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Product Details

  • Audio CD (February 20, 1996)
  • Original Release Date: February 20, 1996
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Oglio Records
  • ASIN: B000001J72
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,933 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Safety Dance
2. Living in China
3. Antarctica
4. I Got the Message
5. I Like
6. Where Do the Boys Go?
7. Messiahs Die Young
8. Pop Goes the World
9. Moonbeam
10. Hey Men
11. Editions of You
12. Safety Dance [Extended Version]
13. I Got the Message [Dance Version]
14. Where Do the Boys Go? [Extended Version]

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Men Without Hat's bouncy classic "The Safety Dance" remains one of the defining moments of the early 1980s with its irresistibly catchy bass-line and Ivan Doroschuk's bold "We can go when we want to, the night is young and so am I." Beyond their biggest hit, these Canadian synth-popsters also put out a couple of exceedingly chipper albums. Songs like "Pop Goes the World" and "I Got the Message" overflow with giddy innocence and cascades of cheesy Casio riffs. They even manage to perk up a Roxy Music cover ("Editions of You"). While the aspirations to meaning, and the faux-urgency, don't hold up, this disk is guaranteed to bring smiles at any 1980s-style dance party. --Heidi MacDonald

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Three CDs housed in a box at a rock-bottom price. Includes, B.B. King's The Thrill is Gone, Big Joe Turner's Everyday I Have The Blues and Salt Shaker Blues featuring various artists. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars You can dance if you want to, April 24, 2001
By Si Wooldridge (Chippenham, Wiltshire England) - See all my reviews
Ivan and the crew burst onto the music scene from Canada with the Safety Dance. In the UK we heard the 3 minute version, while the US heard the 12" version as the norm. The former is definitely the more fun and bouncy (and shorter) version although the latter is very good as well. Both are gathered here on this collection of songs from the group. While in the US MWH had sporadic hits, the UK missed out with only Safety Dance hitting the charts. The problem in the UK seemed to be the release of the english/french speaking I Got The Message, which in one music mag was slated by Heaven 17 (ironically MWH were previously called this until the UK group got to keep the name). There were better songs on the first album to follow up with, but alas hindsight is a wonderful gift...

The 11 songs collected here (plus 3 12" versions) are gathered from the Folk Of The 80's EP, and the albums Rhythm Of Youth, Folk Of The 80's Pt III, Pop Goes The World and Adventures Of Men And Women In The 21st Century. The only letdown on this collection is the dreary Hey Men which is a very PC song about being in touch with your feminine side. All the rest have the bouncy keyboard and guitar sound that Men Without Hats were well-known for at their peak.

Particular favs of mine are Where Do The Boys Go?, Moonbeam and a particularly snazzy version of Roxy Musics Editions of You (Ivan gives a pretty good imitation of Bryan Ferry on this track too...). Anyone who wants to know what good 80's electronic music sounds like should add this to his or her hitlist. I Got The Message, do you want to hear it?

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but incomplete., February 21, 2000
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This album has several great tracks from their previous albums, but Collection barely skims the surface. I'd recommend spending the bucks on the available full-album imports through Amazon, or get the double-cd of Rhythm of Youth/Folk of the 80's(Part III) at Canada's 'Cheap Thrills' online record store.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Party Tunes, Mindless Dance Music?, January 21, 2005
Wild party music, Oh memories of the early 1980's....this was an interesting group to listen to. The title track and "Messiahs Die Young" are the best songs.
The music remains fresh and fun even 20 years later. :)

Like the group The Godz, this group is not to be taken too seriously.
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4.0 out of 5 stars about the music CD the very best of men w/o hats.....
This cd contains music that is nice to listen either and the teacks include:

1. The safety dance
2. Living in China
3. I got the message
4. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ang Poon Kah

4.0 out of 5 stars Great band and collection
Actually these guys could be called 3 hit wonders: The Safety Dance and Pop Goes The World were hit US singles, and the 12" single of Moonbeam hit high on the club charts... Read more
Published on January 7, 2007 by Random Reviewer

1.0 out of 5 stars Twenty Bucks?! They're Kidding, Right? {1.5 Stars}
I can't believe that's what this is selling for. To be completely honest, I don't know why anyone would want this album, let alone pay twenty bucks for it. Read more
Published on September 13, 2006 by Norfeest

5.0 out of 5 stars Safety Dance song is hilarious!
Everytime when I listen to that song on the radio it just cracks me up it's so funny. The beeps to it are funny. I just get a kick out of this song it's great. Read more
Published on April 20, 2005

5.0 out of 5 stars One Word ..
MIDGET. I really don't like Men without Hats. ..why didn't they have any hats? hmmm. Well anyway I give this 5 stars because in their video they had a midget running all around... Read more
Published on January 27, 2005 by Jackie

5.0 out of 5 stars A guilty pleasure!
Okay, so this music will win you about as many 'coolness' points as taking a primered Yugo to Wednesday Night Drag Racing. Read more
Published on January 24, 2005 by Matt

4.0 out of 5 stars Everybody look at your hands!
I don't get the aggressive reviews of some of the 80's bands--"these guys only had one hit," etc. Who cares??!? Read more
Published on October 28, 2004 by B-Movie Nightmares

4.0 out of 5 stars "I Like" this cd.
Yes these guys were a one-hit-wonder, maybe two, but everything here is pretty good. The first 5 tracks are the strongest, which are all from the original "Rhythm Of... Read more
Published on March 8, 2004 by H3@+h

3.0 out of 5 stars Searching for the video.... will pay boo-coo dinero for it!
Personally,
Even back around '83 when it came out I thought the tape sucked. But 'the safety dance' as a song and watching it's hillarity in the club scene at the time made... Read more
Published on January 20, 2004 by joe gonzalez

2.0 out of 5 stars MEN WITHOUT HITS
I loved "The Safety Dance" and "Pop Goes the World" back in the eighties! but that's all. Every other song is utterly forgettable. SORRY.
Published on December 9, 2003

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