Best of 1981-1985

Y&T | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 21, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fontana a&M
• ASIN: B000002GJ2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,091 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #91 in Music > Classic Rock > Glam

Track Listings

1. From The Moon

2. Open Fire

3. Hurricane

4. Mean Streak

5. Rescue Me

6. Black Tiger

7. Dirty Girl

8. Forever

9. Midnight In Tokyo

10. Hang 'Em High

11. Lipstick And Leather

12. Summertime Girls

13. Beautiful Dreamer

14. 25 Hours A Day (Live)

15. Barroom Boogie

16. I Believe In You

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: Y & T
Title: BEST OF 81-85
Street Release Date: 08/21/1990
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good compilation of an underrated band, September 13, 2003

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John Alapick (Wilkes-Barre, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of 1981-1985 (Audio CD)

Best 0f '81 to '85 collects most of the best tracks Y & T ever recorded as the albums they made after this didn't touch the material featured here. If these songs were recorded a few years later and if they were marketed correctly, Y & T would have been hard rock superstars. Unfortunately, their best work was behind them by the time MTV & radio embraced hard rock or what some would call hair metal.

The majority of the tracks here are top notch whether it's heavy rockers ("Open Fire", "Mean Streak", "Hurricane"), or mid-tempo material ("Black Tiger", "Midnight In Tokyo", "Dirty Girl"). "Summertime Girls" was their most popular song and should have been a huge hit. But what Y & T excelled at was their power ballads and their live show. Their best ballads are all here as "Rescue Me", "Forever", and "I Believe In You" are among the best ballads ever recorded in the genre, much better than the sugar coated sappy ballads that would be hits for bands like Bon Jovi and Def Leppard years later. The two live tracks here are decent but there's a much better live version of "Barroom Boogie" on the out of print Open Fire album. The tracks "Beautiful Dreamer" and "Hang 'Em High" are not among their best work. This is a good compliation, but it would be stronger if it featured a couple more live tracks from Open Fire such as the title track and "Forever" and more tracks from the underrated In Rock We Trust album like "Don't Stop Runnin'" and "Break Out Tonight." Definitely worth picking up if you're a fan of good melodic heavy metal from the '80s.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have collection from a band at a "creative peak", December 25, 1998

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Jon Reed "SAP market analyst" (Northampton, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of 1981-1985 (Audio CD)

Y&T was/is one of the great undiscovered hard rock bands of all time. Fronted by an outstanding lead singer and guitarist, Y & T always put together a range of songs on any of their albums, from blues, to ballads, to straight ahead rockers, and, my personal favorites, the "epic rocking ballad." This last category was Y & T's specialty, and this album gathers the three best: "Rescue Me" (off Earthshaker), "Forever" (off Black Tiger), and "Midnite in Tokyo" (off Mean Streak). After Mean Streak, Y & T was never quite the same to me, although they do have a very great pop rock song, "I'll Keep on Believin'" on "In Rock we Trust". An inferior song from that release, a cover of "Summertime Girls," is on this lp. True fans will need to buy all of these releases. Those who just want the high points don't have it easy though, as Mean Streak also boasts "Lonely Side of Town," one of the all time great Y & T songs, although I'm not sure if the band realizes this. Great great stuff.....

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Y&T - Straight at You Rock, May 13, 2000

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J. Wright "Rok Owt" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of 1981-1985 (Audio CD)

Not having been much of a Y&T fan over the years, I listened to this CD and found a lot of good, raw rock'n'roll. Rescue Me, Dirty Girl and Forever are very good. The intro on Black Tiger is good, the song is okay. Fun stuff hits with Lipstick and Leather and Summertime Girls.

A good comparison for me regarding Y&T would be Helix. The Best Of Y&T 81-85 is worth picking up and then crankin' up!