Club 80's - Various Artists

As many of you will know from reading my earlier reviews, I celebrated my fortieth birthday earlier this year, and as many of you will also know I love my 80's music. I wasn't aware of this compilation at the time, but was given it as a present by one of my friends. I subsequently discovered it was only released two days before my big day, and in many ways therefore, its release holds a special place in my collection.

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As I said earlier I did not actually buy this CD myself so consequently I do not know how much my friend paid for it. However, being the nosey old git that I am, and in the name purely of research, I have been touring the various record shops to see how much this retails at. The cheapest I managed to locate it was in Tesco's for £11.87 although it is currently available at Amazon for just under £11. For that you get ... more

As many of you will know from reading my earlier reviews, I celebrated my fortieth birthday earlier this year, and as many of you will also know I love my 80's music. I wasn't aware of this compilation at the time, but was given it as a present by one of my friends. I subsequently discovered it was only released two days before my big day, and in many ways therefore, its release holds a special place in my collection.

As I said earlier I did not actually buy this CD myself so consequently I do not know how much my friend paid for it. However, being the nosey old git that I am, and in the name purely of research, I have been touring the various record shops to see how much this retails at. The cheapest I managed to locate it was in Tesco's for £11.87 although it is currently available at Amazon for just under £11. For that you get a three CD compilation of classic tracks from the 1980's comprising 60 tracks in total.

That depends entirely on your taste in music but if you like your 80's stuff then this is exceptional value because whilst many of these are memorable tracks from this era, you don't actually find many of them on other compilations so in that respect you will not feel cheated if you part with your hard earned cash. If the 80's scene isn't your cup of tea, then don't read on.

As I said, you get three CD's which are all full of quality tracks, with one or two exceptions which you will always find with compilations. However, these are very much in the minority. Whilst I will provide you with a complete track listing, I won't provide a synopsis of each track because I am sure most of them will be familiar to you. Ok ,so here goes.

1. Club Tropicana - Wham
2. Bad - Michael Jackson
3. Take on Me - A-Ha
4. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
5. You Spin Me Right Round - Dead or Alive
6. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
7. Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
8. Dr Beat - Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine
9. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
10. If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
11. Mickey - Toni Basil
12. Walk this Way - Run DMC featuring Aerosmith
13. Push It - Salt 'N Pepa
14. Love In The First Degree - Bananarama
15. Get Outta My Dreams - Billy Ocean
16. First Time - Robin Beck
17. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
18. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
19. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
20. I'm Still Standing - Elton John

1. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
2. When Will I Be Famous - Bros
3. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
4. I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue
5. Too Many Broken Hearts - Jason Donovan
6. The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Population
7. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
8. I'd Rather Jack - The Reynolds Girls
9. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
10. Break Out - Swing Out Sister
11. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
12. My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
13. Frankie - Sister Sledge
14. You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde
15. Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheetham
16. Superfreak - Rick James
17. Oops Up Side Your Head - The Gap Band
18. So Macho - Sinitta
19. Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
20. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

1. The Final Countdown - Europe
2. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
3. Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
4. Maneater - Hall & Oates
5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
6. Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
8. Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles
9. Name & Number - Curiosity Killed The Cat
10. Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
11. Crazy Crazy Night - Kiss
12. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
13. Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
14. Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones
15. Rapper Delight - Sugarhill Gang
16. Message - Grandmaster Flash
17. Fight For Your Right (To Party) - The Beastie Boys
18. Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic
19. Theme From S Express - S Express
20. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer

Although there are one or two dodgy numbers, which is the norm with the majority of compilations, what is pleasing about this particular one is that the tracks are not readily found on other compilations. Overall I would rate it as good value for money.

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