80s Pop Explosion! - Volume One 1980-1984

Celebrate the legendary pop sounds of the 1980s with this brand-new 3CD collection featuring a spectacular 60 pop classics from 1980-1984.

CD1 bursts into life with Wham!’s chart-topping ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’, followed by a run of familiar favourites from ABC and Kenny Loggins, and timeless sing-alongs from Dexys Midnight Runners with ‘Come On Eileen’ and Bow Wow Wow’s ‘I Want Candy’. Classics from Adam & The Ants, Haircut 100, Kajagoogoo and Nik Kershaw pave the way for enduring favourites including Kim Wilde’s ‘Kids In America’, Rockwell’s ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’ and The Pointer Sisters’ ‘Jump (For My Love)’, before closing on the dancefloor smash ‘Let’s Hear It For The Boy’ from Deniece Williams.

CD2 opens with Duran Duran and their iconic ‘Rio’, followed by a global smash from Culture Club with ‘Karma Chameleon’. The hits continue with standout tracks from Sister Sledge, Spandau Ballet and Blondie, alongside some of the eras most popular new artists including Toyah, Haysi Fantayzee and a solo Alison Moyet. There’s a retro feel to the rest of disc two with 60s Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll influenced Pop from Matt Bianco, Shakin’ Stevens, Stray Cats and closing with Bad Manners version of Can Can’.

CD3 begins with Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s 9-week chart-topper ‘Two Tribes’, followed by 1981’s biggest seller ‘Don’t You Want Me’ from The Human League. Artists enjoying early chart success include Heaven 17, Tears For Fears and Men At Work. UB40 and Musical Youth feature with Reggae influenced pop, leading into a joyful run of pure pop high-energy including huge hits from Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, Aneka, The Weather Girls, The Nolans, Dollar and finishing on a No.1 high with Bucks Fizz’s ‘My Camera Never Lies’. 

 

Tracklist

DISC ONE

1.          Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 

2.          ABC - The Look Of Love, Pt.1

3.          Kenny Loggins - Footloose - From "Footloose" Soundtrack  

4.          Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

5.          Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy 

6.          Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming 

7.          Altered Images - I Could Be Happy 

8.          Haircut 100 - Love Plus One 

9.          Nik Kershaw - The Riddle - Album Version

10.        Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

11.        Soft Cell - What?

12.        Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride  

13.        Howard Jones – Like To Get To Know You Well

14.        Kim Wilde – Kids In America

15.        Laura Branigan - Self Control

16.        Kiki Dee - Star 

17.        The Kids From "Fame" - Hi-Fidelity  

18.        The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) - Single Remix  

19.        Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me - Single Version

20.        Junior - Mama Used To Say

21.        Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run) 

22.        Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy  

 

DISC TWO

1.          Duran Duran  - Rio

2.          Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

3.          Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters  

4.          Hot Chocolate - I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)

5.          Sister Sledge - Thinking of You

6.          Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

7.          Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave

8.          Alison Moyet - Invisible 

9.          Blondie - Island Of Lost Souls

10.        Toyah – It’s A Mystery

11.        Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny 

12.        The Look - I Am The Beat

13.        The Maisonettes – Heartache Avenue 

14.        Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted

15.        Matt Bianco - Get Out of Your Lazy Bed

16.        Tracey Ullman - Breakaway

17.        Jo Boxers - Boxerbeat  

18.        Shakin' Stevens - Green Door  

19.        Stray Cats - Rock This Town  

20.        Matchbox - Midnight Dynamos

21.        Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck

22.        Bad Manners - Can Can

 

DISC THREE

1.          Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

2.          The Human League - Don't You Want Me

3.          Heaven 17 - Temptation - Edit

4.          Tears For Fears - Change - Radio Edit

5.          Limahl  - Never Ending Story 

6.          Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

7.          Men At Work - Down Under 

8.          UB40 - Red Red Wine

9.          Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

10.        Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry

11.        Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing

12.        Captain Sensible - Happy Talk

13.        Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party 

14.        Aneka - Japanese Boy 

15.        Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey

16.        Stacy Lattisaw - Jump to the Beat

17.        The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

18.        The Nolans - I'm In the Mood for Dancing  

19.        Hazell Dean -  Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man) 

20.        Tight Fit - Fantasy Island 

21.        Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White

22.        Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies