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    10/09/2001

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    All Music Guide Review

    This box set simply packages together five previously released compilations, each devoted to one of the first five years of the 1980s. The series, under the auspices of Entertainment Weekly magazine (which did not exist in the '80s), was compiled by the Buddha reissue subsidiary of BMG, but it employs tracks licensed from other labels as well. The title is a misnomer, at least as far as its adjective goes: All the included tracks were hits, reaching at least the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, but these are not the greatest hits of each year or of the period as a whole. Each volume does contain a few of that year's biggest hits among its 12 selections, however, and of the actual 60 greatest hits of 1980-84, 12 are included, among them three of the half-decade's 20 biggest singles, the J. Geils Band's "Centerfold," Blondie's "Call Me," and Daryl Hall & John Oates' "Maneater." Because of budget considerations and licensing restrictions, compilations like this one tend to skip the biggest stars, and that's true here. Only seven of the top 20 singles artists of the period are represented: Hall & Oates, Olivia Newton-John, Rick Springfield, Air Supply, Culture Club, Duran Duran, and Blondie. Meanwhile, tracks like one-hit wonder Nena's "99 Luftballoons," which are on several other '80s collection, are here, too. All of which is to say that, as usual with budget-priced, miscellaneous compilations of old hits, the customer is the best judge of this set's value. Look down the song list, consider the price, and decide whether there are enough of your old favorites to justify the purchase. If so, they are presented here in good sound, probably mixed in with some songs you'd just as soon forget. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Call Me
  • Blondie
  • 3:32

  • 2
  • Funkytown
  • Lipps Inc.
  • 3:58

  • 3
  • What I Like About You
  • Romantics
  • 2:57

  • 4
  • Cars
  • Numan, Gary
  • 3:57

  • 5
  • Sailing
  • Cross, Christopher
  • 4:18

  • 6
  • All Out of Love
  • Air Supply
  • 4:03

  • 7
  • He's So Shy
  • Pointer Sisters
  • 3:39

  • 8
  • You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
  • Hall & Oates
  • 4:36

  • 9
  • Please Don't Go
  • KC & the Sunshine Band
  • 3:49

  • 10
  • Jane
  • Starship, Jefferson
  • 4:10

  • 11
  • Hit Me With Your Best Shot
  • Benatar, Pat
  • 2:51

  • 12
  • Love Stinks
  • Geils, J. Band
  • 3:35

  • 13 (2)
  • Celebration
  • Kool & the Gang
  • 3:43

  • 14 (2)
  • Kiss on My List
  • Hall & Oates
  • 4:23

  • 15 (2)
  • Jessie's Girl
  • Springfield, Rick
  • 3:15

  • 16 (2)
  • Waiting for a Girl Like You
  • Foreigner
  • 4:48

  • 17 (2)
  • Take It on the Run
  • Reo Speedwagon
  • 4:00

  • 18 (2)
  • The Stroke
  • Squier, Billy
  • 3:39

  • 19 (2)
  • Queen of Hearts
  • Newton, Juice
  • 3:27

  • 20 (2)
  • A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
  • Parker, Ray [1] Jr. and Raydio
  • 4:06

  • 21 (2)
  • Slow Hand
  • Pointer Sistsers
  • 3:53

  • 22 (2)
  • Just the Two of Us
  • 3:58

  • 23 (2)
  • Being With You
  • Robinson, Smokey
  • 4:01

  • 24 (2)
  • The One That You Love
  • Air Supply
  • 4:12

  • 25 (3)
  • Rock This Town
  • Stray Cats
  • 3:27

  • 26 (3)
  • Shake It Up
  • Cars
  • 3:33

  • 27 (3)
  • 867-5309/Jenny
  • Tutone, Tommy
  • 3:47

  • 28 (3)
  • Centerfold
  • Geils, J. Band
  • 3:39

  • 29 (3)
  • Heart Attack
  • Newton-John, Olivia
  • 3:09

  • 30 (3)
  • Gloria
  • Branigan, Laura
  • 4:51

  • 31 (3)
  • Rosanna
  • Toto
  • 5:31

  • 32 (3)
  • Maneater
  • Hall & Oates
  • 4:33

  • 33 (3)
  • Don't Talk to Strangers
  • Springfield, Rick
  • 2:58

  • 34 (3)
  • I Ran (So Far Away)
  • A Flock Of Seagulls
  • 3:58

  • 35 (3)
  • Don't You Want Me
  • Human League
  • 3:59

  • 36 (3)
  • Eye in the Sky
  • Parsons, Alan Project
  • 4:36

  • 37 (4)
  • Hungry Like the Wolf
  • Duran Duran
  • 3:27

  • 38 (4)
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  • Eurythmics
  • 3:33

  • 39 (4)
  • Come on Eileen
  • Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • 4:02

  • 40 (4)
  • Back on the Chain Gang
  • Pretenders
  • 3:51

  • 41 (4)
  • One Thing Leads to Another
  • Fixx
  • 3:25

  • 42 (4)
  • Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
  • Culture Club
  • 4:24

  • 43 (4)
  • She Blinded Me With Science
  • Dolby, Thomas
  • 3:43

  • 44 (4)
  • Jeopardy
  • Greg Kihn Band
  • 3:49

  • 45 (4)
  • Say It Isn't So
  • Hall & Oates
  • 4:00

  • 46 (4)
  • Human Touch
  • Springfield, Rick
  • 3:55

  • 47 (4)
  • Heartbreaker
  • Warwick, Dionne
  • 4:17

  • 48 (4)
  • Baby, Come to Me
  • 3:36

  • 49 (5)
  • Karma Chameleon
  • Culrture Club
  • 4:15

  • 50 (5)
  • Here Comes the Rain Again
  • Eurythmics
  • 5:07

  • 51 (5)
  • Hold Me Now
  • Thompson Twins
  • 4:46

  • 52 (5)
  • Missing You
  • Waite, John
  • 4:03

  • 53 (5)
  • Drive
  • Cars
  • 3:56

  • 54 (5)
  • Sunglasses at Night
  • Hart, Corey
  • 3:55

  • 55 (5)
  • Out of Touch
  • Hall & Oates
  • 3:56

  • 56 (5)
  • Ghostbusters
  • Parker, Ray [1] Jr.
  • 4:07

  • 57 (5)
  • Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)
  • Ocean, Billy
  • 3:45

  • 58 (5)
  • Cruel Summer
  • Banarama
  • 3:31

  • 59 (5)
  • 99 Luftballons
  • Nena
  • 3:54

  • 60 (5)
  • Time After Time
  • Lauper, Cindy
  • 4:02

    • Credits



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