If you're a die-hard Anglophile with a deep love for early-'80s new wave, the odds are pretty good that you already have most of the tracks on Gold: '80s British, a chronologically sequenced two-disc set that doesn't reach Howard Jones -- er, 1985 -- until the latter half of the second disc. And, even though Hip-O reaches out to many labels not distributed by mothership Universal, the set is not definitive -- for starters, there's no Human League, Heaven 17, Art of Noise, or the Smiths. However, a truly definitive compilation of '80s British music would have to extend well beyond a couple discs, so the label really can't be faulted. For anyone who doesn't look upon the decade with short-sighted derision, there's plenty to love, and most of it has held up extraordinarily well.
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Gold: '80s British
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AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman
Track Listing - Disc 1
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Buggles | 04:14 | |||||
2 | Visage | 04:01 | |||||
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Soft Cell | 02:40 | Amazon | |||
4 | Duran Duran | 03:26 | |||||
5 | Peter Godwin | 05:02 | |||||
6 | A Flock of Seagulls | 03:45 | Amazon | ||||
7 | ABC | 03:30 | |||||
8 | Tears for Fears | 03:44 | |||||
9 | The Psychedelic Furs | 03:33 | |||||
10 | Culture Club | 04:23 | |||||
11 | Dexys Midnight Runners | 04:13 | |||||
12 | Madness | 03:22 | |||||
13 | Naked Eyes | 03:41 | |||||
14 | Yazoo | 04:31 | |||||
15 | Spandau Ballet | 05:34 |
Track Listing - Disc 2
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | The Fixx | 03:24 | |||||
2 | Thomas Dolby | 05:08 | Amazon | ||||
3 | The Cure | 03:34 | |||||
4 | Bananarama | 03:29 | |||||
5 | The Style Council | 07:01 | Amazon | ||||
6 | Big Country | 03:55 | |||||
7 | Talk Talk | 03:53 | |||||
8 | Nik Kershaw | 04:13 | |||||
9 | Thompson Twins | 04:46 | |||||
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Howard Jones | 03:56 | ||||
11 | Dead or Alive | 03:16 | |||||
12 | Paul Young | 04:28 | |||||
13 | Level 42 | 03:44 | |||||
14 | Simply Red | 04:29 | |||||
15 | The Dream Academy | 04:15 |