Various - The Best Of The 80s

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:31
Size: 106.5 MB
Styles: Pop, Rock, New Wave
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
[3:30] 2. Blondie - Call Me
[3:58] 3. Squeeze - Tempted
[8:54] 4. Soft Cell - Tainted Love Where Did Our Love Go
[4:10] 5. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
[3:20] 6. Madness - Our House
[3:36] 7. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
[3:22] 8. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
[3:54] 9. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
[4:10] 10. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
[4:04] 11. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

The Best Of The '80s: The Millennium Collection attempts to capture the musical trends of the decade in a dozen songs, including the Fixx's "One Thing Leads to Another," the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," and Steve Winwood's "Higher Love." Blondie's "Call Me," the Eurhythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," and Soft Cell's "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go" are some of the album's other highlights. By concentrating on new wave and pop hits rather than trying to document every sound of the '80s, The Best of the '80s may not quite live up to its name, but it does present a fairly cohesive and entertaining mix of some of the decade's catchiest singles. ~ Heather Phares

Digitally remastered by David Schultz (DigiPrep Mastering, Hollywood, California).

The Best Of The 80s

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Blondie - Greatest Hits

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:34
Size: 154.7 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/New Wave
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[3:04] 1. Dreaming
[3:30] 2. Call Me
[3:33] 3. One Way Or Another
[4:31] 4. Heart Of Glass
[4:44] 5. The Tide Is High
[3:11] 6. X Offender
[2:21] 7. Hanging On The Telephone
[3:19] 8. Rip Her To Shreds
[5:36] 9. Rapture
[4:39] 10. Atomic
[2:53] 11. Picture This
[2:29] 12. In The Flesh
[2:14] 13. Denis
[2:40] 14. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
[3:18] 15. Union City Blue
[3:39] 16. The Hardest Part
[4:40] 17. Island Of Lost Souls
[3:01] 18. Sunday Girl
[4:04] 19. Maria

Following the re-issue of the six original studio albums in 2001, this was the first Blondie "Best of" compilation to be digitally remastered, the first Blondie "Best of" to be officially sanctioned by the band for over 20 years, and also the first to include their comeback hit "Maria", a UK #1 in February 1999.

Compiled by Capitol's Kevin Flaherty and London-based music journalist Steve Pafford, who also wrote the album sleeve notes, Greatest Hits features all of the tracks from the band's very first hits compilation, 1981's The Best of Blondie, including all four long-deleted 'special mixes' by producer Mike Chapman. Author Pafford was in the early stages of working with Debbie Harry on a lavish illustrated coffee table book entitled BlondieStyle (the sequel to his acclaimed BowieStyle, published by Omnibus Press), though as of 2010 the project is still on hold.

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