Living In Oblivion : The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4

Living In Oblivion (Series)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TOJ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,204 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung

2. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

3. True - Spandau Ballet

4. Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners

5. Digging Your Scene [US Single Version] - The Blow Monkeys

6. Sister of Mercy [Single Version] - Thompson Twins

7. Under the Milky Way - The Church

8. Lean on Me [Ah-Li-Ayo] - Red Box

9. Since Yesterday - Strawberry Switchblade

10. You Don't Know - Scarlett & Black

11. Some People - Belouis Some

12. Shock [Single Remix] - The Motels, The Motels

13. Belly of the Whale - Burning Sensations

14. Tenderness - General Public

15. Get Out of London - Intaferon

16. Go! - Tones on Tail

17. Slang Teacher - Wide Boy Awake

18. Lawnchairs - Our Daughters Wedding

19. Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Living Oblivious, September 19, 2004

By	Dukman (Just this side of madness) - See all my reviews

There are some tracks on this disk that (thankfully) I had never heard of. However, there are a few songs here that are very difficult to find.

Belly of the Whale - Burning Sensations. In fact it was for this one song that I bought the CD.

Get out of London - Intaferon. As previously mentioned this is a hard song to locate.

Also, WangChung, Tones on Tail and the Thompson Twins add to the value of this disc (for me at least.)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the series, April 26, 2003

By	insoc (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

How wrong are some reviewers. This is one of the cds of the series I enjoyed the most. There are some real gems in this cd that now are unfortunately really living in oblivion. Take for instance Sister of Mercy by Thompson Twins or the wonderful (tough some how cheesy) You don't know by Scarlett and Black and the sophisticated new romantic sound of Digging your scene by The Blow Monkeys.
If you like the sophisticated and mannered sound that were common in some big name groups of the 80s give a try to these lesser known but excellent groups: The Blow Monkeys or Thompson Twins. You wont be dissapointed.
Anyway, this compilation really surprised me. I didn't expect to hear that many really goods songs but I did. I didn't care for two or three songs all the other ones are really great.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Pop Songs, March 17, 2002

By	Danaphile "80s music lover" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Beyond the obvious hits there are some quite catchy numbers that most people (like some reviewers) will completely ignore. Go! by Tones on Tail is a radio classic, and You Don't Know by Scarlett & Black is a delight. A must-have for those open to hearing things they haven't heard a million times before.