| Product Summary | | Label: Wsm/full Frequency Recordings | | UPC: 00805667189729 | | Release Date: 5/20/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60599282 | | Item#: M5M4N5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Tainted Love - Soft Cell ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Our House - Madness ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood ~ Various Artists | | | 7. If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Reflex, The - Duran Duran ~ Various Artists | | | 9. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Be Near Me - ABC ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Safety Dance, The - Men Without Hats ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Lay Your Hands On Me - The Thompson Twins ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Take On Me - A-Ha ~ Various Artists | | | 18. What You Need - INXS ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Obsession - Animotion ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Includes liner notes by Ira Robbins. | | This is an average collection of new wave hits from the '80s that doesn't differ much from similar packages that have been released by Billboard or Entertainment Weekly. The only difference between this and a host of similar compilations is Casey Kasem's name attached to it. Among the 20 tracks are the original early MTV hits "Tainted Love," "Here Comes the Rain Again," "One Thing Leads to Another," and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." ~ Al Campbell |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/20/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 71897 | | Label : Top Sail Productions | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00805667189729 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Production |  4 | | Performance | 4 | | Composition | 4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4 |
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4 of 5 Good collection of 80s new wave hits Tuesday, June 24, 2003
redtunictroll from Earth, USA
Top Sail’s recent pair of collections, one featuring 70s classic rock, and this one featuring 80s new wave hits, are an interesting contrast. Both catalog the commercial spin of underground movements; 70s classic rock having been, to a large extent, a by-product of underground rock of the late 60s, and 80s new wave having been a commercial spin-off of late-70s punk rock. What separates them, however, is the humanity and lasting listenability of the music.
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The guitar-fueled rock of the 70s retains an earthy presence that, while certainly of its time in many ways, still shows much of the music’s original vitality. In contrast, 80s new wave, or at least many of the cuts anthologized here, feel contrived. Perhaps it’s an inability to separate these tracks from the embryonic videos that gained them play on a pre-geologic MTV. How can anyone hear A Flock of Seagull’s "I Ran (So Far Away)" without thinking of Mike Score’s haircut? Or a-ha’s "Take On Me" without remembering the accompanying animated/live-action video? Perhaps it’s just the disposable nature of so many of these bands - the count of one-hit wonders is lengthy.
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Nearly every one of these tracks is likely to make you think more of the video that made it a hit than where you were or who you were with the first time it played. And perhaps that’s a mark of just how well this volume is selected, since they show just how influential style and video were for top-40 new wave of the 80s. Since many of these tracks were produced to sound mechanical, it’s no surprise that they retain that feeling today. But what might have sounded innovative in 1982, now sounds like an over-reliance on synthesizers. What still stands out, though, are the remarkable vocalists (Annie Lennox, Boy George, Roland Gift, and Chrissie Hynde, among others) who often fronted these bands. Top Sail’s stuffed nearly 80 minutes of music on this disc, providing your retro-80s party non-stop dancing action! Was this review helpful?  
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