80’s music remains as popular as ever and this 3CD, 60 track collection highlights some of the greatest hits of all time, including 24 UK Chart No. 1 singles!
Disc 1 kicks off with three of the biggest tracks of the decade - all sounding as fresh today as they did then - from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive and The Human League.
Synth pop is well represented from Soft Cell, Visage, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Japan as is timeless pop from Tears For Fears, Nik Kershaw, ABC, Paul Young, Haircut 100 and Culture Club.
Steve Winwood’s ‘Higher Love’ (recently a hit again by Kygo & Whitney Houston), Malcolm McLaren’s ground-breaking ‘Double Dutch’ and Roxy Music’s exquisite ‘Avalon’ all feature alongside Number 1’s from Men At Work, Billy Ocean and Whitney Houston’s first chart-topper ’Saving All My Love For You’.
Disc 2 presents some amazing new wave pop classics from Blondie, The Jam, Adam & The Ants and Dexys Midnight Runners alongside seldom compiled legendary tracks from The Clash and Siouxsie And The Banshees moving into beautifully crafted pop from Propaganda, Sade and the No. 1 collaboration from UB40 and Chrissie Hynde. Timeless 80’s dance-pop from Ray Parker Jr, Harold Faltermeyer, Colonel Abrams, The Pointer Sisters, Jermaine Stewart, Diana Ross and ‘Maniac’ (Michael Sembello) from the era defining ‘Flashdance’ movie shares the rest of Disc 2 with four of the 80’s biggest high energy party tracks from The Nolans, Sinitta, The Weather Girls and Aneka.
Power pop & soft rock from Philip Bailey & Phil Collins, Meat Loaf with Cher, Simple Minds, Daryl Hall & John Oates, T’Pau and Bonnie Tyler give Disc 3 an explosive start, then giving way to pure pop anthems from ABBA, The Bangles, Cyndi Lauper, Tiffany, Kiki Dee and Wet Wet Wet’s Beatles cover ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’. With so many huge hits from the 80’s to include we wanted to save some space for some tracks that were massive hits but were often one-offs and don’t appear on compilations as often. Seven No. 1’s from Captain Sensible, Tight Fit, Charlene, Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson, Julio Iglesias, Nick Berry and Eurovision winner Johnny Logan are all included - and with fond memories of the 80’s craze of ‘medley’ singles - we round off this amazing collection with ‘Hooked On Classics’ by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra… as a suitably commanding finale to…’The Best 80’s Album In The World…Ever!’
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