Various Artists
Sounds Of The Eighties: 1984

Description

Sounds Of The Eighties: 1984 is a superb time-capsule compilation capturing one of the most commercially vibrant years in pop music history, drawing from a remarkable cross-section of genres — new wave, pop-soul, R&B, and arena rock. The 18-track lineup reads like a year-end Billboard retrospective: Ray Parker Jr.’s irresistible theme ‘Ghostbusters’, Nena’s Cold War new wave anthem ’99 Luftballons’, and David Bowie operating at the height of his mainstream 1980s power with ‘Blue Jean’. Culture Club’s ‘Karma Chameleon’ and The Cars’ ‘You Might Think’ represent the era’s synth-driven pop perfection, while Kenny Loggins’ ‘Footloose’ and Deniece Williams’ ‘Let’s Hear It for the Boy’ bring the era’s blockbuster soundtrack energy. A genuinely strong representation of 1984 at its most euphoric and eclectic…

Track Listing:

1. Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
2. Talking in Your Sleep – The Romantics
3. Jump (For My Love) – Pointer Sisters
4. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
5. Missing You – John Waite
6. Out of Touch – Daryl Hall and John Oates
7. The Warrior – Scandal
8. You Might Think – The Cars
9. That’s All – Genesis
10. Footloose – Kenny Loggins
11. Let’s Hear It for the Boy – Deniece Williams
12. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) – Billy Ocean
13. Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins
14. Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
15. Blue Jean – David Bowie
16. 99 Luftballoons – Nena
17. The Glamorous Life – Sheila E.
18. Joanna – Kool and the Gang