NOW 80s Alternative

NOW Music proudly presents 'NOW - 80s Alternative': 80 tracks across 4 CDs encapsulating the era and celebrating an incredibly diverse decade for 'Alternative' music. CD1 showcases genre-defining bands and kicks off with New Order's sublime 'Thieves Like Us', Eurythmics stunning 'Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)' and Joy Division's era defining 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. Post-Punk New Wave exploded on to the charts, and The Associates, The Jam, Echo And The Bunnymen, Pretenders, and Siouxsie's side project The Creatures are all included. The U.S. Alt scene provided R.E.M., Pixies, The Psychedelic Furs, and the David Bowie co-write 'Shades' from Iggy Pop. Plus, some of the best written Pop songs ever, represented here by David Sylvian, Marc Almond, Aztec Camera, Pete Wylie & The Mighty WAH!, The Adventures and Tom Robinson. The (still) incredible 'O Superman' from Laurie Anderson opens the second disc, along with other synth-based classics from Yello, Propaganda, Midge Ure & Mick Karn, Japan, Electronic and a brilliant single from Japanese band Sandii & The Sunsetz. The epic 'This Corrosion' from Sisters Of Mercy starts CD3 in grandiose style - and is followed with atmospheric masterpieces from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure and a second appearance from Joy Division - before some late '80s Alternative essentials, including Bjork's band The Sugarcubes, Act, The Mission, All About Eve, The Cult's 'Edie (Ciao Baby)', 'This Is England' from The Clash, and The Fall's version of 'There's A Ghost In My House', before closing with two more great examples of U.S. Alt Pop from The Go-Go's, and The Waitresses. Opening with the song that launched one of the defining bands of the era, The Smiths, with 'Hand In Glove' the final CD features a stellar line up of '80s Alternative Chart hits - The Icicle Works, It's Immaterial, B-Movie, Kissing The Pink and Gang Of Four are all featured with timeless singles. Altered Images, Toyah and Adam & The Ants would go on to find huge mainstream success in the early '80s - and we celebrate these artists with their earlier singles. Big Audio Dynamite, Julian Cope and XTC are also included before the collection draws to a close with Latin Quarter's 'Radio Africa' - and Scritti Politti's 1981 single 'The 'Sweetest Girl''. 'NOW - 80s Alternative' - A celebration of a different view of the decade's charts - the lesser-compiled 1980's singles.

Disc 1
1: Thieves Like Us - New Order
2: Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart
3: Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
4: Red Guitar - David Sylvian
5: Party Fears Two - The Associates
6: Stories of Johnny - Marc Almond
7: Oblivious - Aztec Camera
8: Come Back - Pete Wylie & The Mighty WAH!
9: Broken Land - The Adventures
10: Shades - Iggy Pop
11: Talk of the Town - The Pretenders
12: So. Central Rain - R.E.M.
13: Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies
14: President Gas - The Psychedelic Furs
15: Planet Claire - The B-52's
16: Mad Eyed Screamer - The Creatures
17: The Cutter - Echo & the Bunnymen
18: That's Entertainment - The Jam
19: Atmospherics: Listen to the Radio - Tom Robinson
20: Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt

Disc 2
1: O Superman - Laurie Anderson
2: I'm in Love With a German Film Star - The Passions
3: European Female - The Stranglers
4: Getting Away With It - Electronic
5: Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda
6: Vicious Games - Yello
7: No Memory - Scarlet Fantastic
8: Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
9: Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes
10: I Got You - Split Enz
11: Lawnchairs - Our Daughter's Wedding
12: Whip It - Devo
13: After a Fashion - Midge Ure & Mick Karn
14: Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
15: Dreams of Immigrants - Sandii & The Sunsetz
16: African and White - China Crisis
17: The First Picture of You - The Lotus Eaters
18: Flowers - Zaine Griff
19: He! Stranger... - Anne Pigalle

Disc 3
1: This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
2: Peek-a-boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees
3: Kick in the Eye - Bauhaus
4: A Forest - The Cure
5: Atmosphere - Joy Division
6: Birthday - The Sugarcubes
7: Pop Song - David Sylvian
8: Snobbery and Decay - Act
9: The American - Simple Minds
10: Down in the Subway - Soft Cell
11: There's a Ghost in My House - The Fall
12: Grimly Fiendish - The Damned
13: Liberator - Spear of Destiny
14: Do You Believe in the Westworld? - Theatre of Hate
15: This Is England - The Clash
16: Edie (Ciao Baby) - The Cult
17: Tower of Strength - The Mission
18: Martha's Harbour - All About Eve
19: Hit the Ground - The Darling Buds
20: Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's
21: I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses

Disc 4
1: Hand in Glove - The Smiths
2: Love Is a Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
3: Driving Away from Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial
4: The Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades) - Timbuk3
5: Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
6: Senses Working Overtime - XTC
7: Remembrance Day - B-Movie
8: The Last Film - Kissing the Pink
9: I Love a Man in a Uniform - Gang of Four
10: Der Kommissar - After the Fire
11: Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images
12: Ieya - Toyah
13: Car Trouble - Adam & The Ants
14: World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
15: Crash - The Primitives
16: Sonic Boom Boy - Westworld
17: Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself
18: Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite
19: Radio Africa - Latin Quarter
20: The "sweetest Girl" - Scritti Politti

Number of Discs: 4

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