1981: 20 Original Chart Hits [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: A Time to Remember
• ASIN: B00000DBAK
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #649,166 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

2. Ghost Town - The Specials

3. This Little Girl - Gary 'US' Bonds

4. I Shot the Sheriff - Light Of The World

5. Kids in America - Kim Wilde

6. On the Beat - BB & Q Band

7. For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton

8. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) - Fun Boy Three

9. Can't Get Enough of You - Eddy Grant

10. Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby

11. Sat in Your Lap - Kate Bush

12. Jimmie Jones - The Vapors

13. Musclebound - Spandau Ballet

14. Days Are OK (But the Nights Were Made for Love) - Motels

15. Plan B - Dexy's Midnight Runners

16. Thrown Away - The Stranglers

17. All Stood Still - Ultravox

18. Backfired - Debbie Harry

19. Rapture - Blondie

20. Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars 1981 UK chart hits, May 16, 2005

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patc71s (Stratford, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1981: 20 Original Chart Hits (Audio CD)

I have all the CDs in this series from 1970 to 1982 but admittedly the series is beginning to run out of steam at this point. The best song on here is Thomas Dolby-Europa & the Pirate Twins. Other good songs include such US chart hits as Kim Carnes-Bette Davis Eyes, Blondie-Rapture, Sheena Easton-For Your Eyes Only, Juice Newton-Angel of the Morning, & Kim Wilde-Kids in America. Most of the other songs are nothing special, mostly new wave tunes that didn't become US hits. Light of the World-I Shot the Sheriff is a disco cover of Eric clapton's hit (which was a Bob Marley cover).

Still the CD is a good bargain for 20 songs,even if many of the songs aren't anything special. I'd give it 3.5 stars.