Vh1: The Big 80's - Pop

The 1980s was without a doubt the best decade for fun pop music. This album does not showcase the best of the best but it's a fun little playlist of 80s highlights from some very popular artists at the time. No, you won't find the biggest stars of the decade like Prince, Madonna and Michael. But the disc does have classic rock staples by the Cars ("You Might Think") and Night Ranger ("Sister Christian") plus a drum heavy pop epic from a former singer from Abba (Frida's "There's Something Going On") and one the coldest and most amazing electronic songs ever by Gary Numan ("Cars"). It's not the quintessential 80s playlist,but hits a lot of areas in the pop landscape (sadly, not an R&B/Urban/Hip-hop song in the mix) from the Go Go's to Culture Club (with "Time", not their most popular but a beautiful ballad showcasing Boy George's vocals).The reason I actually bought this specific collection was for Dead or Alive's "Brand New Lover", because of it's the radio/video single mix which I could not find anywhere else (which is surprising).I really like the whole disc and don't disagree with any of the songs choices, but again it would have been nice to include R&B songs that were popular in the MTV area. Also, while it's surprising that the CD focuses on the early 80s, I would have figured any easy choice for the disc would be "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners. It just seems obvious! I almost thought it had to be on there. Even though I bought the disc for one specific song, I'm very happy with it so if you love 80s pop, this is for you.

It's good sorta bias

Good CD

I really liked this CD, as it has the real artists playing the songs. You have to be careful when you buy bundled music. iTunes is a big rip off for that.

This replaced my original copy that I bought when this album first came out. Love it love it love it

Great CD, love the 80's music, arrived fast.

Love the songs,arrived quickly

love the 80's

Great sound quality, as always from Rhino. Good unusual set of tracks.