Ultimate 80s - Various Artists

School Reunion, The 80's Excellent CD's

Advantages: Ohhh to be young again
Disadvantages: none

Well at last it has appeared as I requested this. In November last year I saw this advertised on the television and wondered if it was as good as it seems. I was a bit worried as I have bought many an 80's flop only to find that all the songs have been by one band and appalling at that and it has gone straight to the bin. I however kept seeing this television advert and put it on my wish list to Santa. However Santa wrote me a nice letter saying that he could not get into Woolworths to buy it on Christmas Eve as it was jammed packed. So come the sales, off I trotted and priced it up at HMV, Woolies and other places and it all seemed to around the same price £15. Now I am not really a cd person, I prefer most of the old vinyl days which I collect and probably have got over a 1000 records but my player broke. I took the CD to ...

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Review of School Reunion - The 80's - 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

The ultimate value for money 1980s collection. 144 tracks.

Advantages: An enormous selection of tracks and artists.
Disadvantages: Basic sleeve and track information.

A massive 144 tracks spread across 8 CDs all in their own cardboard sleeves that neatly fit into one box set holder provided. The 80s was such a creative period and whilst there was a lot of new wave and true pop music being made in the U.K., the U.S. was immune to this U.K. phenomenon and carried on producing soul, soft rock and even some disco. The full list of tracks is below but I'll pick out some of my personal favourites: Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry. This is a song about WWI that somehow ended up as a big Christmas hit. It is very memorable. Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 Medley. I hadn't heard this until I bought this album. This is a great Medley of Beatles and other 1960s songs that is brilliantly produced and seamlessly stitched together. A real party crowd pleaser. Sheena Easton - Morning Train (9 to 5). The song ...

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Review of Greatest Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists