{"product_id":"the-hits-album-the-alternative-pop-album-various-artists-cd","title":"The Hits Album: The Alternative Pop Album - Various Artists [CD]","description":"This is 'The Alternative Pop Album', a brilliant collection of songs by artists who may have started their careers away from the glare and glitter of the Top 40 chart, but whose sometimes experimental sound caught the ears and eyes of music journalists, trend-setting DJs, and knowledgeable fans, to go beyond critical acclaim, and build a loyal and large following that made it impossible for these acts to remain on the fringes. 'The Alternative Pop Album' includes groups who emerged from their Indie roots to go on and occupy the No. 1 slot, including Adam \u0026amp; The Ants ('Dog Eat Dog'), Blondie ('(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear'), The Jam ('That's Entertainment'), The Human League ('Nightclubbing'), Dead Or Alive ('Brand New Lover'), The Clash ('Should I Stay Or Should I Go'), and Manic Street Preachers ('A Design for Life'). Alongside them you'll find acts who made memorable songs but only crossed over into the singles chart once, including Martha and the Muffins ('Echo Beach'), The Passions ('I'm In Love With a German Film Star'), The Lotus Eaters ('The First Picture of You'), Swans Way ('Soul Train'), Furniture ('Brilliant Mind'), and 4 Non Blondes ('What's Up'). Blending genres, avoiding cliches, introducing experimental new sounds, the wonderful and occasionally unique songs collected here may have sounded different at first listen, but they have stood the test of time, undoubtedly the mark of great Pop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisc 1\u003cbr\u003e1. Dog Eat Dog - Adam \u0026amp; The Ants\u003cbr\u003e2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division\u003cbr\u003e3. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear - Blondie\u003cbr\u003e4. Kid - The Pretenders\u003cbr\u003e5. Echo Beach - Martha and The Muffins\u003cbr\u003e6. I'm in Love With a German Film Star - The Passions\u003cbr\u003e7. The Killing Moon - Echo \u0026amp; the Bunnymen\u003cbr\u003e8. Oblivious - Aztec Camera\u003cbr\u003e9. Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson\u003cbr\u003e10. That's Entertainment - The Jam\u003cbr\u003e11. Treason (It's Just a Story) - The Teardrop Explodes\u003cbr\u003e12. The Art of Parties - Japan\u003cbr\u003e13. Careless Memories - Duran Duran\u003cbr\u003e14. Nightclubbing - The Human League\u003cbr\u003e15. Glittering Prize - Simple Minds\u003cbr\u003e16. The First Picture of You - The Lotus Eaters\u003cbr\u003e17. So Good to Be Back Home Again - The Tourists\u003cbr\u003e18. Chihuahua - Bow Wow Wow\u003cbr\u003e19. See Those Eyes - Altered Images\u003cbr\u003e20. My Sharona - The Knack\u003cbr\u003e21. Baby, I Love You - Ramones\u003cbr\u003eDisc 2\u003cbr\u003e1. Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs\u003cbr\u003e2. Peek-a-boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees\u003cbr\u003e3. This Is Not a Love Song - Public Image Ltd\u003cbr\u003e4. E=MCý - Big Audio Dynamite\u003cbr\u003e5. Same Old Scene - Roxy Music\u003cbr\u003e6. Strange Little Girl - The Stranglers\u003cbr\u003e7. Soul Train - Swans Way\u003cbr\u003e8. Broken Land - The Adventures\u003cbr\u003e9. Radio Africa - Latin Quarter\u003cbr\u003e10. Election Day - Arcadia\u003cbr\u003e11. Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk\u003cbr\u003e12. Brilliant Mind - Furniture\u003cbr\u003e13. I Love a Man in Uniform - Gang of Four\u003cbr\u003e14. Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive\u003cbr\u003e15. Love \u0026amp; Pride - King\u003cbr\u003e16. Revolution Baby - Transvision Vamp\u003cbr\u003e17. International Rescue - Fuzzbox\u003cbr\u003e17. Crash - The Primitives\u003cbr\u003e18. We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's\u003cbr\u003e18. Sonic Boom Boy - Westworld\u003cbr\u003e19. The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk3\u003cbr\u003e19. Ready to Go - Republica\u003cbr\u003e20. Twilight Cafe - Susan Fassbender\u003cbr\u003e20. You and Me Song - The Wannadies\u003cbr\u003e21. Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading\u003cbr\u003e21. What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes\u003cbr\u003eDisc 3\u003cbr\u003e1. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash\u003cbr\u003e2. Lust for Life - Iggy Pop\u003cbr\u003e3. A Design for Life - Manic Street Preachers\u003cbr\u003e4. Friday I'm in Love - The Cure\u003cbr\u003e5. Disappointed - Electronic\u003cbr\u003e6. 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