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.
Gold: '80s British
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Gold: '80s British Review
by Andy Kellman
Track Listing - Disc 1
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Buggles | 04:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Visage | 04:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Soft Cell | 02:40 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
4 | Duran Duran | 03:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Peter Godwin | 05:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | A Flock of Seagulls | 03:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | ABC | 03:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Tears for Fears | 03:44 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | The Psychedelic Furs | 03:33 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Culture Club | 04:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | Dexys Midnight Runners | 04:13 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
12 | Madness | 03:22 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
13 | Naked Eyes | 03:41 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
14 | Yazoo | 04:31 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
15 | Spandau Ballet | 05:34 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | The Fixx | 03:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Thomas Dolby | 05:08 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | The Cure | 03:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Bananarama | 03:29 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | The Style Council | 07:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Big Country | 03:55 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Talk Talk | 03:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Nik Kershaw | 04:13 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | Thompson Twins | 04:46 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
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Howard Jones | 03:56 | SpotifyAmazon | ||
11 | Dead or Alive | 03:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
12 | Paul Young | 04:28 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
13 | Level 42 | 03:44 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
14 | Simply Red | 04:29 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
15 | The Dream Academy | 04:15 | SpotifyAmazon |