I Want My New Wave (2005)

About this title: When Razor & Tie sells I Want My New Wave on late-night television, it's as a 32-track, two-disc set. This retail version pares that down to one disc, and features 18 of the decade's standard bearing tracks. Bow Wow Wow ("I Want Candy"), Duran Duran ("Girls on Film"), the B-52's "Rock Lobster" ("There goes a narwhale!"), Blondie ("One Way or Another") -- even the casual '80s fan has a lot of the material here, whether on other comps or nostalgic soundtracks. Of course, that also makes for considerably less filler. Split Enz' "I Got You" will always have one of the best choruses of the decade; ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Want Candy [Goldstein/Feldman]
2. Turning Japanese [Fenton]
3. Girls on Film [Bates/LeBon/Taylor]
4. One Way or Another [Harry/Harrison]
5. Love My Way [Butler/Ashton/Davey]
6. I Know What Boys Like [Butler]
7. Mexican Radio [Nanini/Ridgeway/Gra]
8. Boys Don't Cry [Dempsey/Smith/Tolhu]
9. I Got You [Finn]
10. This Charming Man [Morrissey/Marr]
11. Rock Lobster [Stirckland/Schneide]
12. Goody Two Shoes [Ant/Pirroni]
13. Save It for Later [Charlery/Cox/Morton]
14. I Melt With You [Walker/McDowell/Bro]
15. The Metro [Crawford]
16. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Jagger/Ricahrds]
17. The Killing Moon [Sergeant/McCulloch/]
18. Pump It Up [Costello]

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