UK import
I like these kind of multi-disc compilations because 1) they're cheap, and 2) it's an import, so there's a lot of tunes I don't know or don't remember because they either weren't released, didn't chart or charted low here in the US. In other words, I dig the mix of familiar and unfamiliar.
The sequencing is puzzling, but that's a minor quibble. Also, because there's 20 tracks on each CD, the versions here are single edits at best, early fades/K-Tel hacks at worst. For example, the Billy Ocean track that opens CD3 fades out during the sax solo and clocks in at just under 3 minutes. But, at about 8¢ per track, I'm not too worried about it. Overall, this compilation is a lot more hit than miss. I mean, where else are you gonna find Nick Heyward sandwiched between two Barry Gibb tracks? And just check out the killer ending to disc 3! Leaves me singing that Vandross tune for the rest of the day.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks:
| CD1 | |||||
| Artist | Song | Year | UK | US | |
| Bonnie Tyler | Holding Out For A Hero | 1984 | 2 | 34 | ✘ |
| Kenny Loggins | Footloose | 1984 | 6 | 1 | ✔ |
| Pointer Sisters | I'm So Excited | 1984 | 11 | 9 | ✔ |
| Belinda Carlisle | Leave A Light On | 1989 | 4 | 11 | |
| Cyndi Lauper | I Drove All Night | 1989 | 7 | 6 | ✘ |
| KC & The Sunshine Band | Give It Up | 1982 | 1 | 18 | |
| Fairground Attraction | Perfect | 1988 | 1 | 80 | ✔ |
| Bangles | Manic Monday | 1986 | 2 | 2 | |
| The Jacksons | Can You Feel It | 1981 | 6 | 77 | ✔ |
| Boy Meets Girl | Waiting For A Star To Fall | 1988 | 9 | 5 | |
| The Nolans | Don't Make Waves | 1980 | 12 | - | |
| Tight Fit | Fantasy Island | 1982 | 5 | - | |
| Sinitta | So Macho | 1985 | 2 | - | |
| The Four Tops | Loco In Acapulco | 1988 | 7 | - | ✔ |
| Miami Sound Machine | Conga | 1985 | 79 | 10 | |
| Average White Band | Let's Go Round Again | 1980 | 12 | 53 | ✔ |
| Cherell & Alexander O'Neal | Saturday Love | 1985 | 6 | 26 | |
| Dionne Warwick | Heartbreaker | 1982 | 2 | 10 | ✔ |
| Nick Heyward | Blue Hat For A Blue Day | 1983 | 11 | - | ✔ |
| Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers | Islands In The Stream | 1983 | 7 | 1 | ✔ |
| CD2 | |||||
| Artist | Song | Year | UK | US | |
| Paul Young | Come Back And Stay | 1983 | 4 | 22 | ✘ |
| Aneka | Japanese Boy | 1981 | 1 | - | ✘ |
| Spandau Ballet | Fight For Ourselves | 1986 | 15 | - | |
| Bros | I Owe You Nothing | 1988 | 1 | - | ✔ |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | Out Of Touch | 1989 | 48 | 1 | ✔ |
| Dee C. Lee | See The Day | 1985 | 3 | - | |
| Donna Summer | I Don't Wanna Get Hurt | 1989 | 7 | - | ✔ |
| Milli Vanilli | Girl I'm Gonna Miss You | 1989 | 2 | 1 | |
| Martika | More Than You Know | 1988 | 15 | 18 | |
| Five Star | Stay Out Of My Life | 1987 | 9 | - | ✔ |
| Haysi Fantayzee | John Wayne Is Big Leggy | 1982 | 11 | - | ✘ |
| Adam & The Ants | Antmusic | 1980 | 2 | - | ✔ |
| Toyah | Don't Fall In Love (I Said) | 1985 | 22 | - | ✘ |
| Altered Images | Happy Birthday | 1981 | 2 | - | |
| Haircut 100 | Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) | 1981 | 4 | - | ✔ |
| King | Love & Pride | 1984 | 2 | 55 | |
| Cock Robin | The Promise You Made | 1985 | 28 | - | |
| Bow Wow Wow | Go Wild In The Country | 1982 | 7 | - | ✔ |
| Matthew Wilder | Break My Stride | 1983 | 4 | 5 | |
| Bill Wyman | (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star | 1981 | 14 | - | ✘ |
| CD3 | |||||
| Artist | Song | Year | UK | US | |
| Billy Ocean | When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going | 1985 | 1 | 2 | |
| New Kids On The Block | You Got It (The Right Stuff) | 1988 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dead Or Alive | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | 1984 | 1 | 11 | ✘ |
| S'Express | Theme From S'Express | 1988 | 1 | 91 | ✔ |
| Modern Talking | Brother Louie | 1986 | 4 | - | |
| Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Feat. Darryl Pandy | Love Can't Turn Around | 1986 | 10 | - | |
| Landscape | Einstein A Go-Go | 1981 | 5 | - | |
| Bomb The Bass | Beat Dis | 1987 | 2 | - | ✔ |
| Rob'n'Raz | Got To Get | 1989 | 8 | 48 | |
| Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra | Waltz Darling | 1989 | 31 | - | |
| Eighth Wonder | Cross My Heart | 1988 | 13 | 56 | |
| Big Fun | Blame It On The Boogie | 1989 | 4 | - | ✔ |
| Pseudo Echo | Funkytown | 1986 | 8 | 6 | ✘ |
| Wax | Bridge To Your Heart | 1987 | 12 | - | ✔ |
| Alexander O'Neal | Fake | 1986 | 33 | 25 | ✔ |
| The S.O.S. Band | The Finest | 1986 | 17 | 44 | |
| Terence Trent D'Arby | If You Let Me Stay | 1987 | 7 | 68 | ✔ |
| Odyssey | Inside Out | 1982 | 3 | - | ✔ |
| The Pasadenas | Tribute (Right On) | 1988 | 5 | 52 | ✔ |
| Luther Vandross | Stop To Love | 1986 | 24 | 15 | ✔ |
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: There are rare times when I'm discovering previously unfamiliar music from my high school years where my mind finds its way back to a cheap turntable next to my twin bed covered with Batman comics sitting underneath an Asia poster. My selective memory has fortunately erased all the anxiety and dread of being a geeky teenager and I'm back to being totally obsessed with absorbing as much new music as possible as quickly as possible. Well, that feeling returned somewhere in the middle of listening to CD1 of this set and that brief flashback alone was worth the $5 I spent on this set.
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