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UK collection. The 1980s were probably the last real decade for the pop single. It was certainly the last one in which every record that made the Hot 100 was an actual vinyl single. Radio was still breaking big hits and new artists, rather than TV talent shows and the still-nascent Internet. And people still rushed to their local record store to buy what their local station was playing, rather than streaming or downloading it. Ace is delighted this month to premiere Rockin' In The USA, it's first anthology of 1980s US Hot 100 hits. Here are almost two dozen of the finest US hits of that decade, all presented as they were originally heard coming over FM Pop radio right across America. Many were also UK hits, and all of them should have been. Some of the best pop and rock of the 80s you will ever hear on the same CD is present on Rockin' In The USA. Includes tracks by The Romantics, Pat Benatar, The Go-Gos, Paul Carrack, The Outfield, Marshal Crenshaw, The Cars, Hall & Oates and many others. Album Tracks 1. What I Like About You - the Romantics 2. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper 3. Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do - Huey Lewis & the News 4. Your Love - the Outfield 5. I'm Happy That Love Has Found You - Jimmy Hall 6. Someday Someway - Marshall Crenshaw 7. Goin' Down - Greg Guidry 8. Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar 9. I Need You - Paul Carrack 10. How Do I Survive - Amy Holland 11. Our Lips Are Sealed - the Go-Gos 12. I've Done Everything for You - Rick Springfield 13. Breaking Away- Balance 14. 10-9-8 - Face to Face 15. Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall and John Oates 16. Personally - Karla Bonoff 17. Is It Love - Mr. Mister 18. You Might Think - the Cars 19. No Gettin' Over Me - Ronnie Milsap 20. Walking Down Your Street - the Bangles 21. Baby I Lied - Deborah Allen 22. The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby and the R
