Hit Me With Your 80's Box! [Box set]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B00005V6N8
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) - Pretenders

2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

3. Maneater - Hall & Oates

4. Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James

5. Down Under - Men At Work

6. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

2. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister

3. The Warrior - Scandal featuring Patty Smyth

4. Drive - The Cars

5. Jeopardy - Greg Kihn

6. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

2. Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer

3. You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey

4. No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones

5. Holding Back The Years - Simply Red

6. Nightshift - Commodores

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential, September 16, 2005

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M. Montgomery - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit Me With Your 80's Box! (Audio CD)

I mix 80s dance music and the number of times when mixing that I find myself reaching for either this compilation or its companion, "I Want My 80s Box," is extraordinary. These are two outstanding collections. They are pricey, but worth every penny. For many people, owning these two will be all the 80s music you'll ever need.

Fidelity is outstanding, the tracks are well organized more or less chronologically, and the sequences in which tracks are placed is excellent. The "box" itself in which the 3 CDs come is sturdy, it is easily folded out in part or in whole to access any of the CDs quickly and easily (unlike many multi-CD offerings). Liner notes are extensive and interesting.

This offering is a class act all the way. Highly, highly recommended. 7 stars.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Memories from your world of the '80s", February 1, 2002

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit Me With Your 80's Box! (Audio CD)

Step up and meet the Second Volume from Universal Music/Hip-O, nicely remastered and loaded with "must-have-music" for your growing '80s collection. Some ground breaking selections are highlighting "HIT ME WITH YOUR 80's BOX!", most of the 46 Tracks playing in my head, bring back so many wonderful and worthwhile memories.

Even though there are many missing, this collection hits some of the high spots with "HOLDING BACK THE YEARS"(Simply Red) ~ "BROKEN WINGS"(Mr. Mister) ~ "DRIVE"(The Cars) ~ "MANEATER"(Hall & Oates), each song with the original artist interpretation is "right on", know other compilations are out there in the vast world of '80s releases...this one hits the mark and lives up to its predecessor "I WANT MY 80's BOX!"[...] gives you a reason to face the everyday Hum-Drums...with both volumes it's Party Time, gotta love it!

You might try other Universal/Hip-O releases ~ "Essential'80s:1985-1989" [...]..."The '80s Hits Back![...]..."Essential'80s:1980-1984"[...], all worthy of a good listen.

Total: 3-CD-Collection [....]

4.0 out of 5 stars Good set made better it you get the pervious set to go with it, January 8, 2012

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J. Bynum (the southwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit Me With Your 80's Box! (Audio CD)

Hit me with your 80's Box! (Hip-O records - 3 CD set): While this is a very fine, and very entertaining, collection of 80's hits, there was certainly room here for more than 14 songs a disc (in fact, they could have put all of this on 2 discs). However, the selections of songs are very good. This is a pop set and it does not represent the emerging Rap music of the era, which may be a plus or minus depending on your view on Rap music. This is a Good set, which can be made much better if you buy their previous 3 CD set that Hip-O titled "I Want My 80's Box!" Together, these made a superb collection.
Four Stars for this set (Five Stars for the combination of this and their previous set).