Track Listing

1. Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles
2. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
4. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
5. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
6. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
7. Something About You - Level 42
8. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
9. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
10. Obession - Animotion
11. Higher Love - Steve Winwood
12. Addicted to Love - Robert
13. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
14. Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
15. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
16. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
17. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
18. Our House - Madness
19. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
20. Tempted - Squeeze

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2915 in Music
• Released on: 1999-08-10
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

If you buy one 80's compilation, make this it!
If you're looking for a good variety of memorable 80's music and don't want to spend a lot of money, then pick up this 20-track jewel of a compilation CD. First of all, it has a good blend of the essential favorites--"Video Killed the Radio Star" (recently covered for the Wedding Singer), also "Come On Eileen" (as revived in Chris Farley's Tommy Boy as well as covered by the ska band Save Ferris), that great Tears for Fears song (which Dennis Miller now uses as his theme song), Tainted Love (the infectious song from the Pepsi commercial..."I've got to get away..."), and Madness' "Our House". Also included are guilty pleasures like the Wang Chung cut, Stray Cats' "Rock This Town", and Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon". The CD is marvelous and also the best 80's comp I have found thus far. A close second is the Millenium 80's New Wave Party from Rhino Records. Get them both if you crave the 80's!

One of the best overall 80's compilations available
When it comes to 80's compilations, the majority of them have mostly filler 'hits' that most people either don't care about or don't even know, along with a few great hits that people actually like and want.

Pure 80's is a major exception. It provides a great overall track list that almost any 80's enthusiast will know by heart and want to own, but it's an even greater choice for mediocre fans and newbies who are looking for a single-CD collection to give them an overview of what 80's music was like.

This album, Pure 80's, almost has it all when it comes to great 80's music. It has essential hits that should be owned by any fan of the 80's ("Everybody Have Fun Tonight", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", "Tainted Love", etc.), other great unforgettable masterpieces ("Centerfold", "Addicted To Love", "Our House", "Higher Love", etc.), and even some one-hit wonders that caused quite a stir back in the day ("Relax" and "Come on Eileen").

The only genres (of the ones I can think of right now) that are nowhere to be seen in Pure 80's is hair metal, heavy metal, instrumentals, and rap.

As an added bonus for REAL 80's fans, the booklet includes what year the song was made, and what position each song climbed to on the pop charts.

To sum it all up, Pure 80's doesn't have ALL the great 80's songs (that's an impossibilty for a single CD), but it provides a great, well-rounded lineup that is well worth owning to say the least. If you love great 80's music, or if you're looking for an album to give you a sampling of what the decade's tunes were like, Pure 80's is a must have.

Excellent collection for the price!
For the cost of the CD, this is a very good overview of the technicolor day-glo era.

There are of course the usual omissions that happen due to licencing and so on. The Bangles, Madonna, Price, Michael Jackson, Sting, etc. And there are no liner notes, which is disappointing.

However, this is an excellent collection of the 80's sound, and the price is right.