Rip It Up

Dead Or Alive

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epic
• ASIN: B0000026JZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,653 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have CD for Dead or Alive fans, September 27, 1999

By	Patrick J. Neals (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you don't have any CD's from Dead or Alive, this is the one to get! It has all of their best songs, and have been remixed and extended somewhat from the regular album versions. Also, they are back-to-back non-stop. A fine collection!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rip It Up with Dead Or Alive!, June 25, 2002

By	Daniel J. Hamlow (Narita, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Pop Music Lesson 16273A: What artists do you associate when you hear the names Stock-Aitken-Waterman? I'm hoping some of you are Generation X-ers. Kylie Minogue? Yes, good. Bananarama? Right again. Rick Astley, Mel & Kim? Good, good! Dead Or Alive?

Good job there, whoever you were! Yes, the sound is unmistakeably S-A-W, but how about the look of the artists? Kylie, Bananarama, and Rick Astley were all spank-your-booty-and-call-you-Sally squeaky clean. Dead Or Alive looked a bit like Culture Club rejects but hey, the sound was there, right? And granted, Pete Burns and company did come up with some dance-till-your-booty-does-the-hit-the-floor-thing.

"Brand New Lover" is the highest these Brits got on the American charts, and their other greatest known hit is "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" q.v. (The Wedding Singer's opening credits for this song, you Echo Boomers!) I don't know, though. The way this CD is packed, it'll spin you as fast as a CD player does a CD. Hmm, "You Spin Me Round (Like A CD)" It might work.

"Hooked On Love" and "I'll Save You All My Kisses"--aww, isn't that sweet?--are two other exceptional cuts here. Guess what? Both of these, just like "Brand New Lover," are on Mad Bad & Dangerous To Know, so you just might want to pick this up after hearing Rip It Up.

Summary: eight songs from Sophisticated Boom-Boom, Youthquake, and Mad Bad & Dangerous To Know are remixed and strung together to make one long party in Rip It Up, which is the closest thing to a greatest hits by these artists. Dead Or Alive? Alive and Alive is more like it. All right, class dismissed!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DEAD OR ALIVE IS ALIVE IN THE 80S., May 16, 1999

By A Customer

Oh, how I miss the 80s and especially the likes of Culture Club, Spandau Ballet, and these dance pop wonders Dead or Alive. With there big hit "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)", "Brand New Lover", and "Something In My House", you can't help but put on your dancing shoes and dance like a mad person in your living room, or move around like a mexican jumping bean in your car while people look at you thinking you are ready for that padded room. Dead or Alive's songs may sound similar to each other, but heh?, I like the beat and it is easy to dance to.