Ultra Eighties Vs Electro 1

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B00006IJ2G
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,663 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Shout - Tears For Fears

2. Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk

3. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash

4. Genedefekt (Radio Mix) - Green Velvet

5. White Horse - Laidback

6. Real Life - Audio Bullys

7. Into The Feeling - Bobby Peru

8. Stars And Heroes (Felix Da Housecat - Thee Glitz Mex) - Luke Slater

9. Digital Emotion (Seratonin Mix) - Selway

10. Hey Little Girl (Extended Blue Mix) - Mathias Schaffhauser

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Disc: 2

1. Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S

2. The End Starts Today (Tommie Sunshine's 'Nail Me Down' Glasgow Summer Freestyle Mix) - Bis

3. Number One (Felix Da Housecat- Thee Glitz Mix) - Playgroup

4. Madame Hollywood - Felix Da Housecat

5. Remind Me (Someone Else's Radio Mix) - Royksopp

6. Dance You Down - Gusgus

7. Shiny Disco Balls (Main Mix) - Who Da Funk

8. Emerge (Dave Clarke Remix) - Fischerspooner

9. 1982 - The Hacker

10. Fashion Rules! - Chicks On Speed

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars it's OK to enjoy your guilty pleasures..., September 22, 2002

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultra Eighties Vs Electro 1 (Audio CD)

The Ultra Series is as straightforward as you'll get in dance. Clear theme on the front (this case 80s vs Electro), and two discs of big names. So it's simple really; look at all the artists - anyone remotely tuned to dance should recognize the majority - and if it sounds good it'll be a safe bet.

80s vs Electro, their fifth of the lot, combines pretty much all the hottest work from the rising electroclash "don't call me nuwave" scene with a truly odd mash up of classic tunes from back in the day. Sound theory, sketchy selections as Tears for Fears makes no sense and (blasphemy alert) Grandmaster Flash's seminal hip hop "White Lines" is the wrong record for this particular mix. Surely they could have licensed a better Green Velvet tune than his non-ironic, plodding "Genedefekt?"

Now the trick with electroclash is to harness the retro spirit to modern speeds, yet keep it (seemingly) simple and catchy. And not get lazy about it. And keep Felix da Housecat rolling in cash.

There's straight, Bobby Peru with burrowing synth work that strobes all over the place on "Into the Night," legit-pop from underground techno force Luke Slater in full song "Stars and Heroes," club choons via Who Da Funk on, ahem, "Shiny Disco B*lls," and icy-cool from Selway and the French robot all stars on "Digital Emotion." For novelty-disposable tunes you get instantly forgettable detached-female-vocals from W.I.T., Miss Kittin and gusgus (what happened there?) and much better examples from Bis (pop delight "The End Starts Today") and Felix. Guys get in the act, more sincere, from Royksopp, Mathias Schaffhauser, and Zoot Woman's fantastic guitar meets ELO channeling on "Living in a Magazine."

Add in a tastefully sincere instrumental, as Jan Hammer's "Crocket's Theme" (no, it's not that one) gets an FPU makeover. Oh, and obscure tunes from M/A/R/R/S and Gary Numan see the light as well. File 80s vs Electro under "guilt pleasure."
Disc 1: 2.5 stars Disc 2: 3.5 stars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exceptional cd! will breath new life into club scene, November 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ultra Eighties Vs Electro 1 (Audio CD)

This cd is not perfect and i regret saying that it is the actual 80's songs that drag this compilation down a level, but much of this album is new and emulates the 80's sound with deep dancable bass that seems to be the next step in club music evolution. Most of these songs were recorded in 2002, which gives us refreshing hope that electronic music has broken out of it's five year funk of redundancy, and now there is a clever sound, although borrowed in parts from the 80's, that can spearhead a new club scene. 16 of the 24 songs are thrilling and tickle your taste for more more more. the rest are flashbacks to the respectable 80's but stick out like sore thumbs and slow down the excitemant. do what you have to do to get this cd.....don't miss out on the future through the past.

3.0 out of 5 stars good 80's mix, November 29, 2011

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Edward - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ultra Eighties Vs Electro 1 (Audio CD)

This CD is ok if you are in to the 80's.
I thought it was going to be a better CD.
But still good...