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 ...
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Tracks on this album
Tracks:
- No Doubt About It
- More Than I Can Say
- Stop the Cavalry
- Stars on 45: Stars on 45/Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive
- Kids in America
- Bette Davis Eyes
- Rain in May
- Morning Train (Nine to Five)
- Papa Chico
- We Just
- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
- Hymn
- Too Shy
- The Whole of the Moon
- Breakaway
- Imagination
- Centerfold
- Walking on Sunshine
- True
- The Tide Is High
- Save Your Love
- Sunshine Reggae
- I Like Chopin
- Karma Chameleon
- This Is Not a Love Song
- Only You
- Star Trekkin'
- Love Is a Battlefield
- The Reflex
- Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
- Letter from America
- Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now
- Dictator
- Walking in the Air
- Hot in the City
- Electric Avenue
- Such a Shame
- Eyes Without a Face
- Never Ending Story
- Wild Boys
- We Belong
- A Walk in the Park
- Solid
- Road to Nowhere
- Let's All Chant
- Nineteen
- Carribean Queen (No More Love on the Run)
- Kayleigh
- Maria Magdalena
- Running up That Hill
- If I Was
- Sexy Eyes
- Girl Crazy
- Big Apple
- A Good Heart
- Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
- In the Heat of the Night
- When the Going Gets Tough
- Human
- (I Just) Died in Your Arms
- Gold
- Everything I Own
- Living in a Box
- Sweet Sixteen
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
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