Vh1: I Love the 80s

Vh1: I Love the 80s Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 081227897222
EAN: 0081227897222
ASIN: B000255J3Q


Release Date: 2004-06-29

Vh1: I Love the 80s


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Tracks:

  1. My Sharona - The Knack
  2. Turning Japanese - The Vapors
  3. I'm Alright (Theme from "Caddyshack") - Kenny Loggins
  4. Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
  5. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
  6. Square Pegs - The Waitresses
  7. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Featuring Melle Mel and Duke Bootee
  8. Our House - Madness
  9. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
  10. Voices Carry - 'til Tuesday
  11. Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
  12. New Sensation - INXS
  13. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
  14. Love Shack - B-52's

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  1. VH1: I Love the '90s
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  3. VH1: The Big 80's
  4. VH1: More of the Big 80's
  5. Pure 80's

Album Description

Rhino's new decade-defining VH1: I LOVE THE releases are nothing less than a sonic time machine. You will instantly be transported back on a jukebox journey through hit-filled history upon first hearing the memorable hooks and beats of these top pop, rock, and R&B mega-smashes also massive favorites on the popular VH1: I Love The's series. Each retrospective collection features 14 classic tracks, all almost entirely Top 40 - in fact, most are Top 10, and many are #1 Pop phenomenons!

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not exactly all encompassing..........2006-04-27

14 songs have a hard time defining a decade. It's too bad Rhino couldn't have put 20 tracks on these "I Love" discs. This is a decent track selection but why do people insist on calling "My Sharona" a hit from the 80s? I don't know why you would think that the 1980s began in the summer of '79. If you call "My Sharona" an 80s hit, then you may as well call "Love Shack" a 90s hit. And why doesn't Rhino ever license the full length version of "Sharona"?! It contains some of the most ass kicking guitar licks ever waxed on a power pop tune and yet everytime it ends up on one of these hits compilations, it's the single edit with the best part of the song cut out. It's very frustrating.
Of course I realize that if Rhino could have licensed "Beat It", "When Doves Cry", "Like A Virgin" and "Born In The USA", then they would probably be here, but there are still a couple of odd choices on this disc.
I guess a lot of people have some good memories about the show "Square Pegs". I myself am looking forward to a DVD release of this series. But I don't think enough people remember the show or its theme song to warrant its inclusion here. And I also think that "Footloose" would have been a better Kenny Loggins choice. "I'm Alright" isn't much older than "My Sharona" and doesn't scream "80s" nearly as loud as "Footloose".
Also, if there were more songs then you could include "Walk This Way" or "Push It" in addition to "The Message" to represent the decade where rap/hip-hop became the pop music mainstream.

4 out of 5 stars Another great compilation from VH1.......2005-12-22

The 1980's were *not* a good time to grow up in America. The country was in decay from the neglect and recklessness of the Reagan years - there was hardly anything for us middle class kids to do except create trouble (yet corporations and the very rich were getting a free ride ... like they are now).

Quite frankly, the decade stunk. The music was cheesy and the clothes and hairstyles cheesier.

BUT ...

I enjoyed this compliation of 80's tunes only because they brought me back to a more innocent time and I appreciate the range of music VH1 chose to include on this CD (blows Billboard's 80's year-by-year compilations right out of the water and them some).

I'm happy to finally own the Grandmaster Flash ditty "The Message" as well as "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors.

Definitely worth the money (now if VH1 would only do the ultimate nostalgia show - "I Love the 60's...").

4 out of 5 stars 80's kick ass.......2004-07-20

I love the 80's. The greatest decade of all. Great Music, Movies, Clothes, and the beging of Videogames. How can you not love the 80's. Although these cd's arent that great they only give you a few of the songs so thats why i would give it about 3.5 stars.

4 out of 5 stars

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