VA - The Best 80s Album In The World... Ever! (2020)

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!’

Tracklist
Disc: 1
1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
2. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
3. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
4. Soft Cell - Torch
5. Culture Club - Victims
6. Tears For Fears - Shout
7. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
8. Visage - The Damned Don't Cry
9. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans
10. Japan - Ghosts
11. ABC - When Smokey Sings
12. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
13. Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch
14. Men At Work - Down Under
15. Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
16. Steve Winwood - Higher Love
17. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
18. Roxy Music - Avalon
19. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You

Disc: 2
1. Blondie - Atomic
2. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
3. The Jam - Town Called Malice
4. Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
5. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver
6. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence
7. Propaganda - Duel
8. UB40 feat. Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe
9. Sade - Paradise
10. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (From "Ghostbusters")
11. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (From "Beverly Hills Cop" Soundtrack)
12. Colonel Abrams - Trapped
13. Michael Sembello - Maniac
14. The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
15. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
16. KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
17. Diana Ross - Upside Down
18. The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
19. The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
20. Sinitta - Toy Boy
21. Aneka - Japanese Boy

Disc: 3
1. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
2. Meat Loaf Cher - Dead Ringer For Love
3. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
4. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
5. Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams
6. T'Pau - China In Your Hand
7. ABBA - Super Trouper
8. Kiki Dee - Star
9. The Bangles - Eternal Flame
10. Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night
11. Tiffany - Radio Romance
12. Wet Wet Wet - With A Little Help From My Friends
13. Captain Sensible - Happy Talk
14. Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
15. Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
16. Elaine Paige Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
17. Julio Iglesias - Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)
18. Johnny Logan - What's Another Year
19. Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins
20. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (Parts 1 & 2)