Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Call Me � Blondie
2. Sailing � Christopher Cross
3. Upside Down � Diana Ross
4. Celebration � Kool & The Gang
5. Bette Davis Eyes � Kim Carnes
6. Jessie�s Girl � Rick Springfield
7. Endless Love � Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
8. Waiting For A Girl Like You � Foreigner
9. Centerfold � J. Geils Band
10. Eye Of The Tiger � Survivor
11. Up Where We Belong � Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
12. Maneater � Daryl Hall + John Oates
13. Come On Eileen � Dexy Midnight Runners
14. Maniac � Michael Sembello
15. All Night Long (All Night) � Lionel Richie
16. What�s Love Got To Do With It � Tina Turner

Disc 2:

1. Don�t You (Forget About Me) � Simple Minds
2. Everybody Wants To Rule The World �Tears For Fears
3. Axel F � Harold Faltermeyer
4. Take On Me � a-ha
5. Addicted To Love � Robert Palmer
6. Holding Back The Years � Simply Red
7. Higher Love � Steve Winwood
8. Human � Human League
9. Amanda � Boston
10. Alone � Heart
11. Heaven Is A Place On Earth � Belinda Carlisle
12. Need You Tonight � INXS
13. Seasons Change � Expos�
14. Could�ve Been � Tiffany
15. My Prerogative � Bobby Brown
16. Forever Your Girl � Paula Abdul
17. Good Thing � Fine Young Cannibals

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4785 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

An awesome starter kit for '80s Gold!
This two CD set showcases 33 number one hits during the 1980s. As a set of #1 Billboard Hot 100 Chart topping hits, this is a wonderful two CD set. On the other hand, however, there is the total absence of music by such performers as Michael Jackson and Madonna. The sound quality is great and the value is good, but it isn't complete without still more other artists.

But don't give up on this one! There are several really good things I can say about this set. The collection boasts catchy tunes such as "Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer and "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown. The scope of the music is pretty wide: you get aggressive tunes such as "My Prerogative" right along with ballads like "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. That's impressive.

I give this four stars for its' very good quality. I would have given it five stars were it not for the fact that Jackson, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and others just aren't here. Their songs, although maybe not all number one hits, were just as golden. I guess maybe this makes me a purist, but that's my honest opinion.

After all is said and done, the songs picked are some of the very best to come out of the 1980s and I personally like most if not all of these songs. This was my decade in that I was in college at the time; and when I listen to these tunes I have fond memories of when life was a little bit sweeter and easier. However, I just can't help but wish there was more.

I recommend this as great a great starter kit for someone who wants to get into '80s music. It's more for the casual fan of this era as well. As for the purists, they probably have all these songs in their library already and they should clearly continue buying more music to make their collection of '80s gold truly complete.

Excellent collection of best 80s songs
There have been hundreds of 80s compilation albums on the market in the past decade. But this is a mammoth of a collection right here, with 33 No. 1 songs from that decade! I think that because most of these songs are 20 years old or more, this decade is getting more respected because of the Internet, upcoming 20 to 25-year class reunions and other areas. Purists are going to criticize why Michael Jackson and other artists aren't on this collection, but this is very complete. The Gold series that Universal has been doing since 2005 has done a good job compiling these albums. Standouts--hits from Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Hall and Oates, A-ha, Expose, Bobby Brown, Paula Abdul, Fine Young Cannibals, Belinda Carlisle, the late Robert Palmer and others. Please get this album and respect these songs from a 2006 standpoint. These songs have influenced most of today's music and the numerous rap/R&B and pop/rap collaborations currently on the charts.

Well worth the money
Although it does have some songs that I think were not that great, and there are probably some others that should have gone on here, for the price and the great songs that it does have, I would consider it a great purchase for anyone who loved the '80s.