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Hit Me With Your 80's Box!

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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.

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 [....]

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).

This is a great little collection of music. 42 songs...just about all of them HITS ! Chances are if you were growing up in the 80s, you will be able to sing along with just about every one. And Unlike the 80s...you are not listening to a beat up tape or scratched record.

The best part of this collection is that it contains a bunch of one hit wonders, some are hard to find on CD like: Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield, Down Under - Men At Work, Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell, Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling, You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey and I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls.

Well worth the price and all are original length and remastered!

Also buy this with similar I Want My 80's Box!

Good stuff, especially for those of us nostalgic for 80's music. It's a nice three CD collection of some of the best mainstream stuff from the 80's, including some music I had trouble finding elsewhere.

Hit me with your 80's box is great box set for anyone who likes eighties music. While it not as good as "Like, Omigod:The 80's pop culture box" It still will take the listener back to a great time in the music industry.

Some of the greatest songs of the 80's are on here! I listen to it in the car all the time! Great for 80's lovers!!!!

This is a great collection of awesome 80's music, but I feel that each disc should have had about three more songs on them. Also, I think the title refers to Pat Benatar's HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT. Strangely enough, the song is nowhere to be found on this set???

One of the Best 80's Collections.while there are alot of songs missing from that Decade this captures the early&Most importantly the early 80's.Good Tracks from a Lot of Solid Acts.I think after the Mid 80's with the exception of a Few Artists&Songs the 80's got way watered down&One of the Major Reasons why Music nowadays on a whole from the Mainstream ...but it's cool to reflect on a Happening era Where Radio still was kinda cool.

...Why does this box set not contain the very song its title is a reference to? If it were to be truly complete, it would contain: HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK, by Ian Dury & The Blockheads.