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"Suedehead" on new EMI Compilation CD - "The Original 80's Album 2004"

posted by davidt on Wednesday August 18 2004, @08:30AM
suedestation.com writes:

Artist: VA
Title: The Original 80's Album 2004
Label: EMI
Genre: Pop
Street date: 16-08-2004
Cat.Nr-: 7243 4 73961 2 0

TRACKLIST

TrackTitle Time

01.Madness - Embarassment 03:02
02.Specials- Rat Race 03:08
03.Blondie- Dreaming 03:05
04.Billy Idol - White Wedding 04:11
05.Morrissey - Suedehead 03:53
06.Kim Wilde - Chequered Love 03:20
07.Proclaimers - Letter From America 04:00
08.Simple Minds- Don't You (Forget About Me) 04:17
09.Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know 04:08
10.Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 03:54
11.Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me 03:35
12.Spandau Bullet - Chant No. 104:04
(I Don't Need This Pressure On)
13.Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay 03:30
14.Ultravox- Vienna 04:38
15.Japan- Ghosts 04:29
16.Roxy Music - More Than This 04:09
17.Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 04:52
18.Sheena Easton - 9 To 503:17
19.Hot Chocolate - Girl Crazy 03:22
20.Soul II Soul- Back To Life 03:43
(However Do You Want Me)
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  • A bit unfair to include Morrissey in an Eighties compilation. They were such apalling times for music really with the obvious exception(s). I'm not buying it, I'm trying to forget most of the tunes on that cd!
    Sleepy lifeguard -- Wednesday August 18 2004, @08:53AM (#119899)
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    • I agree... by someraincoatedlovers (Score:1) Wednesday August 18 2004, @09:02AM
      • Re:I agree... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday August 18 2004, @10:25AM
  • Why is this myth that it was a bad decade for music still being told?
    And there are at least 8 great songs on this compilation. How many would there be on a random 60s or 70s compilation, or, God forbid, 90s compilation?
    Anonymous -- Wednesday August 18 2004, @10:54AM (#119935)
  • What on Earth is the point of this compilation? It doesn't make any sense, and just seems to be thrown together with neither theme, category or genre of any denomination.

    Sure it's always great to hear 'Embarassment', 'Rat Race' or 'Running Up That Hill', and it's always a joy(maybe the wrong word) to hear Japan's 'Ghosts', but where does 'Suedehead' fit into this? Most of these tracks are pre-1985, wouldn't it have made more sense to have included a Smiths track?
    I'm sure most people here consider The Smiths to be a product of the 80's, but I certainly have never thought of Morrissey as an 80's artist. Given that Morrissey's career is currently stronger than ever totally negates the song's inclusion here.

    Tish and pish to you, foolish record compiling oafs.
    Requiescant Inpacce -- Wednesday August 18 2004, @11:42AM (#119943)
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    "You should not go to them...let them come to you...just like I do..."
  • There was a budget supermarket 80s compilation with 'Suedehead' on it, and a lot of the other tracks I think were on it too.

    By the way, the 80s was a golden age for pop music. Even the bad stuff like Nik Kershaw, Thompson Twins, Level 42 etc had at least a bit of craft and musicianship to it, synth-overload notwithstanding, and boy bands like Duran Duran and Spandau were much better than the pop of today.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday August 18 2004, @03:03PM (#119995)
  • ...and by some sheer cosmic fluke, the only tracks I don't like are the last three tracks!
    This means I can listen to it without skipping anything as I'll just be stopping it early.
    Tottenham Tom -- Thursday August 19 2004, @01:06AM (#120050)
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    "I don't sound like nobody"
  • Apart from 'Suedehead', there's two blinding tunes on this album.
    If you happen to be fairly young and have not heard the following tunes before (or you suffer from chronic amnesia), give them a blast.

    The Proclaimers..Letter From America.
    Japan...Ghosts.
    mick ransommich -- Thursday August 19 2004, @10:09AM (#120087)
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    'Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference'.
  • How can someone compile an 80's album and not have a Depeche Mode song listed?

    No, just include forgettable old fodder like 'Chequered Love' by the photogenic but highly forgettable Kim Wilde. Along with the kitsch of Hot Chocolate and Sheena Easton.

    The only decent songs on here are 'Vienna' by Ultravox and the very spooky and eery 'Ghosts' by Japan. If you're very young and you want a hint as to how magical British pop was in the early 80's buy this as a taster only.
    Lazy Sunbather -- Thursday August 19 2004, @01:39PM (#120112)
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    • "How can someone compile an 80's album and not have a Depeche Mode song listed?"

      Well that's easy! This is an EMI compilation, which means only EMI artists :)

      Which is why I generally hate compilations like this. This one ain't too bad though, considering he limitation of only EMI artists...
      racer -- Thursday August 19 2004, @03:35PM (#120120)
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