VH1: The Big 80's

VH1: The Big 80's Series | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Original Release Date: May 14, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033QA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,229 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Got the Beat

2. Take On Me

3. The Safety Dance

4. Cars

5. 99 Red Balloons

6. Time (Clock of the Heart)

7. Tempted

8. I Know There's Something Going On

9. You Might Think

10. 867-5309/Jenny

11. Centerfold

12. Brand New Lover

13. Rapture

14. Abracadabra

15. Sister Christian

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A trip down the "One Hit Wonder" Lane..., November 26, 2001

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Ei "crzybookmoovielover" (Seekonk, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VH1: The Big 80's (Audio CD)

I was in junior high and high school throughout the 80's, and can remember hearing the songs on this album umpteen times. For the most part, the songs that appear here are mostly one hit wonders or the biggest hits from some of the acts that appear, like The Go-Go's and Night Ranger.
Some selections are a bit obscure, and aren't as big hits as others. That is what makes the album so great. You'll find a few songs here that you may not have heard in a long time.
Put it on and take a stroll down memory lane. You will have a wicked awesome time!
This is good background music for an 80's theme party too..I have yet to do it myself, but I have thought about it. There are some good dance songs, "Safety Dance" is probably the best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Sampler of 1980's Pop Music, November 29, 2006

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Marc Axelrod (Potter, Wi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VH1: The Big 80's (Audio CD)

I went to high school from 1982-1985, and I used to despise this music as empty and shallow. I preferred the raw rock and roll of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and especially Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.

But music tastes change, and now, the music from this era sounds amazingly better than I remember it. This nostalgic 80's cd contains 15 well known hits of the decade, including "We've Got the Beat" by the Go-Gos, "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, "Cars," by Gar Numan, "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone, "99 Red Balloons" by Nena, and more. The cd definitely emphasizes the new wave pop of the 1980s over other parts of the decade, and some will find this frustrating.

But this was a fascinating part of the decade and so I don't mind at all. A great cd and worth getting if you don't already have these songs.

Rev. Marc Axelrod

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good album - This is NOT a bad album, April 24, 2000

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Steve Peak (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VH1: The Big 80's (Audio CD)

These songs represent the best of new wave and rock in the early 1980s on MTV. Certainly, MJ, Madonna and Prince should be included, but their record companies won't license their music for compilations. If you want Madonna and the others, look elsewhere.