Sedated in the Eighties, No. 2

Sedated In The Eighties (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 17, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol Records
• ASIN: B000002TPQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,710 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Wedding, Pt. 1

2. Los Angeles

3. Fight Like a Brave

4. Lips Like Sugar

5. Heartbreak Beat

6. Because the Night

7. Planet Earth 1988

8. Ashes to Ashes

9. Pale Shelter

10. A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)

11. I Wanna Be Adored

12. Ring of Fire

13. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

14. Kiss Off

15. Love Is the Law [*]

16. I Confess [*]

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD!, April 18, 2001

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"myth_hughes" (CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sedated in the Eighties, No. 2 (Audio CD)

I am an 80's music junkie who has collected many anthologies and compilations from this decade. SEDADED 2 has risen to the top of the pile as one of my most listened to CDs. In fact, it rarely leaves its spot on my player. The songs do not become tiresome or tedious; and they tend to be tracks that are not usually played on the 80's flashback radio shows or stations. In fact, the CD features a lot of hard to find tracks that are not included in most 80's compilations, such as "Pale Shelter" by Tears for Fears (instead of the more typical "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World) and "Los Angeles" by X. This compilation has a nice edge to it. The songs have something to say, they are well written, extremely well sung and all will move you in some way. Starting with Billy Idol's driving beat and rebel attidude of "White Wedding", to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' sing/shout-along chorus of "Fight like a Brave", followed by the sensual "Lips like Sugar" of Echo and the Bunnymen with a nice segue into the Psych. Furs raspy "Heartbreak Beat", etc. Not many CD's can pull off playing the painful end of a relationship "Kiss Off" (Violent Femmes) AND English Beat's "I Confess" of new love. The CD also includes Patti Smith, the Ramones, David Bowie, the Kinks, Wall of Voodo, English Beat and Stone Roses. (Wow!) Really, this is the coolest compilation of rebel-sexy-moody anguish-with-a-beat you'll ever find!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love is the LAW, March 14, 2006

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warrian (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sedated in the Eighties, No. 2 (Audio CD)

Calling the Patti Smith Group's "Because the Night" the best single of the 80s is a little like saying "We Built This City" is the best single of the 90s or "Yesterday" is the best signle of the 70s. It came out in '75. Still, it IS awesome, and there are a few other selections here that are neccessary 80s tunes. Romeo Void, Furs, Bunnymen. And props for including the Suburbs "Love is the Law": A true New Wave classic. If you approach the 80s from a college radio (and not an MTV) type place, the Sedated series might just be for you. They're all out of print too, so get 'em while they're cheap!

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid collection, December 17, 2008

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Mr. Scott T. Allen (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sedated in the Eighties, No. 2 (Audio CD)

This is a solid collection, these are the original songs (not re-recordings) and it's a "4 Star" when I rate most CDs at 3 or below.
Caveats: like anything featuring various artists, it jumps around from style-to-style so if you like to play music that strictly matches your mood, this CD may be a bit irksome. Better to listen to while driving.
Songs by X and the Ramones are crappy, and I'm a fan of both groups so I fault the compiler of this CD (never liked the Red Hot Chili Peppers much so I knew before buying I'd hit "FF" here).
I tend to dislike most collections (why not buy the original records?) so why buy this one? Well, I own LPs containing many of these songs and while some had other good songs, most had lots of filler and/or are expensive to buy today on CD. So the bottom line is the bottom line (price) and for the price, used, on Amazon this is a very good purchase.