Medalist's double-disc 2001 set Don't You Forget About Me takes its cue from its title song and attempts to give a soundtrack for a class reunion of '80s high school students - anyone from new wave kids to those who were merely kids when new wave happened, those who were barely in their pre-teens when MTV debuted. Plus, it doesn't forget that Simple Minds' classic was the theme song for a classic MTV-era movie (The Breakfast Club, in case you weren't there), so it culls the majority of these selections from soundtracks, all from the era. This does result in a couple of obscure selections, but these tunes are balanced by more popular songs that weren't on soundtracks. Overall, the end result is a fairly typical '80s collection, but nearly every song is quite good, and it's a fun listen.
Don't You Forget About Me
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Don't You Forget About Me Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing - Disc 1
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Simple Minds | 04:21 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 04:27 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
3 | The Go-Go's | 02:08 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Howard Jones | 03:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Bangles | 02:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Kajagoogoo | 03:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Eurythmics | 04:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | The Vapors | 03:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | The Boomtown Rats | 03:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Talk Talk | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Living in a Box | 03:05 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
12 | Nick Lowe | 02:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
13 | Bow Wow Wow | 02:45 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | The Psychedelic Furs | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | General Public | 03:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Thompson Twins | 02:55 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Wang Chung | 03:57 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Berlin | 05:05 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | New Order | 06:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Split Enz | 03:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Romeo Void | 05:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | The Nails | 04:54 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Ramones | 02:20 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | Blancmange | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
12 | Oingo Boingo | 06:19 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
13 | Trio | 03:20 | SpotifyAmazon |