Various Artists - Alternative Anthems / Various - 140-Gram Black Vinyl - VINYL LP

Album Tracks 1. Flashdance... What a Feeling. Irene Cara (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 2. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record). Dead or Alive (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 3. Walking on Sunshine. Katrina (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 4. West End Girls. Pet Shop Boys (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 5. I'm So Excited. Pointer Sisters (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 6. Ain't Nobody. Chaka Khan (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 7. Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now. Starship (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 8. Dance Hall Days. Wang Chung (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 9. Let's Hear It for the Boy. Deniece Williams (The 80's Mix Volume 1) 10. Neverending Story. Limahl (The 80's Mix Volume 1)

Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums... Opening with a trio of tracks from stunning debuts 'A Ray Of Sunshine' from 'Fantastic', the 1983 debut album from Wham, 'Lemon Firebrigade' from Haircut 100's 'Pelican West', and the sumptuous 'Show Me', the opening track from 'The Lexicon Of Love' from ABC. Huge 1983 albums are up next from Culture Club, with 'Black Money' from 'Colour By Numbers', and 'This City Never Sleeps' the closing track on 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' from Eurythmics, plus another epic closer from Alison Moyet with 'Where Hides Sleep' from her solo debut 'Alf' completes the first side... flip the lp over and Wham! Are back with 'Heartbeat' from 1984's 'Make It Big' - an album that housed multiple #1 singles. Howard Jones had a huge debut album with 'Human's Lib', with 'Equality' featuring here... Donna Summer is up next with 'Protection' from her Quincy Jones produced 1982 eponymous album alongside Tina Turner with the opening track from her landmark 1984 'Private Dancer' and Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 double classic 'The River', whilst the first LP closes with 'Angels On The Balcony', featuring their signature sound, taken from Blondie's 1980 'Autoamerican'. LP2 opens with a stellar line up of the era's most sophisticated pop. Leading off with the timeless 'The Chauffeur' from Duran Duran's enormous second album 'Rio', before 'Taking Islands In Africa' a stand-out from Japan's 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids'. Tears For Fears made their album debut in 1983 and the title track from 'The Hurting' is featured along with a great pop moment, 'Black Night White Light' from Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1984 debut 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'. 1981's biggest selling album in the UK was 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' from Adam & The Ants and 'Ants Invasion' taken from it is featured next along with Echo & The Bunnymen with 'Crystal Days' from 'Ocean Rain

Album Tracks 1. Naked - Cleyra 2. Side Effects - Via Maris 3. Consider the Internet - Simo Cell 4. Sleep Rotation - Rae 5. Auld Flaurist - Metrist 6. Soft Opening - Nico 7. Horus - Neinzer 8. Ploy - Various Artists