2006-11-10

Yes it was great to hear these songs again. The problem is some of them are hardly recognizable. The song I looked forward to most for example was "I go crazy" from Some Kind Of Wonderful, it was a horrible rendition. Some songs are OK, none of them are great. I would pass.

4 out of 5 stars Cool 80's Covers.......2006-07-28


Who can argue with the fact that it's huge fun to sing cover's of 80's songs. Eighties songs are some of the most popular songs chosen at Karaoke Bars on any given night. American Laundromat Records has released "High School Reunion-A Tribute To Great 80s Films." The album features 20 great 80's classic songs covered by up and coming and underground artists for the most part. The major classic 80's teen flicks are covered in this release. Songs from the soundtrack of Valley Girl, Sixteen Candles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club are among the films with songs on the High School Reunion Tribute CD.

Every group puts their own spin on these classic songs. Are they better, the same or worse than the original versions? That's up to the individual listeners taste. The Dipsomaniacs version of "A Million Miles Away," is similar to the original and a very good cover. The group Blank Pages offers up a somewhat slower version of The Vapors classic song "Turning Japanese." AM's version of "Don't You Forget About Me," is nothing like the original. This song has been covered so many times over the years by various artists including Billy Idol who covered the song on his Greatest Hits CD. It's really interesting to listen to how these various artists put their own spin on songs you have heard time and time again. Some of the songs are so different they are only recognizable by lyrics, especially The Modifiers cover of the Psychedelic Furs song "Love My Way."

If you like 80's music enough to listen to some covers check out the CD High School Reunion. It's really nice to hear these artists interpretations of these songs.

5 out of 5 stars 80's never sounded better!!!.......2006-07-20

I bought this one last month along with 4 other 80's-related CD's. I had an 80's party!!! This one was a favorite with my friends and family. High School Reunion does a great job capturing those oh-so-important moments of those quintessential 80's teens films by having cool rockers like Frank Black (Pixies), Matthew Sweet, Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses), Lori McKenna, etc. reinventing them. My favorite tracks were Lori McKenna's version of Peter Gabriel's classic "In Your Eyes", John Strohm covering Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby", Matthew Sweet (I love that guy - buy his new all covers record - it rocks) covering "American Girl", and The Modifiers doing "Love My Way", Kristin Hersh covering The Pixies "Wave of Mutilation", and there's so many more. Turning Japanese, Million Miles Away, Repo Man, Bring on the Dancing Horses, and the list goes on. I think there's 18 or 19 tracks in all. The 80's are back!!! Well, only for the moment I fear. x smile x
School Reunion: The 80's
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    		School Reunion: The 80's
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: EMI/Virgin TV
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000AQVHS
    Release Date: 2003-11-10

    Tracks:

    1. I Want to Break Free
    2. Freedom
    3. Easy Lover - Philip Bailey, Phil Collins
    4. Embarrassment
    5. China Girl - David Bowie
    6. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
    7. Love Plus One - Haircut 100
    8. Stand and Deliver - Adam & the Ants
    9. Reflex - Duran Duran
    10. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
    11. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
    12. Turn It on Again - Genesis
    13. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
    14. Kids in America - Kim Wilde
    15. Church of the Poison Mind - Culture Club
    16. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
    17. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
    18. Tide Is High
    19. I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
    20. True - Spandau Ballet

    Tracks:

    1. Take on Me - a-ha
    2. Venus - Bananarama
    3. Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
    4. Tell It to My Heart - Taylor Dayne
    5. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
    6. We Close Our Eyes - Go West
    7. What Is Love - Howard Jones
    8. Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
    9. Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
    10. White Wedding - Billy Idol
    11. Best - Tina Turner
    12. Living in American
    13. Eye of the Tiger
    14. Spirit in the Sky - Doctor & the Medics
    15. 99 Red Balloons
    16. Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
    17. Solid - Ashford & Simpson
    18. I Got You Babe - Chrissie Hynde, UB40,
    19. China in Your Hand - T'Pau
    20. Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Tracks:

    1. When Will I Be Famous
    2. I Should Be So Lonely - Kylie Minogue
    3. Respectable - Mel & Kim
    4. Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
    5. When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean
    6. Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
    7. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
    8. Kiss Me
    9. Stop - Erasure
    10. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
    11. Body Rock - Maria Vidal
    12. Mickey - Toni Basil
    13. Wired for Sound - Cliff Richard
    14. We Don't Have to.... - Jermaine Stewart
    15. Night to Remember - Shalamar
    16. Self Control - Laura Branigan
    17. You Sexy Thing [Remix]
    18. Too Much Too Young - The Specials
    19. Red Red Wine - UB40,
    20. Vienna - Ultravox

    Album Description

    More mates getting back together again after-all-these-years malarky & another album to do it to. This 'School Reunion' collection fixes a black-key-holed eye on the eighties. 60 tracks from the likes of Queen, Wham!, Phil Collins & Philip Bailey, Madness, David Bowie, Human League, Haircut 100, Adam & The Ants, Tina Turner, A-Ha, UB40 feat. Chrissie Hynde, Nena, & many, many more. Standard double jewel case. Includes Reunion Ringtones (Mono & Polyphonic).Virgin TV. 2003.

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