NOW - 80'S ALTERNATIVE

TRACKLIST LP 1 Side A 1. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) 2. Propaganda  Dr. Mabuse 3. The B-52's - Planet Claire 4. The Associates - Party Fears Two 5. Marc Almond - Stories Of Johnny 6. The Adventures - Broken Land 7. The Stranglers - European Female LP 1 Side B 1. Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding 2. Tom Robinson - Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio 3. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star 4. Midge Ure & Mick Karn - After A Fashion 5. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Edit) 6. Sandii & The Sunsetz - Dreams Of Immigrants 7. Yello - Vicious Games 8. DEVO - Whip It LP 2 Side A 1. Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion 2. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo 3. Bauhaus - Kick In The Eye 4. The Cure - A Forest 5. The Sugarcubes  Birthday 6. David Sylvian - Pop Song 7. Zaine Griff - Flowers LP 2 Side B 1. The Smiths - Hand In Glove 2. Aztec Camera  Oblivious 3. Pretenders - Talk Of The Town 4. R.E.M. - So. Central Rain 5. Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven 6. The Psychedelic Furs - President Gas 7. The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby) 8. The Clash - This Is England INFO LP1™s first side showcases this diversity: Kicking off with Eurythmics stunning ˜Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)™, and Propaganda™s magnificent debut ˜Dr. Mabuse™, before The B-52™s bring U.S. New Wave with ˜Planet Claire™. Post-Punk Pop exploded on the charts of the early 80s, and The Associates and The Stranglers feature, as do The Adventures ˜Broken Land™ and Marc Almond™s ˜Stories Of Johnny™  both amazing songs. That calibre of song writing is continued on the second side with Tom Robinson™s ˜Atmospherics„™ and the Elvis Costello co-write ˜Shipbuilding™, beautifully realised by Robert Wyatt. Next up is the understated classic ˜I™m In Love With A German Film Star™ from The Passions, leading into Synth-Pop from Yello, Midge Ure & Mick Karn, Japan and a brilliant single from Japanese band Sandii & The Sunsetz. LP1 fittingly closes with defining U.S. New Wave smash ˜Whip It™ from DEVO. The epic ˜This Corrosion™ from Sisters Of Mercy starts LP 2 in grandiose style, followed by atmospheric masterpieces from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bauhaus and The Cure. The debut hit from Bjork™s band The Sugarcubes with ˜Birthday™ follows, before David Sylvian™s ˜Pop Song™, and ˜Flowers™ from Zaine Griff (featuring Kate Bush on backing vocals). The final side opens with the song that launched one of the defining bands of the era, The Smiths, with ˜Hand In Glove™. Timeless hits from Aztec Camera and the Pretenders lead to R.E.M., the Pixies and The Psychedelic Furs representing the U.S. Alt scene, and the collection draws to a close with The Cult™s ˜Edie (Ciao Baby)™, and The Clash™s commentary on the era ˜This Is England™. NOW  80s Alternative  A celebration of a different view of the decade™s charts - the lesser-compiled 1980™s singles.