Sight + Sound: '80s

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All Music Guide - J. Scott McClintock
With the glut of '80s compilations on the market it's a wonder there's room for any more of these things. It seems that every imaginable angle has been explored girl groups, new wave, British, American, Top 40, dance and yet, they still come. Time/Life-EMI's Sight & Sound: the 80s manages to rise above the fray if just a little bit by doing a couple of things right. Trying to encapsulate a decade's worth of music on one CD is an impossible feat for any compilation to tackle but Sight & Sound does a better job than most. The song selections are predictable, but there's enough of a spread between, say, Blondie's "Call Me" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" to make ...
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All Music Guide - J. Scott McClintock
With the glut of '80s compilations on the market it's a wonder there's room for any more of these things. It seems that every imaginable angle has been explored girl groups, new wave, British, American, Top 40, dance and yet, they still come. Time/Life-EMI's Sight & Sound: the 80s manages to rise above the fray if just a little bit by doing a couple of things right. Trying to encapsulate a decade's worth of music on one CD is an impossible feat for any compilation to tackle but Sight & Sound does a better job than most. The song selections are predictable, but there's enough of a spread between, say, Blondie's "Call Me" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" to make for a convincing if short overview of the MTV decade. The included DVD also covers a decent spread of visual material, with Culture Club's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" sharing disc space with J. Geils' "Centerfold." In a smart move by Time/Life-EMI, there's no overlap between the CD offerings and the videos although some of the artists are represented twice and, on the whole, the collection is a pretty good overview of the look and feel of the decade -- despite it being so short. The main saving grace for this collection is the insightful liner-note essay by Grammy nominated music critic Billy Altman. It goes a long way in validating the selections and convincingly explains how each artist made their mark on that eclectic and manic era. There are hundreds of other '80s compilations out there but very few show cause for themselves as well as this one does.
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  • Release Date: 2/28/2006
  • Label: Time Life Records
  • UPC: 610583167528
  • Catalog Number: 19159

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Rio - Duran Duran (4:45)
  2. 2 Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes (3:39)
  3. 3 (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League (3:45)
  4. 4 If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (4:26)
  5. 5 Avalon - Roxy Music (4:15)
  6. 6 We Belong - Pat Benatar (3:41)
  7. 7 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (3:46)
  8. 8 Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart (3:55)
  9. 9 Kids in America - Kim Wilde (3:26)
  10. 10 Call Me - Blondie (3:31)
  11. 11 Rock This Town - Stray Cats (3:25)
  12. 12 Rebel Yell - Billy Idol (4:46)
Disc 2
  1. 1 Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
  2. 2 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
  3. 3 Love Is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
  4. 4 White Wedding - Billy Idol
  5. 5 (She's) Sexy + 17 - Stray Cats
  6. 6 Centerfold - J. Geils Band
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Album Credits

Technical Credits
Dave Edmunds Composer
Bryan Ferry Composer
Debbie Harry Composer
Corey Hart Composer
Giorgio Moroder Composer
Brian Setzer Composer
Billy Altman Liner Notes
M.H. Cooper Composer
Seth Justman Composer
Ron Rice Mastering
Lynne O'Connor Editorial Research
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