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Various Artists – Pure… Electronic 80s (2014)

Various Artists - Pure... Electronic 80s (2014)

Sony Music’s Pure… Electronic ’80s collects 64 new wave/synth pop hits over the span of four CDs, with highlights arriving via era radio staples like “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” (A Flock of Seagulls), “Love My Way” (Psychedelic Furs), “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” (Dead or Alive), and “Rockit” (Herbie Hancock). Continue reading “Various Artists – Pure… Electronic 80s (2014)”

Eurythmics – Greatest Hits (1991)

Eurythmics - Greatest Hits (1991)

Greatest Hits is a 1991 retrospective compilation album by Eurythmics, containing their successful singles spanning the years 1982 through 1990. It was enormously successful, topping the charts in the UK for a total of 10 weeks and in Australia for 7 weeks. Continue reading “Eurythmics – Greatest Hits (1991)”

Erasure – Always: The Very Best Of Erasure (2015) {Deluxe Edition 3CD Set}

Erasure - Always: The Very Best Of Erasure (2015) {Deluxe Edition 3CD Set}

Erasure – Always: The Very Best Of Erasure (2015) {Deluxe Edition 3CD Set}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, JPG
Total Size: 1.54 GB (CDs) + 405 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mute | UK | Cat#: LCDMutel 26 | Genre: Synth-Pop

Always: The Very Best of Erasure is a compilation album released by the British synthpop band Erasure. It was released on October 30, 2015 to commemorate their 30th anniversary since the formation of the band. The album contains all of the band’s highest charting songs, as well as their more popular recordings. The Deluxe Edition edition contains two additional CD’s with corresponding remixes, including some of their singles that did not make the compilation. Continue reading “Erasure – Always: The Very Best Of Erasure (2015) {Deluxe Edition 3CD Set}”

A Flock Of Seagulls – The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls (1986) {2003, Reissue}

A Flock Of Seagulls - The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls (1986) {2003, Reissue}

A Flock Of Seagulls – The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls (1986) {2003, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 394 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Jive Records | Cat#: 82876536732 | Genre: New Wave, Synth-Pop

“And I ra-a-an, I ran so far awa-a-ay….” OK, now that you’ve got that stuck in your head for the rest of the day, you may as well go ahead and get the rest of the hits and misses from the most badly coifed outfit in synth-pop history. Frontman Mike Score, a former hairdresser, is responsible for Continue reading “A Flock Of Seagulls – The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls (1986) {2003, Reissue}”

Robin Gibb – Walls Have Eyes (1985)

Robin Gibb - Walls Have Eyes (1985)

Although it’s not as consistently catchy and inventive as his prior outing, the hip-hop/electro-fueled Secret Agent, Walls Have Eyes is probably Bee Gee Robin Gibb’s best-loved solo album. Part of the reason may be that it sounds more than a little like the Bee Gees themselves; besides brother Maurice (who also helped out on Secret Agent), the album also features older Continue reading “Robin Gibb – Walls Have Eyes (1985)”

The Human League – The Best Of The Human League (2004)

The Human League - The Best Of The Human League (2004)

The Human League are an English electronic new wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Dare (1981), the band’s most popular album, yielded the single “Don’t You Want Me”, a No. 1 hit in the pop charts of UK, US and many other countries. After its UK success, their first single, “Being Boiled” was reissued and became a top ten hit at the beginning of 1982. The success of “Don’t You Want Me” is seen as the beginning of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US Continue reading “The Human League – The Best Of The Human League (2004)”