Then: Totally Oldies 80s (2003)

Product Summary Label: Varese Sarabande UPC: 00030206644425 Release Date: 4/1/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60594303 Item#: M2P2YT Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield ~ Various Artists 2. Cars - Gary Numan ~ Various Artists 3. Iko Iko - Belle Stars ~ Various Artists 4. So Alive - Love & Rockets ~ Various Artists 5. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco ~ Various Artists 6. Kyrie - Mr. Mister ~ Various Artists 7. My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack ~ Various Artists 8. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman ~ Various Artists 9. Valley Girl - Frank Zappa/Moon Unit Zappa ~ Various Artists 10. Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band ~ Various Artists 11. More Than Just The Two Of Us - Sneaker ~ Various Artists 12. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood ~ Various Artists 13. I Melt With You - Modern English ~ Various Artists 14. Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop) - Q-Feel ~ Various Artists 15. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls ~ Various Artists 16. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring ~ Various Artists 17. Burning Heart - Survivor ~ Various Artists 18. What About Me - Moving Pictures ~ Various Artists Then, Totally Oldies-The 80s features 12 Top 15 hits, including three #1's. This collection contains several unique hit versions that can’t be found anywhere else, as well as songs that are available for the first time on any collection.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Bryon Davis, Bill Pitzonka. Liner Note Authors: DJ Andy Anderson; Bill Pitzonka. Director: Falco. Arrangers: Ferdi Bolland; Rob Bolland. Then: Totally Oldies '80s is an 18-track collection that rounds up some totally '80s songs. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the track selection; it seems as if the compilers just closed their eyes and picked songs that were hits or close to it at random. A selection process like that is bound to turn up some winners; here listeners have great songs like Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl, " Tracey Ullman's "They Don't Know About Us," and Modern English's "I Melt With You." It also produces some strange picks, like Chilliwack's "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" and Sneaker's "More Than Just the Two of Us." Most of the songs are vaguely new wave, yet there are enough hard rock tracks to spoil the party for new wavers. Ultimately, the totally random feel of the disc limits its success; the tracks just don't sound good mashed together as they are. Despite this flaw, fans of '80s music who don't really care about history or keeping styles separate or any of that music geek stuff may find this disc to be totally cool background music. ~ Tim Sendra   Technical Info Release Date : 04/01/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 066444 Label : Varese Sarabande (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00030206644425    Product Image