All the 80's (2003)

About this title: All the 80's is a three-CD box set assembled by the Strategic Marketing division of the Australian branch of major label Warner, consisting of 45 tracks performed by 43 different American, Australian, and British recording artists. The selection and sequencing are random; the only determining factor in choosing the songs seems to have been that the tracks were in the Warner vault, having been released originally by a Warner-controlled imprint such as Asylum, Atco, Atlantic, Elektra, Sire, Slash, Swan Song, or Warner Bros.. (There are a few tracks that were released on non-Warner labels in the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) [Post/Geyer]
2. Brass in Pocket [Hynde/Honeyman]
3. Drive [Ocasek]
4. Glory Road [Clapton]
5. How Do I Make You [Steinberg]
6. La Bamba [Traditional]
7. Let's Dance [Rea]
8. Life in a Northern Town [Laird-Clowes/Gabrie]
9. Owner of a Lonely Heart [Rabin/Anderson/Squi]
10. Forever Now [Prestwich]
11. Have You Ever Been in Love [Hill/Danter/Sinfiel]
12. Rockabilly Rebel [Bloomfield]
13. Ride Like the Wind [Cross]
14. You're Gonna Get Hurt [Farris]
15. We Can Get Together [Davies]
16. You Can't Hurry Love [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
17. Whip It [Casale/Mothersbaugh]
18. This Charming Man [Morrissey/Marr]
19. Shake It Up [Ocasek]
20. Gimme Head [Turner]
21. Solid Rock [Howard]
22. Real Love [McDonald/Henderson]
23. Boys in Town [Amphlett/Mcentee]
24. One Day I'll Fly Away [Sample/Jennings]
25. Johnny Come Home [Steele/Gift]
26. Legs [Beard/Gibbons/Hill]
27. Say You Will [Jones/Gramm]
28. Love Is [Ward/Tyson]
29. That's When I Think of You [Frost/Weideman]
30. Venus [VanLeeuwen]
31. Kokomo [Love/McKenzie/Melch]
32. Mr. Sandman [Ballard]
33. Lawyers in Love [Browne]
34. The Rose [McBroom]
35. Boy from New York City [Taylor/Davis]
36. California Girls [Wilson/Love]
37. Singing the Blues [Endsley]
38. Smalltown Boy [Somerville/Steinbac]
39. Solitaire [Clemenceau/Warren]
40. Take on Me [Waaktaar/Mags/Harke]
41. Rock Lobster [Schneider/Wilson]
42. Strange Way [Roberts]
43. The Blues [Newman]
44. Winelight [Eaton]
45. Comin' Home [Turner]

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