Only Rock 'N Roll 1985-1989: #1 Radio Hits [1998] (1996)

About this title: Only Rock 'N Roll 1985-1989: #1 Radio Hits is an excellent budget-priced collection, featuring 20 tracks -- including hits like the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian," and Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings," Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town," Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is," Club Nouveau's "Lean on Me," David Lee Roth's "California Girls," ABC's "When Smokey Sings," and Los Lobos's "La Bamba" -- from the late '80s. It's not necessarily a comprehensive collection, but if you want a sampler from this era -- and if you need a good quality version of one or more of the hits on this disc ... read more

Tracks:

1. Freeway of Love [Walden/Cohen]
2. California Girls [Love/Wilson]
3. Broken Wings [Page/George/Lang]
4. Walk Like an Egyptian [Sternberg]
5. St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) [Foster/Parr]
6. Head to Toe [George/Clarke/Charl]
7. When the Children Cry [Bratta/Tramp]
8. Keep Your Hands to Yourself [Baird]
9. Wild, Wild West [Steel/Holiday/Chris]
10. Tonight She Comes [Ocasek]
11. My Prerogative [Griffin/Brown]
12. Obsession [Knight/DesBarres]
13. I Want to Know What Love Is [Jones]
14. Life in a Northern Town [Laird-Clowes/Gabrie]
15. Sea of Love [Khoury/Baptiste]
16. When Smokey Sings [Fry/White]
17. La Bamba [Valens]
18. Lean on Me [Withers]
19. With Every Beat of My Heart [Faragher/Golden/Bak]
20. Little Lies [McVie/Quintela]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.