Vh1: Big 80's Christmas

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00005NTQA
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,698 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Christmas Is the Time to Say "I Love You" - Billy Squier

2. Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl Hall & John Oates

3. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

4. Please Come Home for Christmas - Pat Benatar

5. Thank God It's Christmas - Queen

6. 2000 Miles - The Pretenders

7. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby

8. December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush

9. Christmas Day - Squeeze

10. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Smithereens

11. Rock and Roll Christmas - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

12. Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - The Ramones

13. Rudolph the Manic Reindeer - Los Lobos

14. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - The Alarm

15. Twelve Days of Christmas - Bob & Doug McKenzie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lights on the pine tree and more aftershave and not forgetting Jesus who was born on Christmas day., November 4, 2007

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vh1: Big 80's Christmas (Audio CD)

This is a collection of Christmas songs by performers who are associated with the 1980s, although a few of them are more associated with the '70s in my mind. Not all of these songs were actually recorded during the '80s. Most of the songs are good, including classics and near classics by Billy Squire, the Waitresses, Queen, the Pretenders, Squeeze and the Ramones. But I don't really care for the song by Kate Bush. Overall, though, this is a pretty good collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Christmas songs you remember and missed from the 80s, December 14, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vh1: Big 80's Christmas (Audio CD)

"VH-1: The Big 80's Christmas" brings together 15 holiday songs, most of which you probably heard at some point during that decade, including the classic David Bowie and Bing Crosby duet of "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy." If you do not have this particular track in your collection then this album is one way of picking it up. The other keepers are the Waitresses doing the ultimate Christmas rap, "Christmas Wrapping," the Ramones ripping through "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)," and the cover of John Lennon's "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" by the Alarm. After that it is a question of what speaks to your tastes, which means enjoying a couple of songs by performers I like that I do not remember hearing way back when, Pat Benatar's "Please Come Home for Christmas" and Kate Bush's "December Will Be Magic Again." Then you have to make up your mind about Los Lobos's interesting take on "Rudolph the Manic Reindeer" and it is a good thing that the "Twelve Days of Christmas" as rendered by Bob and Doug McKenzie (eh) is the last track on this album because there is just nowhere to go after that one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good 80's compilation, November 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Vh1: Big 80's Christmas (Audio CD)

I think that this CD is definitely worth adding to your Christmas collection. It does lack a few songs that I would have liked to have, but it is definitely worth owning. (especially if you can get it for less than $10)