Best 80s Modern Rock Album

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All Music Guide - Johnny Loftus
This installment of EMI's Best...Ever series focuses on the 1980s and what it calls the "modern rock" of that era. And though the company's licensing power ensures a solid set with very few whammies, it's title is a little problematic. After all, "modern rock" as a descriptor only has only been around since sometime in the mid-'90s, when radio stations programming the sounds of the alternative nation needed something to call themselves besides "The X" or just "Alternative." It's rarely if ever associated with stuff like Duran Duran, Devo, Culture Club, Simple Minds, or Psychedelic Furs -- in other words, some of the most iconic new wave and synth-pop bands of their era. ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Johnny Loftus
This installment of EMI's Best...Ever series focuses on the 1980s and what it calls the "modern rock" of that era. And though the company's licensing power ensures a solid set with very few whammies, it's title is a little problematic. After all, "modern rock" as a descriptor only has only been around since sometime in the mid-'90s, when radio stations programming the sounds of the alternative nation needed something to call themselves besides "The X" or just "Alternative." It's rarely if ever associated with stuff like Duran Duran, Devo, Culture Club, Simple Minds, or Psychedelic Furs -- in other words, some of the most iconic new wave and synth-pop bands of their era. Best 80s Modern Rock Album contains the usual hits from these types and more; it also has a few ringers thrown in, like Canuck synth-poppers Strange Advance and Doctor & the Medics' left-field cover of "Spirit in the Sky." For cocktail trivia's sake, the "Dr."'s name was Clive Jackson.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/17/2002
  • Label: Emd Int'l
  • UPC: 724352687220
  • Catalog Number: 526872
  • Sales rank: 126,156

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Cars - Gary Numan (3:55)
  2. 2 Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo (4:10)
  3. 3 It's My Life - Talk Talk (3:53)
  4. 4 Girls on Film - Duran Duran (3:30)
  5. 5 Working With Fire and Steel - China Crisis (3:41)
  6. 6 Shout - Tears for Fears (6:32)
  7. 7 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club (4:23)
  8. 8 The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex (6:35)
  9. 9 Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (4:45)
  10. 10 Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes (3:41)
  11. 11 Rise Up - The Parachute Club (5:12)
  12. 12 Spirit in the Sky @@Dr. & The Medics (3:30)
  13. 13 Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol (3:20)
  14. 14 Whip It - Devo (2:40)
  15. 15 Rock Lobster - The B-52s (6:51)
  16. 16 You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive (3:19)
Disc 2
  1. 1 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics (3:37)
  2. 2 Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (4:39)
  3. 3 She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby (3:42)
  4. 4 We Run - Strange Advance (4:00)
  5. 5 Tainted Love - Soft Cell (2:41)
  6. 6 Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer (4:24)
  7. 7 Rapture - Blondie (4:57)
  8. 8 Senses Working Overtime - XTC (4:36)
  9. 9 Get It On (Bang a Gong) - The Power Station (5:32)
  10. 10 Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (4:21)
  11. 11 So in Love With You - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (3:30)
  12. 12 Don't You Want Me - The Human League (3:59)
  13. 13 Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles (3:26)
  14. 14 Homosapien - Pete Shelley (4:33)
  15. 15 Safety Dance - Men Without Hats (2:45)
  16. 16 In a Big Country - Big Country (4:46)
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Album Credits

Technical Credits
Big Country Composer
Culture Club Composer
Thomas Dolby Composer
Debbie Harry Composer
Billy Idol Composer
Mark Mothersbaugh Composer
Gary Numan Composer
Robert Palmer Composer
The Psychedelic Furs Composer
Fred Schneider Composer
Wall of Voodoo Composer
Burt Bacharach Composer
Keith Forsey Composer
Norman Greenbaum Composer
Andy Partridge Composer
Pete Shelley Composer
Andy Taylor Composer
Annie Lennox Composer
Marc Bolan Composer
Philip Oakey Composer
Lorraine Segato Composer
T. Bailey Composer
Jo Callis Composer
Gerald V. Casale Composer
Ed Cobb Composer
Steve Coy Composer
Hal David Composer
Ivan Dorschuk Composer
Geoffrey Downes Composer
Paul Fishman Composer
Tim Friese-Greene Composer
Stephen Hague Composer
Mark Hollis Composer
Trevor Horn Composer
Tony James Composer
Simon LeBon Composer
Joe Leeway Composer
Tim Lever Composer
Eddie Lundon Composer
Andy McCluskey Composer
Roland Orzabal Composer
Nick Rhodes Composer
Ian Stanley Composer
Chris Stein Composer
Dave Stewart Composer
John Taylor Composer
Steve Webster Composer
Philip Adrian Wright Composer
Drew Arnott Composer
Billy Bryans Composer
Lauri Conger Composer
Ricky Wilson Composer
Paul Humphreys Composer
Mike Percy Composer
Peter Burns Composer
Ted Carson Remastering
A. Currie Composer
Steve Chiff Composer
Lynne Fernie Composer
Joe Kerr Composer
Roger Taylor Composer
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