Greatest Hits of the 80's [1999 Disky] (1999)

About this title: Like the box sets devoted to the 1960s and 1970s released by Dutch label Disky, Greatest Hits of the 80's is a massive collection that should have qualifications applied to its all-encompassing title. First, Disky licenses primarily from EMI, so its hits are largely restricted to that major label's vaults. (This is not as great a limitation as it might appear, since it includes artists like Talking Heads, who are not on EMI labels in the U.S.) Second, the collection has a distinctly European orientation, so its application to the nostalgic American listener is limited. Of the 144 tracks, 129 ... read more

Tracks:

1. No Doubt About It [Most/Glen/Burns]
2. More Than I Can Say [Curtis S./Allision]
3. Stop the Cavalry [Lewie]
4. Stars on 45: Stars on 45/Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive [Eggermont/Leeuwen]
5. Kids in America [Wilde/Wilde]
6. Bette Davis Eyes [DeShannon/Weiss]
7. Rain in May [Pilgram]
8. Morning Train (Nine to Five) [Palmer]
9. Papa Chico [Di Franco/Esposito/]
10. We Just [Musumarra/Cutillo]
11. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me [Culture Club]
12. Hymn [Cann/Currie/Ure/Cro]
13. Too Shy [Kajagoogoo/Hamill]
14. The Whole of the Moon [Scott]
15. Breakaway [De Shannon/Sheeley]
16. Imagination [Some]
17. Centerfold [Justman]
18. Walking on Sunshine [Rew]
19. True [Kemp]
20. The Tide Is High [Barrett/Evans/Holt]
21. Save Your Love [Edward]
22. Sunshine Reggae [Stahl/Gulberg]
23. I Like Chopin [Gazebo/Giombini]
24. Karma Chameleon [O'Dowd/Moss/Craig]
25. This Is Not a Love Song [Lydon/Levene/Atkins]
26. Only You [Clarke]
27. Star Trekkin' [Lister/O'Connor]
28. Love Is a Battlefield [Capman/Night]
29. The Reflex [Lebon/Taylor/Taylor]
30. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes [Cann/Cross/Currie]
31. Letter from America [Reid]
32. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now [Stock/Waterman]
33. Dictator [Astev/De Bois/Moore]
34. Walking in the Air [Blake]
35. Hot in the City [Idol]
36. Electric Avenue [Grant]
37. Such a Shame [Hollis]
38. Eyes Without a Face [Idol/Stevens]
39. Never Ending Story [Moroder/Forsey]
40. Wild Boys [Rhodes/Lebon/Taylor]
41. We Belong [Lowen/Nevarro]
42. A Walk in the Park [Bailey]
43. Solid [Asford/Simpson]
44. Road to Nowhere [Byrne/Frantz/Harris]
45. Let's All Chant [Fields/Zager]
46. Nineteen [Hardcastle/Coutouri]
47. Carribean Queen (No More Love on the Run) [Diamond/Ocean]
48. Kayleigh [Marillion]
49. Maria Magdalena [Kemmler/Lorh/Cretu]
50. Running up That Hill [Bush]
51. If I Was [Ure/Mitchell]
52. Sexy Eyes [Mather/Stegall/Wate]
53. Girl Crazy [Brown]
54. Big Apple [Askew/Beggs/Neale]
55. A Good Heart [McKee]
56. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) [Shreeve/Astrop/Harr]
57. In the Heat of the Night [Cretu/Hirschburger/]
58. When the Going Gets Tough [Braithwaite/Lange]
59. Human [Harris/Lewis]
60. (I Just) Died in Your Arms [VanEede/MacMichael]
61. Gold [Kemp]
62. Everything I Own [Gates]
63. Living in a Box [Vere/Piggot]
64. Sweet Sixteen [Idol]
65. Shattered Dreams [Datchler]
66. Don't Worry, Be Happy [McFerrin]

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