1 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Good Collection, not GreatFriday, November 28, 2003
This is a good collection of a variety of the pop side of the 80s music, although still lacking some of the most popular artists of the time, where is "The Material Girl," Madonna, Michael Jackson's "Thriller"? Cindy Lauper's "Girls Just Want to have Fun"? Huge hits from the 80s pop culture, all missing. Also missing, is another huge part of 80s music, the "hair bands" that were so wildly popular. Where are Cinderella, Poison, Faster Pussycat, Tesla, Motley Crue, Mr. Big, Skid Row? Not to mention it's missing the heavy metal, such as Metallica, Halloween, Jackel, WASP, Quiet Riot? I still have them on tapes that I bought throughout the 80s and I remember hearing them on the radio, why drop a huge part of the 80s music era? Also missing is the collections of the alternative bands of the 80s like Love and Rockets, The Cure, where are they? I like this collection, I just feel that they focused on one type of music that came from the 80s and ran with it. This would have been a great collection had they dropped some of the lesser known songs and added some of the other genres of the 80s sounds.
5 out of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Spud from IdahoFriday, November 15, 2002
This was a great CD. There were a lot of artist missing, but not too many minor artists included. I bought another 80s CD set and there were a lot of songs in it that I'd never even heard of. This is a great CD if you don't have many 80s CDs. I had a lot of them on tape, but needed to upgrade to CDs.
This CD has a lot of good memories, but some are still missing.
6 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Lots of memories (of better songs)Monday, July 29, 2002
It's a good collection of tunes from the 80s that appeals to those of us who came of age during the time. But, after a listen-through, it left me craving a collection with a few more of the high-points from the decade.
6 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Music I grew up with...Sunday, March 31, 2002
There is not a bad song in this set. It is full of wonderful, classic music from the 80's and not to be missed. Ahh, the 80's. How I miss that time. At least now I can relive some of it with this music!
1 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Dancing in the dark no more!Saturday, December 15, 2001
Out of all the songs, there were only 5 I didn't remember and like and of those 5, only TWO I could have honestly done without. Not bad for a 3 CD set with 42 songs total. It really took me back. Get it!