This is the fifth and final volume of the SPG label's U.K.-based Hardest Hits series, which compiles new wave and alternative pop/rock hits (and cult-level non-hits) of the '80s. Volume five shows how the series could've been a little more diverse, since it includes songs from a number of groups that already appeared once or twice on the preceding discs. Still, the series works equally well if you're picking up one volume or the whole set; though the picks are somewhat haphazard, they turn out to provide a decent summation of the decade, especially for U.K. listeners. Included on this disc: SSQ's "Jet Town," China Crisis' "Working With Fire and Steel," the Comsat Angels' "Day One," Freur's "Doot Doot," Thomas Leer's "International," Visage's "Pleasure Boys," and Sigue Sigue Sputnik's "Love Missile F1-11."
Various Artists
Hardest Hits, Vol. 5
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AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman
Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |||
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1 | 4:39 | |||||
2 |
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3:41 | ||||
3 | 3:58 | |||||
4 | 5:00 | |||||
5 | 6:49 | |||||
6 |
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3:49 | ||||
7 | 6:49 | |||||
8 | 3:23 | |||||
9 | 6:00 | |||||
10 |
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6:54 | ||||
11 |
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6:10 | ||||
12 | 7:07 | |||||
13 |
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3:40 | ||||
14 | 7:00 |