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Various Artists - NOW 80s Alternative

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Number of Discs
2

Release Date
16/06/2023

Artist
Various Artists

format
Vinyl / 12" Album Coloured Vinyl

Label / Studio
NOW

Description

NOW Music proudly presents 'NOW - 80s Alternative'. 30 tracks across 2 LPs, pressed on stunning pink vinyl - encapsulating the era and celebrating an incredibly diverse decade for 'Alternative' music.

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.

Disc 1:
1) Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart ()
2) Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda ()
3) Planet Claire - The B-52's ()
4) Party Fears Two (2016 Remaster/Single Edit) - The Associates ()
5) Stories of Johnny - Marc Almond ()
6) Broken Land (7" Version) - The Adventures ()
7) European Female - The Stranglers ()
8) This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy ()
9) Peek-a-boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees ()
10) Kick in the Eye (Remix Single Version) - Bauhaus ()
11) A Forest (Shortened Edit) - The Cure ()
12) Birthday - The Sugarcubes ()
13) Pop Song - David Sylvian ()
14) Flowers - Zaine Griff ()

Disc 2:
1) Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt ()
2) Atmospherics: Listen to the Radio - Tom Robinson ()
3) I'm in Love With a German Film Star - The Passions ()
4) After a Fashion (7" Version) - Midge Ure & Mick Karn ()
5) Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Edit) - Japan ()
6) Dreams of Immigrants - Sandii & The Sunsetz ()
7) Vicious Games - Yello ()
8) Whip It - Devo ()
9) Hand in Glove (Single Version/2008 Remaster) - The Smiths ()
10) Oblivious - Aztec Camera ()
11) Talk of the Town - The Pretenders ()
12) So. Central Rain (Remastered 2006) - R.E.M. ()
13) Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies ()
14) President Gas - The Psychedelic Furs ()
15) Edie (Ciao Baby) [edit] - The Cult ()
16) This Is England - The Clash ()

Album
NOW 80s Alternative

Publisher
Universal Music

Main Format
Vinyl

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
NOW 80s Alternative | Various Artists

Catalogue Number
LPNNNOW141

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