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Essential Albums

Title	Artist	Comment
Like a Virgin	Madonna	This is a must have Madonna album.
Thriller	Michael Jackson	The bestselling album of all time need we say more.Pure Pop!
Make Big	Wham!	It's the album that nobody wanted to admit to owning at the time but everyone did!
Dare	Human League	This landmark album represents the very nucleus of electronic music that many would copy and it's relevance today cannot be under estimated.
The Lexicon of Love	abc	Sounds fresh from start to finish. A masterpiece of orchestral songcraft .
Rio	Duran Duran	If you're of a certain age and wish to shut your eyes and be transported to sunnier places, or just curious enough to listen to a snapshot of 1982. This is the album for you.
Actually	Pet Shop Boys	Pop commentary on the state of late-1980s Britain.
Stone Roses	Stone Roses	This really is a record you need to own.Set the tone for rock music in the 90s.
Kings of the Wild Frontier	Adam Ant	One of the ground breaking albums of the early 80's.
Hatful of Hollow	The Smiths	The definitive Smiths album
Non Stop Erotic Cabaret	Soft Cell	Soft Cell's 1981 debut masterpiece
Club Classics	Soul to Soul	A classic which defined British black music for a generation.

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80s Music Compilations

Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) [BOX SET] [IMPORT]
Various Artists

Disc: 1
1. Whip It - Devo
2. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
3. Empire Strikes Back - Meco
4. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
5. Celebration - Kool & the Gang
6. Breaks, Pt. 1 - Kurtis Blow
7. Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend
8. Call Me - Blondie
9. Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon
10. Turning Japanese - The Vapors
11. Lost in Love - Air Supply
12. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
13. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
14. Sailing - Christopher Cross
15. Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr.
16. Cars - Gary Numan
17. Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris
18. Sweetheart - Franke & the Knockouts
19. Shake It Up - The Cars
20. General Hospi-Tale - Afternoon Delights
21. Stroke - Billy Squier

Disc: 2
1. Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
2. Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
3. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
4. Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club
5. Centerfold - Centerfold
6. At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters
7. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
8. Hold on Loosely - .38 Special
9. Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) - Joey Scarbury
10. Take Off - Bob and Doug McKenzie
11. Super Freak, Pt. 1 - Rick James
12. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
13. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
14. Time - The Alan Parsons Project
15. Gloria - Laura Branigan
16. Maneater - Daryl Hall
17. Theme From Hill Street Blues - Larry Carlton
18. Valley Girl - Frank Zappa
19. Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) - Trio
20. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band

Disc: 3
1. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
2. Look of Love, Pt. 1 - ABC
3. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
4. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
5. Lies - Thompson Twins
6. Words - Missing Persons
7. Don't You Want Me - Human League
8. Love Plus One - Haircut 100
9. Down Under - Men at Work
10. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
11. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
12. Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
13. Mickey - Toni Basil
14. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
15. You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
16. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
17. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
18. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
19. Africa - Toto
20. Goodbye to You - Scandal
21. Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco

Disc: 4
1. Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
2. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
3. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
4. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
5. Our House - Madness
6. Salt in My Tears - Martin Briley
7. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
8. Talking in Your Sleep - The Romantics
9. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
10. Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
11. In a Big Country - Big Country
12. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
13. Der Kommisar - After the Fire
14. Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
15. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
16. Let's Go to Bed - The Cure
17. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
18. Maniac - Michael Sembello
19. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
20. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot

Disc: 5
1. Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
2. Mr. Roboto - Styx
3. I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
4. Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
5. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
6. Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
7. Missing You - John Waite
8. 99 Luftballons - Nena
9. Tenderness - General Public
10. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
11. Heaven - Bryan Adams
12. White Horse - Laid Back
13. Let the Music Play - Shannon
14. Let's Hear It for the Boy - Deniece Williams
15. Cool It Now
16. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
17. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
18. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
19. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
20. Glamorous Life - Sheila E.

Disc: 6
1. Obsession - Animotion
2. Shout - Tears for Fears
3. Take on Me - a-ha
4. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
5. Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
6. Voices Carry - Til Tuesday
7. Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
8. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
9. "Miami Vice" Theme - Jan Hammer
10. Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
11. Kyrie - Mr. Mister
12. Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young
13. We Built This City - Starship
14. St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr
15. Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
16. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
17. Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
18. You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal
19. Heartbeat - Don Johnson
20. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung

Disc: 7
1. Venus - Bananarama
2. Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
3. Paranoimia - The Art of Noise
4. If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
5. Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
6. What You Need - INXS
7. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
8. Rumors - Timex Social Club
9. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
10. Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
11. I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids on the Block
12. Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
13. Since You've Been Gone - The Outfield
14. Only in My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
15. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
16. Bamba - Los Lobos
17. Wild, Wild West - Escape Club
18. Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
19. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
20. Roam - The B-52's

Electric Level 2 - The Very Best of Electric, New Wave & Synth

Disc: 1
1. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
2. True Faith - New Order
3. Love Action (I Believe In Love) - The Human League
4. Like To Get To Know You Well - Howard Jones
5. Oxygene Iv - Jean Michel Jarre
6. Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan
7. 19 - Paul Hardcastle
8. Temptation - Heaven 17
9. The Riddle - Nik Kershaw
10. Why? - Bronski Beat
11. Love Resurrection - Alison Moyet
12. Doctor! Doctor! - Thompson Twins
13. The Circus - Erasure
14. Obsession - Animation
15. Big In Japan - Alphaville
16. Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange
17. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way - Blow Monkeys
18. One On One - Daryl Hall & John Oates
19. Night Train - Visage
20. Vienna - Ultravox

Disc: 2
1. Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2. Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
3. Don't Go - Yazoo
4. Shout - Tears For Fears
5. To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet
6. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates
7. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
8. Antmusic - Adam & The Ants
9. The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - A-Ha
10. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
11. Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles
12. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
13. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
14. We Are Detective - Thompson Twins
15. Brilliant Mind - Furniture
16. Let The Music Play - Shannon
17. The First Picture Of You - Lotus Eaters
18. Life In Tokyo - Japan
19. All Of My Heart - ABC
20. Wonderful Life - Black

Alternative 80's

Disc: 1
1. Rock The Casbah - The Clash
2. The First Picture Of You - Lotus Eaters
3. Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
4. Brilliant Mind - Furniture
5. Love Is A Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
6. Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
7. Blue Monday - New Order
8. The King Of Rock'N'Roll - Prefab Sprout
9. I'm In Love With A German Film Star - The Passions
10. Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys
11. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
12. Birthday - The Sugarcubes
13. Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
14. E=MC² - Big Audio Dynamite
15. Never Never - The Assembly
16. Crash - The Primitives
17. World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
18. There's A Ghost In My House - The Fall
19. Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army

Disc: 2
1. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
2. The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
4. Party Fears Two - The Associates
5. Liberator - Spear Of Destiny
6. Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
7. (Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
8. Young At Heart - The Bluebells
9. Could Be Happy - Altered Images
10. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops - Cocteau Twins
11. Sometimes - Erasure
12. This Is The Day - The The
13. Sonic Boom Boy - Westworld
14. Living On The Ceiling - Blancmanche
15. Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
16. Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
17. Shout To The Top - The Style Council
18. Always The Sun - The Stranglers
19. Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
20. A New England - Kirty MacColl

Simply The Best Eighties

Disc: 1
1. Blue Monday - New Order
2. Don't go - Yazoo
3. Here comes the rain again - Eurythmics
4. You spin me round (like a record) - Dead or Alive
5. Tainted love - Soft Cell
6. A little respect - Erasure
7. Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
8. Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds
9. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
10. Somewhere in my heart - Aztec Camera
11. Long hot summer - The Style Council
12. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
13. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
14. Down under - Men At Work
15. Going underground - The Jam
16. Baby I don't care - Transvision Vamp
17. Tide is high - Blondie
18. White wedding - Billy Idol
19. Real wild child (wild one) - Iggy Pop
20. Brass in the pocket - The Pretenders

Disc: 2
1. Girls just want to have fun - Cyndi Lauper
2. Wake me up before you go-go - Wham!
3. Kiss - Prince and the Revolution
4. It's raining men - The Weather Girls
5. Venus - Bananarama
6. Frankie - Sister Sledge
7. Uptown girl - Billy Joel
8. Do you really want to hurt me - Culture Club
9. Sign your name - Terence Trent D'Arby
10. Eternal Flame - The Bangles
11. Human - Human League
12. Holding back the years - Simply Red
13. Take on me - A-Ha
14. Down to earth - Curiosity Killed The Cat
15. Breakout - Swing Out Sister
16. Kids in America - Kim Wilde
17. Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners and The Emerald Express
18. Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants
19. The look of love (part one) - ABC
20. Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Capital Gold Eighties Legends

Disc: 1
1. A Kind Of Magic - Queen
2. Every Breath You Take - The Police
3. Only You - Yazoo
4. The Tide Is High - Blondie
5. My Girl - Madness
6. Red Red Wine - UB40
7. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
8. Let's Dance - David Bowie
9. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
10. Is This Love? - Alison Moyet
11. A Little Respect - Erasure
12. Heaven 17 Temptation
13. Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics
14. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
15. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
16. I Found Someone - Cher
17. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
18. Slave To Love - Bryan Ferry
19. Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
20. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - The Korgis

Disc: 2
1. I'm Your Man - Wham!
2. Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
3. Teardrops - Womack & Womack
4. Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl - Detroit Spinners
5. Reaction - Diana Ross Chain
6. Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang
7. Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
8. And The Beat Goes On - The Whispers
9. Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
10. True - Spandau Ballet
11. Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson
12. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
13. Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
14. Maneater - Hall & Oates
15. All Around The World - Lisa Stansfield
16. Private Dancer - Tina Turner
17. Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
18. It Started With A Kiss - Hot Chocolate
19. Body Talk - Imagination
20. If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red

Funkin 80s

Disc: 1
1. Keep on movin' - Soul II Soul
2. That's the way I like it - KC & The Sunshine Band
3. Love town - Newberry, Booker III
4. Candy girl - New Edition (1)
5. Let it all blow - Dazz Band
6. Say I'm your number one - Princess
7. History - Mai Tai
8. Hangin' on a string - Loose Ends (1)
9. Get down on it - Kool & The Gang
10. Funky cold medina - Tone Loc
11. I found lovin' - Fatback Band
12. IOU - Freeez
13. My toot toot - La Salle, Denise
14. Can you feel it - Jacksons
15. I still haven't found what I'm looking for - Chimes (1)
16. How 'bout us - Champaign
17. It's raining men - Weather Girls
18. Papa's got a barnd new Pigbag - Pigbag
19. Midas touch - Midnight Star
20. All night long - Mary Jane Girls

Disc: 2
21. Got to have your love - Mantronix & Wondress
22. It takes two - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
23. Walk this way - Run DMC
24. My philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
25. Pass the dutchie - Musical Youth
26. Hello darling - Tippa Irie
27. Girlie girlie - George, Sophia
28. You sexy thing - Hot Chocolate (1)
29. Just an illusion - Imagination
30. Wee rule - Wee Papa Girl Rappers
31. Got to get - Rob 'N' Raz & Leila K
32. Good thing going - Minott, Sugar
33. Superstar - Murdock, Lydia
34. Funkytown - Lipps Inc.
35. Intuition - Linx (1)
36. Friends - Stewart, Amii
37. Love come down - King, Evelyn 'Champagne'
38. I can't go for that (no can do) - Hall & Oates
39. Use it up and wear it out - Odyssey (1)
40. Slightest touch - Five Star (1)
41. Move closer - Nelson, Phyllis

Retro Eighties Mix

Disc: 1
1. Call Me - Blondie
2. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell
3. Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
4. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
5. Blue Monday - New Order
6. Planet Earth - Duran Duran
7. Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
8. Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
9. Quiet Life - Japan
10. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
11. Don't Go - Yazoo
12. Temptation - Heaven 17
13. Cars - Gary Numan
14. Race - Yello
15. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
16. Pop Muzik - M
17. Wonderful Life - Black

Disc: 2
1. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
2. Don't You Want Me - Human League
3. Sometimes - Erasure
4. Fade to Grey - Visage
5. Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
6. Look of Love, Pt. 1 - ABC
7. Waterfront - Simple Minds
8. Love on Your Side - Thompson Twins
9. It's My Life - Talk Talk
10. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) - A Flock of Seagulls
11. Church of the Poison Mind - Culture Club
12. Streetplayer - Fashion
13. Love Plus One - Haircut 100
14. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultravox
15. Reward - The Teardrop Explodes
16. Take on Me - a-ha
17. Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy

Dark Side of the 80s

Disc: 1
1. Lullaby - Cure
2. She Sells Sanctuary - Cult
3. This Corrosion - Sisters Of Mercy
4. Wasteland - Mission
5. Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees
6. Eloise - The Damned
7. The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
8. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
9. April Skies - The Jesus & Mary Chain
10. Never Take Me Alive - Spears Of Destiny
11. The Beat (En)Generation - The The
12. Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
13. Moonchild - Fields Of The Nephilim
14. No Rest - New Model Army
15. Pretty In Pink - Psychedelics Furs
16. Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
17. Mr Pharmacist - The Fall
18. Brassneck - Wedding Present
19. Christine - House Of Love
20. Marthas Harbour - All About Eve

Disc: 2
1. Tower Of Strength - Mission
2. Dominion - Sisters Of Mercy
3. Real Wild Child - Iggy Pop
4. Peaches - Stranglers
5. True Faith - New Order
6. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
7. Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads
8. Reward - Teardrops Explodes
9. Today - Talk Talk
10. Go Wild In The Country - Bow Wow Wow
11. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
12. 68 Guns - Alarm
13. Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
14. A Wish Away - Wonder Stuff
15. E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite
16. Shine On - House OF Love
17. There She Goes - The LA's
18. Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole
19. Sexuality - Billy Bragg
20. Pearly-Dewdrop's Drop - Cocteau Twins

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