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Millennium: 80's New Wave Party

Various Artists
Release Date: 10/05/1999
Original Release:  1999
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 335873_CD
UPC # 081227592325
Label: Rhino Records (USA)
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1. Rock Lobster - The B-52's sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Whip It - Devo sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Take on Me - a-ha sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Love Plus One - Haircut 100 sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Our House - Madness sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Safety Dance, The - Men Without Hats sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Just What I Needed - The Cars sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. In the Name of Love - Thompson Twins sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Mickey - Toni Basil sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. She Blinded Me with Science - Thomas Dolby sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
15. Tainted Love - Soft Cell sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. I Melt with You - Modern English sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Cars - Gary Numan sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Valley Girl - Frank Zappa/Moon Unit Zappa sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists
Producer: David McLees; David McLees (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Also available as part of the MILLENNIUM PARTY box on Rhino (75939). Includes liner notes by Andy Zax. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot, Ken Perry and Stewart Whitmore. Audio Remasterers: Ken Perry; Stewart Whitmore; Bill Inglot. Liner Note Author: Andy Zax. Photographer: Michael Ochs. Millennium: '80s New Wave Party, the final installment in Rhino's five-disc series Millennium Party, basically recycles 20 hits available in the label's extensive new wave series Just Can't Get Enough, but it does so in style. Like other volumes in the series, New Wave Party contains nothing but genre classics, the songs everybody knows. In this case, it means some of the greatest one-hit wonders in pop history, including "Take on Me," "Come on Eileen," "I Ran," "Love Plus One," "Safety Dance," "Mickey," "Tainted Love," "I Melt with You," and "I Want Candy." There are also landmark selections from bigger bands -- "Rock Lobster," "Whip It," "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," "Our House," "Just What I Needed," "She Blinded Me with Science," "Rock This Town," "Cars," and "Valley Girl." The ultimate result is a terrifically enjoyable new wave party. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine By the end of the '90s, '80s nostalgia had fully blossomed, and there were more compilations of '80s one-hit wonders than there were vertical inches in the infamous Flock of Seagulls hairdo. Rhino Records has always been known for its ability to put together definitive collections, though, and this one definitely hits many of the decade's pop/new wave high points. Those wanting to delve more deeply into the subject should check out Rhino's fantastic JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH series, which features many impressive obscurities. NEW WAVE PARTY, however, concentrates strictly on the hits. It's all here, from Toni Basil's cheerleader anthem "Mickey" to Thomas Dolby's synth-pop classic "She Blinded Me With Science" and Haircut One Hundred's engagingly twee "Love Plus One." It's hard to figure why the Cars' 1978 hit "Just What I Needed" is here, but it may be argued that with their skinny ties, nerdy glasses, and tight-wound sound, they were an '80s group even back in the '70s.
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