Schooldisco.com - Number 1s (50 Of The Greatest Number 1s From The 70s, 80s & 90s) - Various Artists

Mostly from the 80s, not many hits & almost no disco tracks

Advantages: The 6 number 1 records
Disadvantages: The rest of the tracks are rubbish

Well the title itself is a misnomer for starters as the disco era was a fairly short period during the mid 1970's as disco was ousted from the music scene by Punk and the 80's were ruled by 2 Tone Ska then the New Romantics and synth music at least as far as the UK went any way. Disco may have lived on into the 80's in America but it was replaced by electro, hip hop then rap followed by House music. Wikipedia even openly admits that disco died in 1979 but also states "the genre continued to be popular elsewhere during the 1980s", probably in less fashionable countries that hadn't adopted whatever was popular from England or America by then. Take it from someone who lived through all 3 decades, disco was dead and gone by the 1980's. So whats on this album then? 1. High Energy - Evelyn Thomas. This was #1 in a few places in 1984 but ...

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Review of Greatest Disco Hits Of 70's 80's 90's - Various Artists

99 Reasons to Love The 80's

Advantages: 18 Wonderful Number one Tracks from the 80's
Disadvantages: None

makes up for in content. As many of you will know from my previous reviews one of my pasions is 80's music, and the beauty with this album is that although all the tracks were number one singles, very few of them appear on other compilation albums. Although the album was particularly cheap, I don't feel cheated by the quality of the tracks on offer. Track Listing 1. Duran Duran - The Reflex Not the Brummie boys greatest offering (Rio, Save A Prayer and Girls on Film probably do it for me) but a decent enough track to kick start the album. 2. Midge Ure - If I Was Midge is probably best known for his role with Bob Geldof in getting Live Aid up and running, but he was also a successful artist with Ultravox before embarking on a solo career which culminated in this huge hit. Unmistakable Glaswegian vocals. 3. Spandau Ballet ...

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Review of Original 80s Number 1s Album, The (18 Number One Hits From Across The Decade) - Various Artists

30 Number 1's

Advantages: Some great songs
Disadvantages: Only for Elvis fans

Elv1s 30 Number 1 hits delivers exactly what it says in the title. This CD is my hubbies and i must say I have been very plesantly suprised by the songs featured on it. The track list is:- 1 Heartbreak Hotel 2 Don't be cruel 3 Hound Dog 4 Love me tender 5 Too much 6 All shook up 7 teddy bear 8 Jailhouse rock 9 Don't 10 Hard headed woman 11 One night 12 a fool such as I 13 A big hunk o'love 14 Stuck on you 15 It's now or never 16 Are you lonesome tonight 17 Wooden heart 18 Surrender 19 His latest flame 20 Can't help falling in love 21 Good luck charm 22 She's not you 23 return to sender 24 Devil in disguise 25 Crying in the chapel 26 In the Ghetto 27 Suspicious minds 28 The wonder of you 29 Burning love 30 Way down There is also a Bonus track feature on the CD - A Little less conversation (JXL Radio ...

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Review of Elv1s - 30 No.1 Hits - Elvis Presley