Billboard Top Hits: 1984

Billboard Top Hits (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 1992)
• Original Release Date: September 15, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000032KK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,820 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Owner of a Lonely Heart

2. Ghostbusters

3. Talking in Your Sleep

4. Jump (For My Love)

5. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

6. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go

7. Let's Hear It for the Boy

8. Karma Chameleon

9. Hold Me Now

10. What's Love Got to Do With It

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy For the Yes Track, June 7, 2005

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M. Montgomery - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Billboard Top Hits: 1984 (Audio CD)

This a a good selection and, as always with Billboard, the fidelity is first rate.

But don't buy for the Yes track "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Despite the fact that the CD makes the boastful claim that each track is "Sounding exactly as it did when first released," on "Lonely Heart" the crucial upbeat explosion of an ending--the strongest part of the whole track--is cut, entirely, in favor of a boring slow fade of the song's chorus. Since I never owned the track, my knowledge of it is 100% radio based, showing that Billboard is, shall we say, shading the truth a bit in its claims. In addition to on the original Yes album "90125," you can also find the complete version of the track on Vh1's "The Big 80s: Arena Rock," along with a few other interesting tracks.

But for the other tracks (back to the Billboard 84 CD), I don't hear any problems.


Billboard puts out a good product overall, I also recommend the 1979 disco CD if you like that stuff.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An all around great 80's album!, May 2, 2001

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Billboard Top Hits: 1984 (Audio CD)

To me, 80's rock is the best music in the world. Billboard Top Hits: 1984 is the third Billboard Top Hits album that I've bought. I also have the 1983 and the 1985 albums and I rank this one second right behind the BTH: 1985 one.

This album has it all! It has upbeat rockers ("Owner of A Lonely Heart"), good ballads ("Hold Me Now"), and some songs that are downright catchy ("Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"). If you like rock 'n roll from the 80's, I definitely recommend picking up this gem.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent CD!, July 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Billboard Top Hits: 1984 (Audio CD)

This CD is a great selection of 1984 hits! If you miss 80s music, this CD is a must-have! Buy it!