The Hits Album: 80s New Wave - Various Artists [CD]

Presenting the latest chart-busting 3CD set in The Hits Album series, 80s New Wave - a collection of unforgettable songs from an era defined by energy and excitement. A melting pot of influences that took in classic '60s tunes, Reggae, Ska, and Synth-Pop, all bound together by brilliant songwriting. At the end of the '70s Punk arrived on the Pop scene as a response to the big hair and big songs of recent years, and while the bondage trousers and safety pin accessories never found a huge audience, it did herald a time when hair and songs got shorter, and jeans (and the occasional tie) skinnier. Now you can re-visit those days with 64 fantastic songs on 'The Hits Album - 80s New Wave'. Neither cult nor niche, 'The Hits Album - 80s New Wave' has chart topping singles from Blondie ('Atomic'), The Jam ('Start!'), Culture Club ('Do You Really Want to Hurt Me'), and Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin ('It's My Party'). We've got acts that are still thrilling audiences more than 40 years later like The Cure ('A Forest'), New Order ('Temptation'), Duran Duran ('Girls On Film'), and Simple Minds ('Love Song'). They're joined by artists who had just one brilliant moment on the chart like Martha and The Muffins ('Echo Beach'), The Barracudas ('Summer Fun'), Split Enz ('I Got You'), and Ph.D. ('I Won't Let You Down'). Whether you lived through it then, or you're discovering these songs for the first time, you're bound to be swept away by 'The Hits Album - 80s New Wave'.

Disc 1
1. Dog Eat Dog - Adam and the Ants
2. Atomic - Blondie
3. Talk of the Town - The Pretenders
4. Start! - The Jam
5. Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
6. Rock the Casbah - The Clash
7. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
8. Baby, I Love You - Ramones
9. This Is Not a Love Song - Public Image Ltd
10. Christine - Siouxsie and the Banshees
11. The Back of Love - Echo & the Bunnymen
12. Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
13. Temptation (Single Version) - New Order
14. A Forest - The Cure
15. Echo Beach - Martha and The Muffins
16. So Good to Be Back Home Again - The Tourists
17. One in Ten - UB40
18. Private Life - Grace Jones
19. It's Different for Girls - Joe Jackson
20. Another Nail in My Heart - Squeeze
21. Senses Working Overtime - XTC
Disc 2
1. What? - Soft Cell
2. Girls On Film - Duran Duran
3. Instinction (Single Version) - Spandau Ballet
4. Play to Win - Heaven 17
5. Change - Tears for Fears
6. It's My Life - Talk Talk
7. I'm in Love With a German Film Star - The Passions
8. I Second That Emotion (Single Version) - Japan
9. The Sound of the Crowd - The Human League
10. Genetic Engineering - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
11. Love Song - Simple Minds
12. African and White - China Crisis
13. Dream to Sleep - H2O
14. I Won't Let You Down - Ph.D
15. The First Picture of You - The Lotus Eaters
16. Take That Situation - Nick Heyward
17. Oblivious - Aztec Camera
18. Der Kommissar - After the Fire
19. The Last Film - Kissing the Pink
20. Is Vic There? - Department S
21. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Disc 3
1. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - Culture Club
2. It's My Party - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
3. Chequered Love - Kim Wilde
4. I Want to Be Free - Toyah
5. Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor
6. Go Wild in the Country - Bow Wow Wow
7. John Wayne Is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantayzee
8. I Could Be Happy - Altered Images
9. Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut 100
10. Poison Arrow - ABC
11. Sign of the Times - The Belle Stars
12. Just What I Always Wanted - Mari Wilson
13. Hands Off... She's Mine - The Beat
14. Special Brew - Bad Manners
15. There, There My Dear - Dexys Midnight Runners
16. Summer Fun - The Barracudas
17. Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's
18. Shake It Up - The Cars
19. Overkill - Men at Work
20. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
21. I Got You - Split Enz
22. Over You - Roxy Music