Then: Totally Oldies 80's Again

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Fontana
• ASIN: B00022LI8Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,671 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Centerfold

2. Never Gonna Give You Up

3. You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)

4. I Eat Cannibals

5. Whip It

6. Fire Woman

7. Walk Like an Egyptian

8. Shake It Up

9. The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)

10. Just So Lonely

11. Medley: Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car

12. Down Under - Men At Work

13. Electric Blue

14. Stay the Night

15. We Belong

16. No New Tale to Tell

17. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime

18. Broken Wings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stars and one-hit wonders of the '80s, July 1, 2004

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Then: Totally Oldies 80's Again (Audio CD)

This is a fine complement to Varese's first volume of '80s hits, providing a second helping bona-fide stars (Bangles, Cars, Pat Benatar), and one- (and possibly two-) hit wonders. The latter are particularly valuable, as collecting them on CD, especially the original single mixes, can be tough and pricy. In addition to true one-hit wonders like Dead or Alive ("You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)") and Total Coelo ("I Eat Cannibals"), the song list features bands whose flirtation with chart success only hints at their rich catalog and history. Artists like J. Geils, Devo, Greg Kihn, The Cult, and Love and Rockets all have album catalogs well worth exploring beyond these hits. It's amazing to think back to a time when this much variety - new wave, rock, soul, could all be heard on the same radio station (not to mention a time when MTV played videos end-to-end). A generous 18 tracks make this a good party record, and song-by-song chart info and liner notes fill out the story for collectors.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Selection, July 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Then: Totally Oldies 80's Again (Audio CD)

I have to say that I like Rhino and Varese Sarabande's CDs so much more that the slapped-together compilations that I find in the "cheap racks" at Tower (and other stores). This CD has a ton of great '80s hits on it...and the liner notes are really fact-filled, too. Get this and the Rhino New Wave CDs...you'll be set for your '80s fix!

4.0 out of 5 stars The true U.S. single version of Stars On 45 Beatles medley, February 11, 2011

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Zachary Guzman "Z. Guzman" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Then: Totally Oldies 80's Again (Audio CD)

This is the only CD that I have found that has the true U.S. single release version of the Stars On 45 Beatles medley (at least most of the songs were Beatles songs.)
It immediately starts off with the "Venus" intro instead of the Stars On 45 theme that I have found on other CDs. This is a good find.