Of the little known tracks I enjoyed Mobiles 'Drowning In Berlin' and Blue Zoo 'Cry Boy Cry.' I'd never heard of either of these acts before. I also liked both the Visage tracks (although 'Fade to Grey' isn't obscure are it turns up everywhere). Both the Flock Of Seagulls tracks are great (especially 'Photograph') whilst I remember both Fiction Factory's 'Feels Like Heaven' and Furniture's 'Brilliant Mind' from the original time, but never knew who they were by. Both are good tracks; as is 'The First Picture of You,' by the Lotus Eaters.
However,for every good track I'm afraid there is at least one poor and even irritating one. I had never heard of Swansway before, but their 'Soul Train' is terrible. 'Shiny Shiny' by Haysi Fantayzee; 'You Spin Me Round' by Dead or Alive and the well known numbers 'Pop Musik' by M and 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by Buggles I find all quite irritating. I never cared for the Thompson Twins (although 'Hold Me Now' is probably their best single), Tubeway Army or Yazoo.
I suppose as with most compilations you have to have the skip button ready when it comes to a track you don't care for. What does set this compilation apart is that some of the tracks aren't easily available elsewhere or at least not in the longer format; although 'Brilliant Mind', 'Feels Like Heaven', 'First Picture Of You' and 'I'm In Love With A German Filmstar' (Passions) are all on the similar but more consistent Alternative Eighties double disc compilation.


Electric 80s   August 2, 2005
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

3 CD's of well-known and not so well-known hits. Each and every one of them chartbusters. This is a great album for those who found the 80's to be the best decade of all. I found it to be fantastic, as I'd been looking for quite a few of the lesser well-known songs for quite a while.
Takes me back in time to the 80's. I love the album.


very good, but....   July 18, 2005
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This album picked up most of my fav's from the 80's, but Amazon seem to have got some of the track listing wrong, for example there is no Heaven 17 - Temptation, which was a bit of shame. Great Album never the less for all die hard 80's fans.


Fantastic!   July 18, 2005
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Well only being of age of 26 years, i thought this was a brillant comp. espically songs from my childhood that i was brought up. My Dad, is now relieved that i wont be going near is vinyl for a little while!!!! Good selection however suprised no Fun Boy Three or China Crisis songs on there. Worth the buy - one of the better 80 era ablums around!!!!!


A great selection of songs from the greatest period in music   December 3, 2000
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

This first volume contains some brilliant songs. If, like me, you were born at the start of the 80's, you probably wont remember half the songs on here and you might not like all you hear, but I found one or two excellent songs that made me really pleased I bought these CDs. If you remember the 80's well, this is for you. I'd definitely recommend getting all 3 volumes if you can.