10 track, 40 minute, budget-priced compilation of Sheena's tunes between the years 1981-85. Easton won the 1981 Grammy award for Best New Artist but seems to have avoided the alleged "curse" that comes with that particular honor (maybe it was her turn as Caitlin Davies on Miami Vice - jk that wasn't until '87). And while this CD isn't complete, it ain't a bad compilation at all.
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| Miami Vice, January 1988 |
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks:
| Song | Year | Pop | AC | |
| Morning Train (Nine to Five) | 1981 | 1 | 1 | ✔ |
| Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) | 1983 | 9 | 15 | ✔ |
| Strut | 1984 | 7 | - | ✔ |
| Sugar Walls | 1985 | 9 | - | |
| The Wind Beneath My Wings | 1982 | - | - | ✘ |
| Modern Girl | 1981 | 18 | 13 | ✔ |
| You Could Have Been With Me | 1981 | 15 | 6 | ✔ |
| When He Shines | 1982 | 30 | 13 | |
| Almost Over You | 1984 | 25 | 4 | |
| Do It For Love | 1985 | 29 | 39 |
This compilation includes all 9 of Easton's Top 40 hits from her time with EMI America. From the years 1981-85, we're missing two tunes from another label: the James Bond movie theme For Your Eyes Only (#4, 1981) and We've Got Tonight (#6, 1983), a duet with Kenny Rogers.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: The 1984 album, A Private Heaven, was released in the fall of that year and someone in my college dorm had a copy of the cassette. So the two songs from that release (Strut and Sugar Walls) remind me of some nights in the dorm when I was doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. "Regrets, I've had a few..."
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