Now That's What I Call The 80S Volume (2009)

Product Summary Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records UPC: 00886974534723 Release Date: 6/30/2009 Buy.com Sku: 211190994 Item#: M4NMFM Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Faith - George Michael ~ Various Artists 2. How Will I Know - Whitney Houston ~ Various Artists 3. Straight Up - Paula Abdul ~ Various Artists 4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley ~ Various Artists 5. Dancing On The Ceiling - Lionel Richie ~ Various Artists 6. Torture - The Jacksons ~ Various Artists 7. Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer ~ Various Artists 8. Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx ~ Various Artists 9. Run To You - Bryan Adams ~ Various Artists 10. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police ~ Various Artists 11. Way It Is, The - Bruce Hornsby & The Range ~ Various Artists 12. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey ~ Various Artists 13. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper ~ Various Artists 14. Toy Soldiers - Martika ~ Various Artists 15. View To Kill, A - Duran Duran ~ Various Artists 16. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive ~ Various Artists 17. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol ~ Various Artists 18. Don't You Want Me - The Human League ~ Various Artists 19. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info How could one volume do justice to the sparkling decade of excess? Answer: it can not, and hence this hit-packed second volume from the venerable NOW series, which gathers tracks by chart-busting artists in Sony's mid-to-late-'80s roster. The songs recall the height of the MTV era. Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" is as exuberant and fresh as you remembered, and Robert Palmer's smarmy appeal has lessened not a bit since the first airing of "Simply Irresistible." The Human League, the Police, Journey, and several others are also represented here. The second volume of Now That's What I Call the 80s, following the first by just over a year, contains nothing but major hits, and it slightly favors singles from the latter part of the decade. The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" and the Human League's "Don't You Want Me," both from 1981, are the only songs here from 1980 through 1982, while the classes of 1986 through 1988 are well represented with Paula Abdul's "Straight Up," George Michael's "Faith," and Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible." Released by Sony, just about everything on it comes from a Sony BMG-distributed artist -- so, once more, marquee '80s superstars like Madonna and Prince are left out. The selections, apart from being major smashes, do seem rather random. In a way, that's part of the appeal, but a disc dedicated to each year of the decade would have been a much more interesting route. ~ Andy Kellman   Technical Info Release Date : 06/30/2009 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : 745347 Label : Sony Music Distribution (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00886974534723    Product Image