Retro 80's 6 [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00001ZUB0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #896,643 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Echo Beach

2. Saturdays in Silesia

3. Worlds Away [Edit]

4. Safety Dance

5. Heaven Street

6. I Want You Back

7. Dancing on the Ceiling

8. Gonna Get Close to You

9. Let It Go [Extended Club Mix Edit][Edit]

10. Come Day-O Night Eh!

11. Soul City

12. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)

13. Last of the Red Hot Fools

14. Peace of Mind

15. Teenland

16. Dirty Water

17. I'm an Adult Now

18. Flesh Under Skin

19. No Such Thing

Editorial Reviews

Compilation spotlighting some of Canada's finest, and oftenoverlooked, new wave acts of the 80's. Includes tracks by Strange Advance, Rational Youth, Pursuit Of Happiness, Martha& The Muffins, Northern Pikes, Grapes Of Wrath, Men WithoutHats, Dalbello and

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some lost gems!, July 24, 2002

By 

Marc Dalesandro (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Retro 80's 6 (Audio CD)

Pure Canadian Retro 80's Vol. 6 is a treasure-trove of lost gems, some songs that I remebered from the 80's, and some great songs I had somehow missed in my reckless youth.

Classics are Martha & the Muffins "Echo Beach" - which seems to get better with each listen, Sherry Kean's underappreciated "I Want You Back" (which won a Juno), and , of course, TPOH's "I'm An Adult Now", the song that started it all.

Rational Youth's "Saturdays in Silesia" is an excellent synthpop romp, and Minutes From Downtown's "Heaven Street" is a sugary 80's treat.

The only blemishes to this album are couple of post-80's-sounding tunes from the likes of Glass Tiger, Grapes of Wrath, and Northern Pikes. Excuse me while I retch. These bands are not 80's music, I don't care what year their albums came out.

This is definitely one album all 80's fans should own. My only complaint is...where are the Platinum Blonde tunes?