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Only Dance: 1980-1984

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This disk is like having your own personal TIME CAPSULE! The music REALLY brings you back there -all the way back to the 80's, one of the BEST decades of music there ever was! If you are a fan of classic 80's music with a truly 80's flare - this disk is for you! It has the Go-Go's, (think: Fast Times At Ridgemont High), Devo, Blondie, Stray Cats, and Ray Parker Jr. singing a really catchy song you might have missed in the eighties; The Other Woman! If you're in your thirties, you will definitely appreciate this disk! A must have for any CD-collection!

I bought this album recently in two ways--I remember these songs, and because two artists on this album--Rick James and Laura Branigan--passed away in 2004. This is more of a way to remember those two artists, yet rock to their classics. There's a good mix of funk numbers by Rick James and Gap Band, new wave stuff by Devo, dance hits by Shannon and Bananarama, and well structured songs by Deniece Williams and KC and the Sunshine Band. All in the course of 75 minutes and 20 songs. I still love Herbie Hancock's Rockit--I played that single a lot back in late 1983! A jazz musician doing hip-hop and actually pulls it off on this funky song! It says 1980-1984, but they have two songs from 1979 that did make an impact in 1980 and the new decade. The first half of the '80s was more music oriented, while the second half depended on big productions and over the top decadence, which was also good too. A lot of people still take potshots at the '80s, but it provided some great music. All of these songs are still heard today on the radio, in stores, on stereos and TV commercials. I still listen to some 1984 songs/albums along with the 2004 contemporary songs that I like now. That Devo song is one that I hear in the current Swiffer commercials and I'm dancing like crazy when that comes on! It's well balanced in the song sequence too. Essex Entertainment did a fine job producing this album and the series of albums they did in 1994, 1995 and 1996 representing 5 years of songs in the 4 different decades. I liked this part of the '80s and this collection is very well done!

I loved this CD and Only Dance 1985-1989 so much that I bought a second copy of each to give to a friend!

I remember that I used to be a big fan of this kind of music when I was growing up and this CD/cassette is a good value, although I no longer have it on cassette cause my tape player ate it but I'm glad that I got to enjoy listening to this CD, my favorite songs on this CD are Blondie: Rapture, Go Go's: We Got the Beat, Laura Branigan: Self Control, Fixx: One Thing Leads to Another, Ray Parker Jr: The Other Woman, Toni Basil: Mickey, Denise Williams: Let's Hear it For the Boy, Gap Band: You Dropped a Bomb on Me and Hall and Oates: You Make My Dreams.

The only song that I don't really care for much on this album is Herbie Hancock: Rockit, it just never really appealed to me but if you love 80's pop music then this CD is a must have and I still wish that I have it.

Great album! Love the music of this era and almost every song is a winner!